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Zambia’s Shifting perceptions of China, the Chinese and Zambia-China Relations: From the state to the subnational
The project identifies three main epochs that demonstrate Zambia’s shifting perceptions of China the state, Chinese individuals and Zambia-China relations - from an era of intersecting solidarity to economic and political necessity.
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Theory from the South
‘The Global South’ is rarely seen as a source of explanation for world historical events.
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Unstable Ground
Rosalind C. Morris. 2025. Unstable Ground. Columbia University Press. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/unstable-ground/9780231216128/
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Chinese Investment in Africa
Mazwi, Freedom, George T. Mudimu and Kirk Helliker. (Eds.). 2024. Chinese Investment in Africa. Springer International Publishing. https://d...
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Alkebulan: The Return of the Leopard
Alkebulan: The Return of the Leopard is set in the formative phases of the African Federation made up of the continent and its diasporas – Caribbean Africa, European Africa, N.
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The rare earth metals, from intriguing materials to political hot potatoes
This project will be a comprehensive review of the rare earth elements (REE) .
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Deadly Illusions: The Ukraine War and Russian Historical Imagination
Some commentators have aptly called Russia’s Ukraine war a war of obsession.
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Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years
Goldin, Ian and Robert Muggah. 2020. Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years. Penquin Random House. https://www.penguin.co.u...
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African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
Ulf Engel, Manuel Joao Ramos. 2013. African Dynamics in a Multipolar World. Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, 11, 1-12.
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Viel Feind, viel Ehr
Bachmann, Klaus. 2018. Viel Feind, viel Ehr. Osteuropa, 68(3–5), 413–434. https://www.zeitschrift-osteuropa.de/hefte/2018/3-5/viel-feind-vie...
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Southern imaginaries, or, thinking from the South
At a time when the focus of economic development is often the so-called Global South, yet when countries of the north continue to grow in geopolitical dominance, this interdisciplinary project offers a series of cultural, historical, and literary reflections on southness.
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Militarized Global Apartheid
This book explores how new regimes of labor and mobility control are taking shape across the global north in a militarized form that mimics South Africas history of apartheid.
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South Africa in the Region. Gateway or Gatekeeper?
The main purpose of this project is to analyse South Africa’s Foreign Policy towards its own region and towards Latin America (Brazil and Argentina) on a comparative basis and to discuss its role as a regional-middle-emerging power: Leadership?
