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NAB Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth NAB Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth Interview President Leible » However, after this intense period, I am finding my own line of work and setting or reinvigorating priorities. « Bayreuth Academy Conceptualising ‘Future’ Inaugural Conference of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies Moving into the Future A close look at the research projects and people that make up the ‘Future Africa’ project BIGSAS (Re-)Configurations of Islam A joint BIGSAS-BGSMCS summer school on Islamic practices and groups in sub-Saharan Africa Festival of African Literatures 2013 The third and so far the largest Festival of African and African- Diasporic Literatures Iwalewahaus Iwalewahaus is moving house This new contact-zone takes the Iwalewahaus to one of Bayreuth’s most prominent city areas. 49° MetalZone Bayreuth and visitors from all over Icon Lab: Germany were under the spell of Revolution 3.0 metal music. INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES Vol. XIII 2013 EDITORIAL WELCOME The IAS Editorial Welcome The Institute of African Studies (IAS) has several main functions: it This volume of NAB: Newsletter of African Studies at the University of coordinates Africa-related research Bayreuth marks a new departure through the new design and structure. and teaching at the University of IDear am particularlyreaders, happy to present to you this new and highly renovated volume of Bayreuth and promotes cooperation The affiliate institutions of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) now have with African universities and research been created for the director of the Institute to introduce the newsletter more space to report on their activities and projects. A new slot has also our newsletter, NAB. Special thanks go to the new editorial team under the direction institutions, as well as with national and to welcome readers to it. We hope you like these changes! of Eric Anchimbe. In the over 90 pages, we tell you the story of the Institute of and international institutes of African and structures, its guests and friends – through the year 2013. African Studies at the University of Bayreuth – its successes and challenges, its faces studies. In preparing this volume, we enjoyed the logistical and editorial support African studies is one of the cross- discipline research priorities of of the new academic coordinator of the IAS, Franz Kogelmann, as well This volume highlights some of the successes registered in the last year. For the University of Bayreuth, as set foras our their editorial cooperation contacts during Nadine the editingSiegert and(Iwalewahaus), production process.Susanne WeOtt also conferenceinstance, the and Bayreuth a subproject Academy workshop. of Advanced The Iwalewahaus African Studies moved which to its opened new location its out in the Mission Statement and extend(BIGSAS) special and Doris thanks Löhr to our(Academy). ingenious We graphic wish to designer, thank all Yannick contributors Tylle – doors last year (see NAB XII: 7-10) went fully operational this year with an inaugural the University Development Plan. who always has answers for just everything – for realising the new design The IAS thus seeks to promote in 2013.the heart 18 candidates of the city andfrom now 12 countrieseffectively submitted fulfils its newand successfullystatus as a contact defended zone their in and coordinate the research and contributions at various stages in the production process. Bayreuth. Our graduate school, BIGSAS, graduated its highest number of PhD ever teaching activities of approximately of the newsletter. Thanks also go to Gilbert Ndi Shang for copy-editing the 100 researchers on a cross-faculty theses, taking the number of BIGSAS alumni to 37. Within the IAS itself, I am glad and interdisciplinary basis, as well to announce that Franz Kogelmann was appointed full time academic coordinator as training for young researchers in cooperation.For those who left the editorial board after the last volume to concentrate of IAS. He brings with him a huge bag of experience, academic expertise and Africa-related disciplines. There are on their studies, Idriss Riahi and Fabian Schwarz, we thank them for their international networks from which the institute will greatly benefit. currently about 50 professors and about 50 other researchers who are We, therefore, entreat our regular contributors to respect this deadline as In 2013, the University of Bayreuth elected a new president, Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible. engaged in research in Africa and wellAs always, as the contributionsguidelines for topreparing NAB are the expected different in Novembertypes of contributions. of every year. editors.As a former You studentcan read of the Bayreuth, interview Stefan in its Leible entirety stands in this for volume.continuity in the African focus of the University as he explains in the exclusive interview he granted our NAB who teach Africa-related courses, in Faculties II (Biology, Chemistry and We wish you a happy new year 2014! I take this chance to thank all colleagues, collaborators, guests, friends and students Earth Sciences), III (Law, Business Administration and Economics), IV done in 2013 and to wish you all a wonderful year 2014. of the Institute of African Studies and its affiliate institutions for the great work (Languages and Literatures) and V (Cultural Studies). The IAS initiates cross-disciplinary Eric A. Anchimbe Editor-in-chief For our readers, I wish you a happy reading! research projects and supports common Africa-related applications for external funding. The IAS budget On behalf of the editorial team is administered and supervised by the Ute Fendler Director executive board. Institute of African Studies 2 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS 2 — Editorial 25 — BIGSAS 3 — Welcome 25 — Status Quo of BIGSAS A record 18 dissertations were submitted, 37 – Festival 71 – Project: the Diversity Programme was implemented, of African and Huntsmen as pri- collaboration with the engineering sciences 6 — Interview African-Diasporic vate security ser- started off, and two new Postdocs were 6 — Stefan Leible, President of the University of Literatures 2013 vices in northern recruited Bayreuth, talks to NAB Bénin, a collective Six months after officially taking office, research project. 27 — BIGSAS and Engineering Partners NAB talked with the new president of the International Workshop university about his ambitions, projects and Coping with the quest for happiness and the expectations. preservation of integrity of the biosphere in Africa 11 — Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African 28 — (Re-)Configurations of Islam in Sub-Saharan Studies Africa 11 — Conceptualising ‘Future’ A joint BIGSAS-BGSMCS summer school on Inaugural Conference of the Bayreuth Islamic practices and groups in Africa Academy takes up current debates in regional 30 — BIGSAS Journalism Award 2013 and systematic research. 31 — Official visit of Minister Müller 73 – Report: First 25 – A record 18 14 — Moving into the Future with the Bayreuth Maputo African dissertations were 32 — BIGSAS Colloquium: Work in Progress I Academy Film Week: A plat- submitted, the Di- 33 — Higher Education Research at BIGSAS As the Bayreuth Academy closes its second form for African versity Programme 34 — BIGSAS FC vs. Police Department, Upper successful Working group, we look closer at film classics was implemented. Franconia the research projects, people and guests that 35 — BIGSAS Partner University Universidade make up the ‘Future Africa’ project. Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo 20 — Icon Lab: Revolution 3.0? Working with 36 — BIGSAS@school pictures 37 — Festival of African and African-Diasporic The Icon Lab is one of the core parts of the Literatures 2013 sub-project “Revolution 3.0: Iconographies of 40 — Iwalewahaus social utopia in Africa and its diasporas.” 40 — The Iwalewahaus is moving house 23 — Middle classes in Kenya and their visions A new contact-zone in the heart of the city A report from Nairobi about the future of 43 — 49° MetalZone middle classes Crossing borders ‘Grenzüberschreitungen’ – The Bay- 11 festival 2013 reuth Academy of Advanced African 44 — City tour: “Afrika in Bayreuth” 53 — Exhibitions Studies held its 40 – The 45 — Mashup the Archive Festival 55 — Guests international inau- Iwalewa haus is 46 — Iwalewa – Quatre vues de l’Afrique 62 — Reports gural conference. moving house. contemporaine 75 — Personalia 51 — Ghostbusters II {Haunted by Heroes} 80 — Publications 52 — The Poetic Line 88 — In Memoriam 90 — In Brief 4 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 5 INTERVIEW 2. - that African Studies is the model for co- - tional students, young researchers operation. Are you planning any visits terestingadministration time and especially I think thenow Kanzler, we are andPro-active scholars. recruitment of interna to our African partner universities? startingMarkus Zanner.to change Overall, a little it bit was in anorder in 3. Expansion of English-medium edu- to go a step further. - els. our partner universities next year but Q: What exactly are you changing, if we 4. Expansioncation at the of double-Master andand PhDjoint-de lev- ISL: have Yes, not I’m yet supposed decided at to the visit moment. one of I may ask? gree programmes. 5. international alumni via new plat- coldthink one it will week be beforeAddis Ababa.and had I wantedto can- of communication. I want to commu- formsSustainable and communication involvement efforts.of our to go to Kenya last year but I caught a nicateSL: What more I want with to changepeople, is to the talk method with them about new projects, new possi- Q:cel Membersthe trip. Butof the I’m Institute working ofon African that. bilities, new collaborative research fo- So, we are working with strategic Studies certainly want to know in which partners in Africa and beyond in many way you would support the African fo- Nadine Siegert (NAB), Stefan Leible (President) and strengthen connections between the fields not only African studies but also cus of the university. Eric Anchimbe (NAB) during the interview cuses and so on. Secondly, we need to law, physics, engineering, etc. A good Stadtgespräche, andexample chemistry.
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