Photo impression ECAS 2017 in Basel

The 7th European Conference on African Studies that took place in Basel from 28 June until 2 July 2017 was a huge success with more than 200 panels and up to1600 attendants. This year's theme was Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New Encounters of the Rural and the Urban. The Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss Society for African Studies did a great job organizing the conference on behalf of the Research Network of African Studies Centres in Europe AEGIS. Many ASCL researchers organized a panel, presented a paper or launched a new book.

Mirjam de Bruijn gave a keynote lecture on 28 June on Digitalisation and the Field of African Studies. Watch the lecture:

Take a look at the photo impression below! (Click on a photo for enlargement). More keynotes can be found on the ECAS youtube channel.