Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies
| Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies | |
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| founding | 2007 |
| Sponsorship | University of Bayreuth |
| place | Bayreuth |
| country | Germany |
| management | Martina Drescher |
| Students | 83 (as of March 2020) |
| Employee | 38 |
| including professors | 34 |
| Website | www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de |
The Bayreuth International Graduate School for African Studies (BIGSAS) was founded in 2007 at the University of Bayreuth in Bayreuth , Germany. BIGSAS has been part of the Africa Multiples Cluster of Excellence since 2019, which is funded by the German Research Foundation and is part of the federal and state government's excellence strategy . The graduate school cooperates with six African partner universities and offers young academics individual support and professional diversity during their doctoral training. The graduates acquire the doctoral degree Dr. phil. or Dr. rer. nat.
Basics
BIGSAS is part of the Institute for African Studies (IAS) at the University of Bayreuth . Research on Africa in the humanities, cultural and social sciences that has been going on for over 40 years , as well as close cooperation with African partners and institutions, form the foundation of the University of Bayreuth's focus on Africa . The graduate school offers research-oriented doctoral training as well as the possibility of joint international supervision of doctoral candidates. There is also the option of a double degree or joint degree.
83 PhD students (Junior Fellows ) from 24 countries are currently researching at BIGSAS (as of March 2020). More than half of the Junior Fellows come from Africa . To date, 144 graduates have successfully completed (as of March 2020). The senior fellows at the Graduate School research and teach in 18 different academic disciplines, including history , law , linguistics , literary studies , media studies , art studies , political science , sociology , geography and religious studies , and five of the six faculties of the University of Bayreuth belong.
aims
The graduate school promotes the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary orientation of the Junior Fellows through its cross-faculty and interdisciplinary anchoring in the Africa focus of the University of Bayreuth . Organized and intensified individual and team support throughout the entire doctoral period provides the Junior Fellows with an academic qualification in connection with job-related skills. BIGSAS aims to bring together excellent African and non-African academics in order to conduct joint research on key topics in the field of African studies (see Cooperation ).
Academic profile
The BIGSAS doctoral program is made up of the following components: multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research with multidisciplinary mentoring , subject-specific scientific training in connection with imparting job market-oriented skills, individually adapted research based on your own research questions, structured training and career planning, early integration of junior fellows in the international scientific community and shorter doctoral periods with structural and financial support. For these purposes, BIGSAS offers method seminars, language courses, thematic workshops and working groups, colloquia and courses on request. In addition, individual or group coaching can be taken.
BIGSAS has its own doctoral regulations.
Institutional framework
BIGSAS is headed by the Steering Committee. The Executive Committee implements the decisions made by the Steering Committee.
The steering committee and the executive committee act in consultation with the advisory board. It includes a representative from the University of Bayreuth , the director of the University of Bayreuth Graduate School, the spokesman for the Africa Multiples Cluster of Excellence and a representative from the Institute for African Studies (IAS).
Cooperations
BIGSAS is currently working closely with six of the universities in Africa with which the University of Bayreuth has long-term academic exchanges with the African focus . The BIGSAS partner universities coordinate, among other things, the pre-selection of young scientists. Their joint training and scientific support is an essential aspect of the long-term and comprehensive cooperation, which not only promotes international scientific structures, but also an inner-African network.
The partner universities are:
- Addis Ababa University , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
- Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou , Benin
- Moi University, Eldoret , Kenya
- Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Rabat , Morocco
- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane , Maputo , Mozambique
- University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa
Other partners:
In addition to the events as part of the normal lecture program, the Graduate School organizes working groups and lectures by guests from other institutions.
In addition, BIGSAS cooperates with institutions such as schools, authorities and associations.
Public activities
- BIGSAS @ school (now Afrika @ school), 2012–2019
- BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literature, annually in June
- BIGSAS in Town, regularly since 2011, including a city tour to Africa-relevant places in Bayreuth
- BIGSAS Journalist Prize for excellent journalism about Africa in German-language media, awarded every two years since 2011
- BIGSAS FC: Two teams - a men's team and a mixed team, regular training
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cluster of Excellence funding line: Complete list of funded projects . Website of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Profile field African Studies . Website of the University of Bayreuth. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Partner universities of the University of Bayreuth . Website of the University of Bayreuth. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ BIGSAS partner universities . BIGSAS website. Retrieved March 26, 2020
- ↑ Africa @ school . Website of the Model African Union (MAU) Bayreuth eV Retrieved on March 26, 2020.
- ↑ BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literature . Website of the BIGSAS literature festival. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Clear the stage for Africa - BIGSAS website of the city of Bayreuth. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ BIGSAS journalist award . Website of the BIGSAS Journalist Award. Retrieved March 26, 2020.