Centres of Advanced Studies as Convivial Spaces of Knowledge Production

1st Mecila Alumni Symposium Berlin, 2-4 November 2023

Seeking to intensify academic cooperation in the humanities and social sciences between Germany and the Global South, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has supported the creation of research centres based on the close collaboration between German institutions and institutions from different world regions. Accordingly, five Merian Centres of Advanced Studies, named after the naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), have been established in the cities of Delhi (ICAS:MP, 2015), Guadalajara (CALAS, 2017), São Paulo (Mecila, 2017), Accra (MIASA, 2018), and Tunis (MECAM, 2020).

In this first alumni symposium of the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America, former Mecila Fellows will discuss the progress of their research since concluding their fellowship in São Paulo. On this occasion, we will also take stock of the contribution of the institutes of advanced studies to promoting outstanding, convivial academic cooperation, and to mitigating North-South asymmetries in the production and circulation of knowledge.

Registrations: n.leibbrandt@fu-berlin.de

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