3 sentences on the institute
The ABI is one of Germany’s major research centers in the domain of both comparative area studies and transregional studies. As an independent, non-profit research institution, the institute cooperates with the University of Freiburg. The Institute was founded in 1960 and goes back to Arnold Bergstraesser, at that time Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Freiburg.
News
27. January 2023
Sophie Klischat kicks off the ALMA Blog in 2023. She reviews an article by Josephine Ahikire that gives an introduction to the subject of African feminism.
17. January 2023
In her recent book publication, Alke Jenss contributes to conversations between political economy and postcolonial approaches to state security practices.
19. December 2022
The ABI/Library will be closed from 23.12.2022 to 08.01.2023.
12. December 2022
In Chad, the sharing of key positions within the army raises questions.
Publications
The contributors of this issue offer ways to think through the relationships between research ethics, power, violence, inequalities, institutions and pedagogy in various volatile research contexts and institutional frameworks.
2022
Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have been in a state of violent unrest since October 2016 which resulted in more than 765,000 displaced civilians, who fled to the Francophone parts of the country or to neighbouring Nigeria. Adama Ousmanou sheds light on life of those in the Far North of Cameroon, which since 2013 has been significantly affected by violence perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organisation Boko Haram itself.
2022
Paramilitaries, crime, and tens of thousands of disappeared persons—the so-called war on drugs has perpetuated violence in Latin America, at times precisely in regions of economic growth. Legal and illegal economy are difficult to distinguish.
2022
