Units of the IAS

The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence: Reconfiguring African Studies was established in 2019 as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. The more than 160 members of the research network today represent a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and the diversity of academic traditions from three continents. The Cluster was founded with the aim of developing new conceptual impulses for African studies and reconfiguring its structure. The close research cooperation with African partner institutions, above all with the African Cluster Centres (ACCs) at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University (Burkina Faso), the University of Lagos (Nigeria), Moi University (Kenya), and Rhodes University (South Africa), is fundamental to this. The Digital Research Environment (DRE) connects the researchers and enables them to work together on research material.

The Cluster offers an international fellowship programme through the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. ...more