Katekisama-Program 2023-2024

The Katekisama program is a new model of academic collaboration between the Universities of Basel (Switzerland) , Bonn (Germany) and the University of Ghana. The program offers young scholars and senior researchers an original and dynamic platform of interdisciplinary, cooperative education and research that enables them to critically explore and analyze today’s global realities. The scholars and PhD students benefit from the excellence, experience and global expertise of all three institutions in the social sciences and humanities, and from their new and exclusive forms of academic mobility.
 

Katekisama Program 2023

Thematic priority: " Global Convergences: Cultures and Politics of AI in Globality Research"

Moving beyond notions such as “global village” and “network society”, we intervene in the current debate about digital authoritarianism with a comparative angle on globally diverse cultures and politics on artificial intelligence, surveillance, and digital geopolitics expanding the insights from science and technology studies (STS), (global) politics of technology and e-geography.

These courses enable digital forms of mobility for students. They are courses offered in English and open to the (PhD) students. Students at the participating universities benefit from a broader range of courses, an increase in the proportion of English-language instructors, and insights into the study system and learning styles of another university. Digital mobility in teaching also provides more convenience and a more inclusive studying experience for all students, for instance for those with child or other care obligations.

Enrollment: The enrollment procedure is done through the respective administrative coordinators of your home institution. They will provide you with further information about how to register for the different courses. Please make sure to register during the different registration windows.

The semester dates of the University of Basel can be found by following this link.

Type of CourseTitleInstructor
Lecture

Global Debates, Eurocentrism and Methodology

Lerato Posholi (Basel)
Doctoral Course

PhD Project Lab

Madeleine Herren-Oesch; Ralph Weber (Basel)

Lecture

Chinese Politics

Ralph Weber (Basel)

Lecture

A Global History of European Integration

Lucie Chamlian (Basel)

Type of CourseTitleInstructor
Doctoral Course

PhD Project Lab

Madeleine Herren-Oesch; Ralph Weber (Basel)

Seminar

"To Love the Motherland": The CCP United Front and Europe

Ralph Weber (Basel)

Lecture

European Global Studies: Focus The Indo-Pacific

Ralph Weber (Basel)

Type of CourseTitleInstructor
Lecture

Global Debates, Eurocentrism and Methodology

Lerato Posholi (Basel)
Lecture

Contemporary Dilemmas of Citizenship

Teresa Pullano (Basel)
Doctoral Course

PhD Project Lab

Madeleine Herren-Oesch;
Ralph Weber (Basel)

Lecture

Chinese Politics

Ralph Weber (Basel)

Seminar

Interdisziplinäre (Flucht-)Migrationsforschung: Gemeinsame Zugänge über Fragen des Zugangs (Katekisama Contributions to Globality)

Barbara von Rütte (Basel); Maria Ullrich, Lena Laube (Bonn)
Type of CourseTitleInstructor
Seminar

Global Ageing in the 21st Century

Charlotte Blattner; Janine Dumont (Basel)

Doctoral course

PhD Project Lab

Madeleine Herren-Oesch; Ralph Weber (Basel)

Seminar

Deconstructiong International Law: Constitutionalism, Multilateralism, and beyond

Toshiki Mogami (Basel)

Seminar

"Telling China's Story Well": Chinese Party-State Propaganda and Europe

Ralph Weber (Basel)

Seminar

Contemporary Approaches to International Law

Barbara von Rütte (Basel)

Lecture

European Global Studies: Focus Citizenship for the 21st Century

Barbara von Rütte; Ralph Weber (Basel)

Seminar

Development Sociology: Theory and Policy in Practice

Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Bonn)


Scholars from the Universities of Basel, Bonn and the University of Ghana participated in the 3rd Katekisama-Workshop that took place on 9 June 2023. The workshop was held as a hybrid event at the Institute for European Global Studies, with representatives of all three universities present in Basel.

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Visit of team of scholars and administrative personnel of the University of Bonn and the University in Basel at the University of Ghana to institutionalize the cooperation between the Universities.

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Second Katekisama-Work-Shop between the University of Basel and the University of Bonn. During our second Katekisama-Workshop researchers from various disciplines, including area studies, history, social sciences and law, continued the conceptual discussion on "globality", and planned collaborative teaching projects.

First Katekisama-Workshop: Kick-Off-Meeting between researchers of the University Bonn and the Institute for European Global Studies Basel.