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South Africans 🇿🇦 head to the ballot box in May. Will unemployment, collapsing infrastructure and poor governance bring down #ANC? Breakfast w/ Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Liv Tørres Elling Tjønneland (@CMI_no) & Maren Sæbø ➡️ Fri 12 April ⏰ 8:30 am 🇳🇴 here/zoom 🥐☕️bergenglobal.no/events/south-a…

In his book Nathaniel Mathews (Binghamton University) traces the Swahili-speaking Arab diaspora from East Africa to Oman 🇴🇲. In her book @AnneKBang1 looks at intellectual & social change in Zanzibar 🇹🇿. They meet Pelle Valentin Olsen (Det humanistiske fakultet) ➡️ Tues 16 Apr ⏰ 2pm bergenglobal.no/events/book-la…

900 million Indians 🇮🇳 will soon take part in the world's biggest democratic exercise. Will they give Narendra Modi a third term? Welcome to breakfast w/ Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Sarthak Bagchi (Ahmedabad University School of Arts and Sciences) and anwesha dutta ➡️ Thur 18 April ⏰ 8:30 am 🇳🇴 here/zoom bergenglobal.no/events/worlds-…

Who's who in the Middle East? Pelle Valentin Olsen (AHKR) invites colleagues to help you navigate the region. First out is the #Houthi 🇾🇪 w/ Alexander Weissenburger (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Eirik Hovden (Institutt for fremmedspråk, UiB) & Maria-Louise Clausen ➡️Tue 7 May ⏰ 12:30 🇳🇴 here/zoom bergenglobal.no/events/whos-wh…

On this day in 1988, James Edward Hansen sounded the alarm about #ClimateChange on our planet - its consequences more evident by the day. Jonas Gahr Støre Andreas Bjelland Eriksen Arbeiderpartiet Regjeringen Energidepartementet Klima- og miljødep Miljødirektoratet Kunnskapsdepartement Norges forskningsråd Mari Sundli Tveit #JamesHansenDay


Welcome to lunch and book talk with historian Andrew Simon on the social life of an everyday technology — the cassette tape — to offer a multisensory history of modern #Egypt 🇪🇬 ➡️ Wed 28 Aug ⏰ 12:00 - 13:30 bergenglobal.no/events/media-o…

There is growing focus on nuclear energy ☢️ in the Middle East. Could this be a step towards nuclear weapons proliferation? Hebatalla Taha Statsvetenskap Lund gives us the history and context of the nuclear programmes in the region ➡️ Thur 5 sept ⏰ 11:00 🥐☕️ bergenglobal.no/events/whos-wh…

Hva er poenget med en strategi for et kontinent med over 50 land? @li63ra, Elling Tjønneland (CMI Bergen) og Lovise Aalen tar for seg @Utenriksdep sin nye Afrikastrategi ➡️ ons 11 sept ⏰ 08:30 🥐☕️ bergenglobal.no/events/en-nors…

Indonesians 🇮🇩 who lose land to 🌴 oil companies face a "rightlessness" that avoids legal provisions and instead rely on informal connections and bargaining power. Meet Ward Berenschot, Kari Telle (CMI Bergen) and @aledwil29161867 ➡️ Fri 13 Sept ⏰ 13:00 bergenglobal.no/events/palm-oi…



Where is Georgia 🇬🇪 headed after this week's election – 🇪🇺/🇷🇺? Welcome to brekfast w/ Paulina Salek-Lipcean (Universitetet i Bergen), @kailmarkvart, Giorgi Cheishvili, European Dialogue and Democracy Association (EDDA) and Elina Troscenko ➡️ Tue 29 Oct ⏰ 8:30 am 📍 Jekteviksbakken 31 / Zoom 🥐☕️ bergenglobal.no/events/georgia…

Both president Maduro and the opposition claimed victory in Venezuela's 🇻🇪 election this summer. Is there hope for democracy and justice? Meet Sonia Zapata and @leivm_academic in conversation w/Jose Zurita-Tapia (TV) ➡️ Mon 4 Nov 12:15 📍 here/zoom 🥐☕️ 👉 bergenglobal.no/events/maduros…


Youth in Africa and Europe are underrepresented in politics and face limited future prospects. Join Lovise Aalen and panel of researchers from both continents for breakfast on demographic change and youth politics ➡️ Wed 13 Nov ⏰ 8:30 am 📍 here/zoom 🥐☕️ bergenglobal.no/events/youth-a…

Hva skjer med 🇳🇴 støtte til en palestinsk stat? Hvordan har Gaza-krigen formet 🇳🇴 politisk debatt? Hva vil skje med UNRWA 🇺🇳? Kjersti G. Berg, Jørgen Jensehaugen & Pelle Valentin Olsen Det humanistiske fakultet PRIO NLA Høgskolen ➡️ tor. 28. nov ⏰ 11:30 📍 her/zoom 🥐☕️ bergenglobal.no/events/hvem-er…

Join us for a lecture on #TimorLeste’s ‘oil fever’ and the #TasiMane project. Learn how animism and extractivism shaped national governance. 🗣️ Judith Bovensiepen Austrian Academy of Sciences & Kari Telle CMI Bergen ➡️ Mon 2 Dec ⏰ 13:00 📍 Jekteviksbakken 31 bergenglobal.no/events/oil-fev…

Join us for a discussion on #Mozambique’s post-electoral protests and the muted 🇪🇺/🇳🇴 responses with Luisa Nhantumbo Agência Lusa, Edson Cortez CIP-Mozambique, Helge Rønning, Carmeliza Rosario CMI Bergen & Aslak Orre ➡️ Wed 4 Dec 🕗 8:30 am 🇳🇴 📍 here/online ☕️🥐 👉 bergenglobal.no/events/mozambi…

