Bamako

26th-28th January 2017 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso),
African Peacemaking seen from Below. Experiments, Experiences and Alternatives
Conveners: Prof Ulf Engel (University of Leipzig), Prof Augustin Loada (CGD Ouagadougou), Dr Antonia Witt (Goethe University Frankfurt/Peace Research Institute Frankfurt). In collaboration with CGD Ouagadougou and Point Sud Bamako.PDF Report

17th-21st March 2017 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Middle Classes, Protest and Social Change in Africa and Beyond
Conveners: Prof Henning Melber (Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala), Prof Hennie Kotzé (Stellenbosch University), Dr Antje Daniel (University of Bayreuth), Dr Florian Stoll (University of Bayreuth). In collaboration with STIAS Stellenbosch and Point Sud Bamako.PDF Report

19th-26th July 2017 in Lamberene (Gabon),
The Promises of the Biomedicine in Africa. Court of the Past Promises, Tribune for the Future Promises?
Conveners: Prof Lucia Candelise (University of Geneva), Prof Martina Drescher (University of Bayreuth), Prof Augustin Emane (University of Nantes), Prof Marina Maestrutti (University Panthéon Sorbonne/CETCOPRA), Prof Anne-Marie Moulin (University Paris Diderot et Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). In collaboration with CERGEP Libreville and Point Sud Bamako.PDF Report

26th-30th September 2017 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Decolonization and the Politics of Wildlife in Africa
Conveners: Dr Bernard Gissibl (Leibniz Institute for European History, Mainz), Dr Felix Schuermann (University of Kassel). In collaboration with STIAS Stellenbosch and Point Sud Bamako.PDF Report

22nd-26th October in Bamako (Mali),
Afrika Nko – Speaking of Africa in the World and Redefining the Social Sciences and the Humanities: Words and Validation of Knowledge
Conveners: Prof Mamadou Diawara (Goethe University, Frankfurt), Prof Elísio Salvado Macamo (University of Basel), Dr Moussa Sissoko, (Point Sud). In collaboration with Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

29th November – 4th December in Niamey (Niger),
Linking Borderlands Research and Policy in Africa and Europe: Tackling Translation Challenges
Conveners: Prof Gregor Dobler (University of Freiburg), Dr Mareike Schomerus, Overseas Development Institute, London. In collaboration with LASDEL Niamey and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

21-23 February 2016 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso),
African Courts: Actors, Institutional Developments and Governance
Conveners: Prof Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya, University of Ghana, Legon, Dr Jan Budniok, University of Hamburg, Dr Hamani Oumarou, LASDEL, Niamey and Prof Alexander Stroh, University of Bayreuth. In collaboration with CGD Ouagadougou and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

2-8 March 2016 in Bamako (Mali),
Making a Better Life: Training, Work and Mobility of Youth in Western and Central Africa
Conveners: Prof Ute Roeschenthaler (University of Mainz), Prof Augustin Emane (University of Nantes), Dr Moussa Sissoko (Point Sud Bamako), Prof Ibrahima Thioub (CARTE and Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar). In collaboration with Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

20-24 September 2016 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Imaginaries of Afflication, Healing and Medicine. Sickness and the Representation of Africa
Conveners: Prof Rose Marie Beck (University of Leipzig), Prof Birgit Meyer (University of Utrecht), Prof Joseph Tonda (University Omar Bongo Libreville) and Prof Abdallah Daar (STIAS/University of Toronto). In collaboration with STIAS Stellenbosch and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

1-6 October 2016 in Stellenbosch (South Africa),
Political Subjectivity in Times of Transformation: Classification and Belonging in Postcolonial Africa
Conveners: Dr Katharina Schramm (University Halle-Wittenberg) and Dr Lindsey Reynolds (Stellenbosch University). In collaboration with STIAS, Stellenbosch University and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

6-12 October 2016 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso),
The Challenges of Research in Contexts of Proximity
Conveners: Prof Mamadou Diawara (Goethe University Goethe Frankfurt), Dr Fatoumata Ouattara (IRD Marseille). In collaboration with CGD Ouagadougou and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

10-14 Dezember 2016 in Bamako (Mali),
Sahelian Identities in Times of Crisis, Past and Present
Conveners: Prof Baz Lecocq (Humboldt University Berlin), Prof Isaie Dougnon (University of Bamako), Dr Amy Niang (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg). In collaboration with the University of Bamako and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

10-12 April 2015 in Dakar (Senegal)
African Mobilities and Postcolonial Border-Regimes
Conveners: Prof Heidrun Friese (TU Chemnitz) and Dr Judith Albrecht (TU Chemnitz). In collaboration with Prof Ibrahima Thioub of CARTE/University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

4-8 August 2015 in Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Place and Mobility: People and Cultural Practices in Cosmopolitan Networks in Africa, the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean
Conveners: Dr Fernando Rosa (University of Stellenbosch), Dr Patrick Desplat (University of Cologne) and Dr Shaun Viljoen (University of Stellenbosch). In collaboration with STIAS, the University of Stellenbosch and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

9-11 August 2015 in Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Crossing boundaries. An interdisciplinary conference on the challenges and chances of research on the Indian Ocean-Africa-connection
Conveners: Dr Franz Kogelmann (University of Bayreuth), Prof Louis Paul Randriamarolaza (University of Antananarivo), Prof Eva Spies (University of Bayreuth). In collaboration with STIAS, University of Stellenbosch and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

20-24 October 2015 in Dakar (Senegal)
The Great War in Africa: Economic, Cultural and Political Consequences of the First World War on African Societies
Conveners: Prof Elikia MBokolo (IMA/EHESS Paris), Prof Jean Bernard Ouédraogo (EHESS/CNRS Paris), Prof Catarina Madeira-Santos (IMA/EHESS Paris) and Dr. Michael Pesek (Humboldt University Berlin). In collaboration with CARTE, University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

3-6 December 2015 in Dakar (Senegal)
Afrika Nko: Africa in the World-Translation: Disputing the Sense of African Social Realities
Conveners: Prof Mamadou Diawara (Goethe University Goethe Frankfurt), Prof Frieda Ekoto (University of Michigan), Prof Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo (CNRS, Paris), Prof Ebrima Sall (Codesria, Dakar). In collaboration with the University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Codesria and Point Sud Bamako. PDF Report

17th to 21th Mai 2014 in Dakar (Sénégal)
Imaginary of Renewal
Convenors:  Prof Ute Fendler, Dr Ulf Vierke, Dr Viviane Azarian, Nadine Siegert, Maroua El Naggare and Aminata Cécile Mbaye (all from the University of Bayreuth). In collaboration with Point Sud in Bamako and CARTE/University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar. PDF Report

6th to 10th October 2014 in Bamako (Mali)
Political Culture in Africa – the Narrative Foundations of Authority and Leadership
Convenors:  Prof Georg Klute (University of Bayreuth) and Prof Elisio Macamo (University of Basel). In cooperation with Point Sud/University of Bamako. PDF Report

14th to 15th of November 2014 in Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Peace through Institutions? Constitutional Choices for Divided Societies
Convenors:  PD Dr Andreas Mehler (GIGA Hamburg), Prof Christof Hartmann (University Duisburg-Essen), Prof Pierre du Toit and Dr Nicola de Jager (both from the University of Stellenbosch). In collaboration with STIAS/University of Stellenbosch. PDF Report

25th to 29th of November in Dakar (Senegal)
Photographs of 19th and 20th Century Africa: Changing Perspectives and Object Histories in School Textbooks and Digital Archives
Convenors:  PD Dr. Sissy Helff (Goethe University Frankfurt) and Dr Kokou Azamede (University of Lomé). In collaboration with Point Sud in Bamako and CARTE/University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar. PDF Report

4th to 11th of December 2014 in Niamey (Niger)
African Courts: Actors, Institutional Developments and Governance
Convenors: Dr Jan Budniok (University of Mainz), Dr Alexander Stroh (GIGA Hamburg), Dr Hamani Oumarou (LASDEL, Niamey) and Dr Alhassan Anamzoya (University of Ghana). In collaboration with Point Sud in Bamako and LASDEL/University Abdou Moumouni in Niamey. PDF Report

17th to 22st of December 2014 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Culture as a Resource – Understanding the Role of Art and Cultural Performance in Envisioning the Future
Convenors: Prof Dorothea Schulz (University of Cologne) and Dr Nadine Sieveking (University of Leipzig). In collaboration with Point Sud in Bamako and CDG/University of Ouagadougou. PDF Report

In 2009, the Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main (Germany) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) established the “Programme Point Sud” in order to fund Africa-related workshops and conferences in the humanities and social sciences at Point Sud.

Read moreSouth-South Partnerships in Science and the Role of Europe Inaugural Conference of the new Program Point Sud
STIAS Stellenbosch 25-27 February 2014