BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1458@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241004T103535 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241009T180000 SUMMARY:Pasts and Presents of Student Protests: Comparing Southern Africa a nd Switzerland DESCRIPTION:Since October 2023\, students around the world have occupied un iversity campuses in protest against the war in Gaza\, military escalation \, and gross human rights violations in Gaza\, the West Bank and Israel. I n our colloquiumwe place these protests and the responses to them within t he university\, in the media and across various public spheres (politics\, international courts\, international organisations) in critical compariso n with Southern African histories of student protests throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. We will discuss examples that include anti-apartheid s truggles\, the significance of Palestine for Africa focused solidarity gro ups\, the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall student movements\, and stud ent protests at the University of Basel and other Swiss universities.\\r\\ n\\r\\nThe colloquium addresses current debates in Namibian and Southern A frican Studies and provides a forum for conversations between students and local and international scholars\, artists and activists. The regional fo cus is programmatic\, but we offer multiple opportunities to reflect on th e sessions\, and situate them in broader discourses. We nurture an intelle ctual milieu and knowledge practice that transcend rigid institutional and symbolic boundaries between the university and society\, the Global South and North\, and disciplines\, fields\, and practices. The colloquium is o pen to students from all levels and guests from within and beyond the univ ersity. Jointly organised by the University of Namibia\, the University of Basel & the Basler Afrika Bibliographien\\r\\nContact for registration an d zoom link: julia.rensing@unibas.ch and makawa@unam.na X-ALT-DESC:

Since October 2023\, students around the world have occupied university campuses in protest against the war in Gaza\, military escalati on\, and gross human rights violations in Gaza\, the West Bank and Israel. In our colloquiumwe place these protests and the responses to them within the university\, in the media and across various public spheres (politics \, international courts\, international organisations) in critical compari son with Southern African histories of student protests throughout the 20t h and 21st centuries. We will discuss examples that include anti-apartheid struggles\, the significance of Palestine for Africa focused solidarity g roups\, the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall student movements\, and st udent protests at the University of Basel and other Swiss universities.

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The colloquium addresses current debates in Namibian and Southern African Studies and provides a forum for conversations between students an d local and international scholars\, artists and activists. The regional f ocus is programmatic\, but we offer multiple opportunities to reflect on t he sessions\, and situate them in broader discourses. We nurture an intell ectual milieu and knowledge practice that transcend rigid institutional an d symbolic boundaries between the university and society\, the Global Sout h and North\, and disciplines\, fields\, and practices. The colloquium is open to students from all levels and guests from within and beyond the uni versity. Jointly organised by the University of Namibia\, the University o f Basel &\; the Basler Afrika Bibliographien

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Contact for regist ration and zoom link: julia.rensing@unibas.ch and makawa@unam.na

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