Auerbach Lecture: Marx’s Communism in the Age of the Planetary Crisis – With Kohei Saito
Auerbach Lecture: Marx’s Communism in the Age of the Planetary Crisis – With Kohei Saito Date: Monday, 9 December 2024 | 18:00 (CET) Venue: Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln, Universitätsstr. 98, 50674 Köln The Anthropocene is marked by a planetary environmental crisis. Since we did not act in the last decades despite various warnings, the time left to […]
Ethnomusicologist Luis Gimenez Amoros Joins GSSC as Humboldt Fellow
Ethnomusicologist Luis Gimenez Amoros Joins GSSC as Humboldt FellowEthnomusicologist Luis Gimenez Amoros joins the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) as Humboldt Fellow in October 2024. After a brief stint at the GSSC from October 2023 to January 2024, Amoros new fellowship has a duration of three years. „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Prof. […]
Exhibition: WE ARE NOT CARPETS
Exhibition: WE ARE NOT CARPETS I tell you my story “The beauty of those carpets, designed by the designer, lies in their design. But the beauty of this carpet resides in my heart.” Anne Beik Koohi WE ARE NOT CARPETS examines the centuries-long systematic marginalisation and exploitation of carpet weavers. What happens when they weave […]
GSSC Public Lecture: Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World
GSSC Public Lecture: Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World Ian Scoones (Institute of Development Studies) Abstract: Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it’s climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don’t know what the future will hold. For many contemporary challenges, navigating uncertainty – where we cannot predict what may happen – is […]
Clemens Greiner Starts Visiting Professorship at University of Vienna
Clemens Greiner Starts Visiting Professorship at University of Vienna Clemens Greiner, Scientific Manager of the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and member of the research initiative „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) recently started a visiting professorship at the University of Vienna. In his research, Greiner connects global questions with small-scale ethnographic research. For example, […]
Michael Bollig Meets With University of Cologne New York Office to Discuss Future Collaboration
Michael Bollig Meets With University of Cologne New York Office to Discuss Future Collaboration „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Michael Bollig recently visited the University of Cologne New York Office. The New York Office assists with cultivating partnerships with North American partner universities, organizes delegation visits, and serves as a first point of […]
Call for Panels: ECAS 2025
Call for Panels: ECAS 2025 Building on the success of the previous ECAS conferences, the theme for ECAS 2025 – African, Afropolitan, and Afropean Belongings and Identities – highlights new challenges in embracing the complexities and ambiguities of our interconnected world, and in conceptualising multiple trajectories, constructions, expressions, and performances of social realities related to Africa and […]
SAPP Member Claudia Leal Elected President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations
SAPP Member Claudia Leal Elected President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Claudia Leal (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) has been elected President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO). ICEHO, whose goal is to foster international communication among environmental history organizations, celebrated the […]
Clemens Greiner and Britta Klagge Investigate Ancillary Infrastructure in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects and Provide Detailed Policy Recommenations in Recently Published Article
Clemens Greiner and Britta Klagge Investigate Ancillary Infrastructure in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects and Provide Detailed Policy Recommenations in Recently Published Article In a recently published article, „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Clemens Greiner (Global South Studies Center) and Britta Klagge (University of Bonn) take a look at ancillary infrastructure in large-scale renewable […]
Book Launch: Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Book Launch: Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya The volume „Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya„, edited by „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Michael Bollig, Gerda Kuiper and Eric Kioko was published recently: Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is singular in its diversity. Major processes […]
