Centre of African Studies

Events

4 Feb. 2026, 15:15-17:30

Inaugural Lecture: How Democracies Know: Personhood, Population, and the Politics of Numbers in Ghana

Join us for Associate Professor Alena Thiel's Inaugural lecture at CAS. The lecture will be followe…

10 Feb. 2026, 15:15-17:00

Africa Seminar: Slow Fashion and Cyclical Time: On the Temporality of Garments in Urban Africa Today

Global textile production today is shaped by linear value chains and a temporal logic that fills…

5 Mar. 2026, 15:15-17:30

Africa Seminar: The Social Navigation of Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood in Adonkia, Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, teenage pregnancy is commonly framed as a health crisis or risk within public…

19 Mar. 2026, 15:15-17:00

Africa Seminar: Agile Society: How Technologies are Transforming African Bureaucracies

The global diffusion of emerging technologies has been accompanied by a rapid intensification of…