Opening hours of the ABI library
Monday 8 – 12 noon
Tuesday 8 – 4 pm
Wednesday 8 – 12 noon
Thursday 8 – 12 noon
Friday 8 – 12 noon
On Monday 21 September and Monday 12 October, the library will be closed.
More details about how to borrow books are available in the section Reading and Borrowing.
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The ABI library hosts one of the largest and best-sorted collections in Germany – with a particular focus on social, cultural and political developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
Since the late 1950s, the collection has accumulated approximately 80.000 monographs and 400 periodicals; 70 journals are currently subscribed. It accommodates a wide range of analyses in European languages (English, Spanish, French, and German) and numerous monographs/reports in original languages. The writings of researchers from the Global South are well-represented in a wide assortment of publications from the corresponding countries. The library’s periodical and newspaper section contains a well-balanced selection of readings on social development and current affairs.
The library maintains an up-to-date database – with approximately 2800 thematic keywords based on a thesaurus, revised and updated regularly by a commission – that provides visitors with a time-efficient access to relevant titles (published after 1972). Moreover, additional filter functions allow researchers to find specific titles within ABI’s core research areas. Since 1994, the institute has also complied a systematic catalogue of journal article abstracts that cover relevant fields of study.
The ABI collection is accessible online through the electronic catalogues of the University of Freiburg, the Southwest German Library Consortium (SWB), and the Electronic Journal Library (EZB).
Read
The library has a bright, quiet reading room and is open to the public.
You can copy (payment in cash) and scan and use the internet.
You can safely lock up your coat and bag.
Borrow
The loan period is over the weekend (Friday till Monday) during the lecture period and two weeks during the lecture-free period. If you like you can email us the desired signatures as well as copies of your identity card (both sides) and your telephone number to bibliothek [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de (bibliothek[at]abi[dot]uni-freiburg[dot]de). We will then set up your user account and gather the books before you arrive.
A reminder fee will be charged if you exceed the loan period (§ 3 of Library Fees Ordinance https://www.landesrecht-bw.de/perma?j=BiblGebV_BW).
Contact and address:
Phone: +49 (0)761 / 888 78 21
Email: bibliothek[at]abi.uni-freiburg.de
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New Additions in August 2026
Title bold: In Freiburg in any form, digital or print, only accessible here at the ABI, without book number: lent
Q-X-A-0573
Mitchell, Timothy:
The alibi of capital : how we broke the earth to steal the future on the promise of a better tomorrow / Timothy Mitchell. - First publ. - London ; New York : Verso , 2026. - xi, 388 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN 978-1-8367-4227-2 / 9781836742272
SW: Kapitalismus ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wachstum ; Verschuldung ; Eigentum ; Recht
Q-XI-A-0659
Postkoloniale Staatsverständnisse / Martin Oppelt, Christina Pauls, Nicki K. Weber (Hrsg.). - 1. Auflage - Baden-Baden : Nomos , 2022. - 262 Seiten ; 22.7 cm x 15.3 cm - (Staatsverständnisse)(Staatsverständnisse ; Band 170)
ISBN 978-3-8487-8524-7 / 9783848785247
BP: Oppelt, Martin; Oppelt, Martin; Pauls, Christina; Weber, Nicki K.
SW: Staat ; Kolonialismus ; Rassismus ; Diskriminierung ; Geschichte ; Politik
Q-X-B-0523
The promise of infrastructure / Nikhil Anand, Akhil Gupta, and Hannah Appel, editors. - Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2018. - vi, 256 Seiten, Illustrationen ; 23 cm - (SAR Advanced Seminar series)
"A School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar.". - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 978-1-478-00018-1 / 9781478000181
BP: Anand, Nikhil; Gupta, Akhil; Appel, Hannah
SW: Wirtschaft ; Infrastruktur ; Technologie ; Sozialer_Aspekt ; *Peru ; *Vietnam ; *Äquatorialguinea ; *Indien ; *Südafrika_Republik ; *Nigeria ; Wissenschaft
Q-IX-A-0879
Pattanaik, Bikram Keshari:
Anatomy of development : concept, theory, and practice / Bikram Keshari Pattanaik. - Abingdon, Oxon [u.a.] : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, March 20, 2025. - xxi, 362 Seiten
ISBN 978-1-03-288903-0
SW: Entwicklungsforschung ; Entwicklung ; Kommunikation ; Markt ; Frauenfragen
Q-XII-E-0530
The city as the Southern question : alternative histories of urbanisation after Gramsci / edited by Ranabir Samaddar, Enrica Morlicchio and Sandro Mezzadra. - First publ. - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026. - x, 357 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten - (Critiques and alternatives to capitalism)
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 978-1-041-03954-9 / 9781041039549
BP: Samaddar, Ranabir; Morlicchio, Enrica; Mezzadra, Sandro
SW: *Indien ; *Bangladesch ; *Mexiko ; *Libanon ; *Griechenland ; *Frankreich ; *Taiwan ; *Südafrika_Republik ; Urbanisierung ; Stadt ; Stadtentwicklung ; Politik ; *Südeuropa ; *Entwicklungsländer
Q-VIII-C-0509
Bhagat, Ali:
Governing the displaced : race and ambivalence in global capitalism / Ali Bhagat. - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2024. - ix, 174 Seiten ; 24 cm
ISBN 978-1-501-77361-7 / 9781501773617
SW: *Frankreich ; *Kenia ; EU ; *Europa ; Flüchtling ; Ausgrenzung ; Rassismus ; LGBTIQ
Q-VII-C-0302
De-commemoration : removing statues and renaming places - First paperback edition - New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2026. - xiv, 385 Seiten, Illustrationen - (Worlds of memory ; 12)
ISBN 978-1-8075-8034-6
BP: Gensburger, Sarah; Wüstenberg, Jenny
SW: Kunst ; *Rumänien ; *Algerien ; Dekolonisation ; *Grossbritannien ; *Philippinen ; *Ukraine ; *Russische_Föderation ; *Neuseeland ; *Belgien ; *Chile ; *Kanada ; *Spanien ; *Brasilien ; *Australien ; Erinnern ; Vergangenheitspolitik
Z-XII-h-0194
Häussler, Matthias:
Die Last der Sonne : die Kriege der OvaHerero und Nama gegen die deutsche Kolonialherrschaft / Matthias Häussler. - München : C.H. Beck, 20. August 2026. - 316 Seiten, 9 Abbildungen, zwei Karten
ISBN 3-406-85189-4
SW: *Namibia ; Kolonialzeit ; Geschichte ; Krieg ; Aufstand ; Aufstandsbekämpfung ; Kolonialpolitik ; *Deutschland ; Genozid ; Indigene_Bevölkerung
SS-VI-G-0294
Buer, Ingri Boe:
Rethinking peace in urban violence : favela peace formation in Rio de Janeiro / Ingri Boe Buer. - Cham : Springer, 2026. - xv, 305 Seiten - (Rethinking peace and conflict studies)
ISBN 978-3-032-28893-6
SW: *Brasilien ; Friedenserziehung ; Polizei ; Paramilitärische_Organisation ; Gewalt ; Drogenbekämpfung ; Stadtbevölkerung ; Bürgerbeteiligung ; Kirche ; Nichtstaatliche_Organisation ; Geschichte ; Kriminalität ; Frieden
Q-XII-C-0442
On othering : processes and politics of unpeace / edited by Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines. - Athabasca : AU Press, Athabasca University, 2024. - x, 325 Seiten - (Global peace studies)
ISBN 978-1-7719-9386-9
BP: Saikia, Yasmin; Haines, Chad
SW: *China ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marginalität ; Frieden ; Alltagsleben ; Muslim ; *Italien ; LGBTIQ ; Minderheit ; Minderheitenpolitik ; Ökologie ; Indigene_Bevölkerung ; *USA ; Geschichte ; Versöhnungsarbeit
X-X-d-0488
Mann, Richard:
A nation reborn / Richard Mann. - Jakarta : Gateway Books, 2000. - 308 S
ISBN 0-921333-57-9 / 0921333579
SW: *Indonesien ; Politik ; Geschichte ; Sozio-politischer_Wandel ; Religiöser_Konflikt ; Wirtschaft ; Investitionsförderung ; Partei ; Aufstand ; Fremdenfeindlichkeit