Reconfiguring African Studies - by Aleo Susan Arndt (Paperback)

About the Book

To reconfigure African Studies in Germany means to understand its past and its visions. This book tries to map some of the respective traces.

Book Synopsis

The debates surrounding the decentralization of academia in Germany can be illustrated using the example of African Studies. The contributors examine the history of the field while presenting concepts for its reconfiguration. Organized in the form of a glossary with a focus on African Studies and Bayreuth, it addresses themes such as intersectionality and decoloniality, memory and future-making, relationality and reflexivity, and diaspora and African nation states. This volume dedicated to Rüdiger Seesemann reflects his influential role in introducing »reconfiguration« to German academia and shaping institutional strategies for future scholarship.

About the Author

Aleo Susan Arndt is a professor of English literature and intersectionality studies. They have founded the Doctoral College for Intersectionality Studies at Universität Bayreuth, being its director ever since. Arndt is also a principal investigator of the Cluster of Excellence »Africa Multiple. Reconfiguring African Studies«.