Uppsala Forum for Africa Studies

Forum welcomed a visitor from Ghana though the ICM mobility program. Read more about Sylvia Sarbah's week with us!

Colleague from University of Ghana on Erasmus+ mobility visit – Forum for Africa Studies – Uppsala University The Forum for African Studies at Uppsala University welcomed Sylvia Antwiwaah Sarbah, a Research Development Officer from the University of Ghana, for an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) programme funded by the European Union. Sylvia arrived in Sweden on 19th May 2026 to begin a week-lon...

Great Joint Public Lecture with Enrico Ille, and Johan Brosché on Oil, Gold, and War in Sudan. Many people attended this last public event Uppsala University's Forum for Africa Studies, at least in Uppsala.

In June, Meena Daivadanam, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Bengt Ove Turesson, David Sumpter, Kajsa Hallberg Adu, and Jecinta Okumu will participate in the Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence will meet in Glasgow: https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/conferences/guild-arua-conference/

And at the Almedalsveckan 22-26 June in , Meena Daivadanam, Claudi Merli, and Sten Hagberg will participate in a panel on research collaborations with Africa on 23 June: https://almedalsveckan.info/rg/almedalsveckan/officiellt-program/program-2026?search=sten%20hagberg

GENTLE REMINDER

Most welcome to tomorrow’s joint public lecture with Ille, University of Leipzig, and Johan Brosché, Uppsala University, on Oli, Gold, and War in . Two specialists will engage in a conversation related to the external and internal forces involved in the political and security turmoil. The lecture is particularly relevant given the current court case on Lundin Oil in Sweden.

AFRICA DAYS 2026 in Stockholm

Yesterday, a team from Uppsala University's Forum for Africa Studies, and South Africa- Sweden University Forum - SASUF attended the celebrations of the Africa Days jointly hosted by 22 African Embassies in Stockholm. The event took place at the House of Egypt. Interesting encounters in the midst of speeches, music, flags, food, and sunshine.

Read more here: https://africadaysweden2026.com/

Photos by Helin Bäckman Kartal and Sten Hagberg.

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The 2025 Annual Report of Uppsala University's Forum for Africa Studies is now published. "Äntligen," as we say on Swedish! Or, ouf, as the Francophones put it.

In any case, the report is a valid document to learn more about all what we do in the Forum. This year's theme is Building Infrastructure for Collaboration. Read more here: https://www.uu.se/en/centre/africa-studies/news/archive/2026-05-26-the-annual-report-2025-now-published

Uppsala Africa Days 2026 held in Uppsala 21-22 May in collaboration with SLU and The Nordic Africa Institute helped to deepen both the understanding of Africa's complex and dynamic role in the world today and of Uppsala as a hub for African studies.

Read the whole post about the conference here:

Uppsala Africa Days 2026 draws 150 participants – Forum for Africa Studies – Uppsala University Uppsala Africa Days 2026 was a joint event between Uppsala University's Forum for African Studies, the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The conference on May 21-22, 2026 brought together 150 researchers, students and practitioners around a comm...

Joint Public Lecture on

After the successful Uppsala Africa Days last week, we would like to remind you all about the upcoming joint public lecture on "Oil, Gold, and War in Sudan" with Dr. Enrico Ille, University of Leipzig, and Associate Prof. Johan Brosché, Uppsala University, Tuesday 2 June, 13:15–15:00, ENG16:0043, Engelska Parken, Thunbergsvägen 3H, Uppsala. This important lecture will be the last public event before the Summer break. Hence, not to be missed! More info here:
https://www.uu.se/en/centre/africa-studies/events/archive/2026-06-02-oil-gold-and-war-in-sudan

Most welcome!

Here we go. Uppsala Africa Days 2026 on "Towards transformative collaborations". Kajsa Hallberg Adu chairs the double session with early career scholars of the Uppsala School for Africa Studies. Join us: Uppsala Africa Days 2026 – Forum for Africa Studies – Uppsala University https://share.google/YgkT8T77gIW6VA7fL

✨ Uppsala Africa Days 2026 ✨ started today!

This conference brings together Uppsala University, SLU and the The Nordic Africa Institute as a milieu for Africa Studies. I was also happy to see KTH Global Development Hub, Erika Svensson Rössner, and Stockholms universitet's Paula Uimonennwith us, and even a rep from Karolinska Institutet, showing that moving "towards transformative collaborations" (the conference theme) begins at home!

If you want to join us, see the link in the comments for details!