About us

AGC, Africa Globally Connected/ l’Afrique Globalement Connecté is an interdisciplinary research and teaching network that aims to foster dialogue and collaboration among scholars at the University of Münster and beyond whose work touches on Africa and its location in a global order.

We want to bring into conversation colleagues from various disciplines at the University of Münster who share an interest in Africa. We raise empirical and conceptual questions relevant to Africa’s material and intellectual past and present within a global context. Our research connects contemporary social and political processes to a long-standing history of interconnection and exchange on and beyond the African continent.

  • Objective 1: Research

    By providing a platform of exchange for colleagues from various disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Medicine and Legal Studies, we seek to engage in collaborative activities across disciplinary boundaries within and beyond the University of Münster. We hope to generate synergetic effects with other

  • Objective 2: Teaching

    To provide theoretically and conceptually sound training for advanced BA, MA and PhD students, we devise course formats that combine intensive seminar discussion of selected work from our respective disciplines with workshops and lectures by invited guest scholars.

  • Objective 3: Public Outreach

    To foster interdisciplinary exchange beyond the academe, we organize public events that feature scholars whose work on topics of broader political or cultural significance has received international attention. Themes to be featured include: African inspiration in music and art, migration, ethics, African philosophy, inter-religious conflict, Human Rights, and transcultural healing practices.