13 November 2018, 6 pm

For over six decades, Africans have been coming to study in Austria – and other countries all over the world, including the capitalist West, the former socialist Bloc and the global South. We will discuss experiences and motives of studying overseas past and present and look at recent educational developments and scholarship opportunities in Austria and beyond.

The event will also launch the recent issue of “Stichproben - Vienna Journal of African Studies” on Journeys of Education and Struggle: African mobility in times of decolonization and the Cold War (No. 34/2018, edited by Eric Burton).

Participants:

A. H. MWAKYOMA, Engineer and university student in 1970s Romania

Eric BURTON, Research Associate in History, University of Exeter

Mariam Mamian DIAKITE, World Bank / Student at the University of Vienna

Elke STINNIG, OeAD – Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research

Youssouf Simbo DIAKITE, Founder of the Association of African Students in Austria and Chair of African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe

Immanuel HARISCH, Research Platform Mobile Cultures and Societies, University of Vienna

Host: Birgit ENGLERT, Deputy Study Programme Director African Studies, University of Vienna

The event is open to the public. Snacks & drinks will be provided!

Venue:

Seminar room 1, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

Hof 5, University Campus (AAKH), Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien