Under the coordination of Richard Legay, a collection of colonial photographs held at the Museum Natur und Mensch in Freiburg will be critically examined.
Starting from 2026, Alke Jenss will coordinate the network on "Dimensions of Regulation: Conceptualizing the Popular in the Drugs/Violence Nexus", funded by Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld.
In his role as Director of the Africa Center for Transregional Research at the University of Freiburg (ACT), Andreas Mehler has acquired a Eucor Seed Money project on the topic of “Human Remains in University Collections - Comparison and Entanglements”.
New report on the FIAT/IFTA-funded project “Intertwined narratives of restitution between Europe and Africa in audiovisual archives” by Richard Legay: An analysis of narratives on the restitution of African cultural heritage based on European and African archives.
Richard Legay receives funding to research Franco-German colonial memory politics.
Viviana Viviana García Pinzón & Tim Glawion receive funding for collaborative research with partners in the Global South.
The European Research Council (ERC) funds a new project on migration in Africa led by Dr Franzisca Zanker. The ABI will receive 1.5 million euros over the next five years.
Richard Legay was awarded a 'Media Studies Grant' for a project on the ‘Entangled narratives of restitution between Europe & Africa in audiovisual archives’.
The research project "Promises of democratic connection? The Politics of Transregional Energy Infrastructure Expansion" now has its own website.
Das „Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa“ startet nun in die Hauptphase mit dem thematischen Schwerpunkt "Sustainable Governance".
