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A Short Review: Conference on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development

The conference "Revisiting the Historical Connections between Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a Global Context" was held at the University of Basel from August 29 to 30,…

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New MA European Global Studies

As of spring 2015, the Institute for European Global Studies offers the new MA European Global Studies. The interdisciplinary study program expands the established tradition of approaching processes of European integration by a global…

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Colonial Troops in the First World War

Right from its beginning, the European colonies provided the First World War with a global dimension. Especially the use of colonial soldiers soon became a disputed issue and destabilized the racist and hierarchically defined relation…

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Conference on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization was the topic of an international conference at the Institute for Global European Studies. The conference took place from August 29 to 30, 2014.

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Interview with Edward Cavanagh

Edward W. Cavanagh came from the University of Ottawa and as a Visiting Fellow to the Institute for European Global Studies. In this interview, he introduces his research project on Empire’s Companies: Settler Colonialism and Property Law…

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Edward Cavanagh analyzes Empire's Companies

At the Institute for European Global Studies, Edward W. Cavanagh advances his research on "Empire’s Companies: Settler Colonialism and Property Law in World History". He will stay as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European Global…

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New Issue of the Basel Papers

The 104th issue of the Basel Papers has been published. In this issue’s contribution “The Common Security and Defense Policy in Crisis?”, Tanja Klein raises the question, whether national role conceptions and sovereignty pose a challenge to…

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Certificate of Advanced Studies in International Organizations and NGOs

How international organizations work on an European and international level is the topic of a new Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) offered by the Institute for European Global Studies. The subject is one of five modules of the Master…

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Interview with Lien Ling-ling

At the Institute for European Global Studies Lien Ling-ling advances her research project “Enemy Subjects: Civilian Internment Camps in Occupied Shanghai during the Pacific War”. In this Interview the Visiting Fellow introduces her project.

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Certificate of Advanced Studies in Europe 2050

Europe 2050 is a new Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) offered by the Institute for European Global Studies. The subject is one of five modules of the Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in European and Global Governance. Interested…