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Call for Applications: Visiting Fellowships 2018

The Europainstitut (Institute for European Global Studies) of the University of Basel, Switzerland, welcomes applications for three Visiting Fellowships (three months in 2018, starting in spring or in autumn) in the field of European Global…

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Interview with Donna Gabaccia

Professor Donna Gabaccia will stay as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European Global Studies from April to July. In this interview, she introduces her research project on Imagining Nations of Immigrants.

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“Tonight It Is Europe and the World Looking at Us…”

With the current success of populists and the fear of Frexit in mind, Emmanuel Macron’s victory at the French presidential elections was widely perceived as a critical turning point for Europe. But is the new French government able and…

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7th European Conference on African Studies in Basel

“Urban Africa – Urban Africans: New Encounters of the Rural and the Urban” was the topic of the 7th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS). The conference was organized by the Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss Society…

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Christa Tobler Speaks at the Conference “Courting Europe No Longer” about Brexit

On June 24, 2017, Prof. Christa Tobler will speak at the conference “Courting Europe No Longer: The Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice” about Brexit. The event is organized by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law…

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E-Journal "Global Europe" on Brexit

"Brexit: What can the United Kingdom learn from Swiss-European Union Relations?" is the title of an article by Philippe G. Nell. The article has been published in the e-journal "Global Europe - Basel Papers on Europe in a Global…

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Neue Ausgabe des Newsletters

Mit dem Ausgang der französischen Präsidentschaftswahlen und weiteren aktuellen Themen befasst sich die neueste Ausgabe des Newsletters. Der Newsletter informiert regelmässig über Neuigkeiten am Europainstitut und blickt auf die Entwicklung…

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„Borders and Beyond: Reinventing Europe” – Conference with the Swiss Institute in Rome

In light of the lingering sense of crisis within the EU, the Institute for European Global Studies and the Swiss Institute in Rome have organized a conference that sought to explore alternative framings of and redefined priorities for…

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Madeleine Herren-Oesch in the SNSF-Annual Report on the Relevance of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren-Oesch spoke to Profile 2016-2017, the annual report of the Swiss National Science Foundatin (SNSF), about the role of the humanities and social sciences. In the interview, the Director of the Institute for…

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TU Darmstadt Announces Five Three-Yyear Positions for Doctoral Students in the Field of Global History of Technology

Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt), near Frankfurt, Germany, announces five three-year positions for doctoral students in the field of global history of technology. Job Announcement

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