Partnership with University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Humboldt University of Berlin's Department of Social Sciences (Institut für Sozialwissenschaften) and the Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) established a research and teaching partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand's African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) in 2015.
The partnership is aimed to establish long-term cooperation between the institutes by providing a platform for academic exchange in research and teaching. The partnership follows a research agenda consisting of three thematic focal points:
- Public health, migration, and xenophobic violence
- Sexuality, migration, and sex work
- Racist and anti-migrant movements
As an addition to the research agenda, the current program involves joint research, teaching, and long-term exchange programs for master students and doctoral students of the institutes.
Contact:
Dr. Holger Wilcke, Research Associate, Department of Social Sciences HU Berlin, Diversity and Social Conflict
Tunay Altay, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Social Sciences HU Berlin, Diversity and Social Conflict
List of past events and other collaborations:
- 2015, organizing the 1st project meeting in Johannesburg and planning of the transnational teaching seminars with the participation of Prof. Dr. Gökce Yurdakul (HU) and Prof. Dr. Antja Schuhmann (WITs)
- 2016, organizing the 2nd project meeting in Johannesburg and the planning of KOSMOS Summer University with the participation of Dr. Ulrike Hamann (HU), Dr. Birgit zu Nieden (HU), and Prof. Dr. Antje Schuhmann (WITs)
- 2017, organizing the 1st KOSMOS Summer University as an exchange platform between the institutes with the participation of Prof. Dr. Antje Schuhmann (HU) as KOSMOS-Fellow
- 2017, organizing the 3rd project meeting in Berlin and planning of joint teaching seminars with the participation of Dr. Holger Wilcke (HU), and Dr. Zaheers Jinnah (WITs/ACMS)
- 2019, research and project meeting in Johannesburg and planning of the 2020 research agenda with the participation of Dr. Holger Wilcke and Soraya Hassoun (HU)
Next steps:
Public health, migration, and xenophobic violence
- Organizing a meeting with Dr. Thea de Gruchy (ACMS), Dr. Marion Aichberger (BIM) and Dana Abedel Fatah (BIM) in Berlin
Sexuality, migration, and sex work
- Forming a virtual reading group between the institutes to exchange ideas and literature on sex work and migration in Germany and South Africa
- Organizing a workshop on sexuality, migration, and sex work in Berlin in March 2020 with the participation of Tunay Altay (HU), Soraya Hassoun (HU) and Dr. Holger Wilcke (HU) and Dr. Elsa Oliveira (WITs), Ntokozo Yingwana (WITs), and Prof. Dr. Jo Veary (WITs)
- Organizing a public panel and a department lecture on sex work and migration as part of the course titled "Citizenship, Borders, and Sexuality" offered by Tunay Altay (HU) in Spring 2020 at Humboldt University