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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)
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MIASA is an institute based at the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra.
Research in Sustainable Governance & Knowledge Production
Funded by BMFTR and the University of Ghana
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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Apr 30
MIASA is dedicated to research on Sustainable Governance & Knowledge Production.
It is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) & the University of Ghana in collab. with @uni-freiburg.de, @goetheuni.bsky.social, @giga-hamburg.de and @dhi-paris.fr
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Join us THIS afternoon for a lecture on "Urban Market Dynamics and Conflicts over Marketplaces in Bamako, Accra, and Kumasi" by Dr. Mahamadou Bassirou TANGARA (USSGB) & Dr. Lamine Doumbia (HU Berlin) at 3:00 pm UTC at the University of Ghana.

Zoom link via:
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November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Join us TODAY for a public lecture on "Women, slavery and social mobility in Eastern Congo since the 1870s“ by Prof. Margot Luyckfasseel (@uantwerpen.be) at 3:00 pm.

Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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The past few days the MIASA team participated in the #Merian Family meeting hosted by #MECAM in Tunis to discuss topics around Knowledge Diplomacy & South-South-North Cooperations together with all of its Merian sister centres.

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October 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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"What is Restitution? Some Conceptual Considerations": MIASA Working Paper by Kodzo B. Gavua (Univ. of Ghana) & Hans Peter Hahn (@goetheuni.bsky.social) now available for download on UGSpace:
miasa.ug.edu.gh/publications...

#restitution, #culturalartefacts, #museum
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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[New!]
#MIASA blog post by H. Kanazoé & E. Nabos on "Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation," or how taxi drivers use LPG as a survival strategy, defying rules & reshaping mobility in West Africa.

🔗 miasa.hypotheses.org/?p=5156

#UrbanMobility #InformalEconomies #WestAfrica #Innovation
Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation: Taxi Drivers Stepping on the Gas in Accra and Bobo-Dioulasso
In Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation, Kanazoé and Nabos explore how taxi drivers in Accra and Bobo-Dioulasso have turned domestic LPG into a lifeline amid rising fuel costs, navigating ambiguous...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Extension of application deadline for MIASA Individual Fellowships at the Univ. of Ghana for the Academic Year 2026/27

New deadline: 29 Sept 2025

miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

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September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Invitation to MIASA Public Lecture on „Anton Wilhelm Amo: In-between Lifeworlds“ by Dr. Stefanie Bognitz tomorrow 9 Sept at 3:00pm UTC at the Univ. of Ghana & via zoom.

More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

#Amo
#Philosophy
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Today MIASA officially welcomed its new fellows starting their fellowships at the University of Ghana.
We are looking forward to fruitful and exciting exchange in the next few months!

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September 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Less than 2 weeks to go - check out the MIASA Individual Fellowships at the University of Ghana!
miasa-ug.bsky.social Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Aug 26
Three more weeks to apply for a MIASA Individual Fellowship at the University of Ghana for the academic year 2026/27

Deadline is 15 September 2025

More infos: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...
September 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Three more weeks to apply for a MIASA Individual Fellowship at the University of Ghana for the academic year 2026/27

Deadline is 15 September 2025

More infos: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...
August 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Breaking #Bureaucracy: #Fraud and #Forgery in the “postcolonial neo-colonised world”

Invitation to join Guest lecture by Yusuf Serunkuma (KU Leuven) TOMORROW, 31 July, 10:15 am UTC at MIASA, UG & online.

miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/guest-...

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July 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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„#Academic #Freedom and #Knowledge Production in Ghana“

An interview between MIASA Coordinator Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social and MIASA PI Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Univ. Of Ghana

Now available on: miasa.hypotheses.org/4681
Academic Freedom and Knowledge Production in Ghana: An Interview with Chika C. Mba
MIASA Academic Coordinator Dr. Agnes Schneider-Musah interviews Dr. Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana and MIASA’s Principal Investigat...
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July 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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See our recent blog post by #MIASA alumna Silke Oldenburg (Geneva Graduate Institute) on „Politike Bishimbo: Humour, Statehood and Social Ambivalence in the 2023 elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo“

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#elections
#DRC
#humour
#statehood
Politike Bishimbo: Humour, Statehood and Social Ambivalence in the 2023 elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Author: Silke Oldenburg with Christian Mwemezi Ngangura)
The journalists ask, “Shako, who are you going to vote for?”. Shako responds, “In the presidential election, I will vote for my father; in the national election, I will vote for my mother; and...
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July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We are thrilled to announce a Special Issue in Africa Today on „Rethinking #Women‘s #Political #Power in #West Africa“ edited by members of MIASA IFG9 Gretchen Bauer @udelaware.bsky.social, Erdmute Alber @unibayreuth.bsky.social and Akosua Darkwah, Univ. Of Ghana.

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55236
Project MUSE - Africa Today-Volume 71, Number 3-4, Spring/Summer 2025
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July 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Join us for the MIASA Public #Roundtable TOMORROW 17 July @9:45 am (UTC) on „The impact of #Female Academics on Higher Education Contexts“.

Language: French with English translation.

Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/roundt...

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July 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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MIASA is inviting proposals for an Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG) on the topic of #Sustainable #Governance at the Univ. of Ghana for the period Feb-May 2027

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July 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Invitation to Public Lecture by Claudio Pinheiro @ufrjoficial.bsky.social on "AfricanStudies: pos-coloniality, dictatorships and the global political stability under the Cold War" on THURSDAY 3 July at 10:15 am (UTC) at MIASA, Univ. of Ghana & online.
Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...
July 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Open call for applications for Individual Residential #Fellowships at #MIASA at the Univ. of Ghana in 2026/27.
Deadline: 15 Sept
Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

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June 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Last day of #ECAS2025 in #Prague. It is great seeing so many familiar faces here.

The #MIASA family keeps growing…

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June 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Great to see future #MIASA #fellows here at #ECAS2025 in #Prague
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timglawion.bsky.social Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · Jun 25
Arrived at #ECAS2025 in Prague; look forward to presenting after lunch on "Imagining futures separate from the past as non-violent resistance" with insights from CAR, DRC, and Lebanon; see you in Hall 313, FA;
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June 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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MIASA is representing at #ECAS2025 in #Prague this week. Check out our display table in the 3rd floor! We are looking forward to meet many of our fellows, alumni and colleagues here
June 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Learn more about #MIASA‘s research and publications today at the Celebration of the Day of #Scientific #Renaissance in #Africa, organized by the College of Humanities at the #University of #Ghana
June 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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If you are in Cologne, join us for the Workshop “Urban Materiality and Inequality – Rethinking Social and Ecological Challenges in the Global South”, on June 24 and 25, at Uzk. (1/4)
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our partner institute @dhi-paris.fr is offering a PhD position in #African #History for one year. The position will also be involved in the science communication of #MIASA
More info see below 👇
kpo.bsky.social Klaus Oschema @kpo.bsky.social · Jun 5
🎺🎺 #Jobalert At the @dhi-paris.fr , the German Historical Institute in Paris, we currently seek to fill a post for a PhD-student with a focus on African History (alas only 1 year). For more details see: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/2... Apply before 3 July 2025...

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Doctorant/e – CDD (1 an) à temps partiel (24h/semaine) (h,f,x)
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June 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Our sister center #MECAM in Tunis is offering a full time position as Academic coordinator:

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📢 REMINDER📢 📢 📢We are Hiring !!! 📣🌟📚🌍Join MECAM in Tunis as a full-time Academic Project Coordinator! 📍Location: Tunis, Tunisia 📍Starting: As soon as possible 📍Duration: Until March 31, 2027 📅Deadlin...
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June 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM