Peut-on interpréter le fait pour un Africain de parler «comme les Blancs» comme un signe d’aliénation au plan identitaire?
Mesdames, Messieurs, Cher Membres, Actuellement sur notre forum est en train de se débattre un problème de grande importance: l’identité de l’Africain nouveau, l’Africain de l’ère post-coloniale. Tout est parti d’un constat frappant: les Africains, mêmes ceux travaillant dans les médias de masse, choisissent très souvent de s’exprimer «comme les Blancs». Certains trouvent dans cette […]
PhD Scholarships opportunities at the University of Freiberg (Germany)
« ‘Multi-Functional Filters for Metal Melt Filtration – A Contribution towards Zero Defect Materials »‘ There exists an increasing pressure on the metal-making and metal using industry to remove solid and liquid inclusions such as deoxidation products, sulfides, nitrides carbides etc. and thereby improve metal cleanliness. It is well known that size, type and distribution of non-metallic inclusions in metal […]
Opportunity for doctoral study in Chemical Engineering at the University of Freiberg (Germany)
Heterogeneous Catalysis; Chemical Reaction Engineering; Synthetic Fuels; Petrochemistry; CO2 Removal, Emission Control; Photo-Catalysis Projects in the above mentioned field, experimental studies (synthesis, and characterisation of catalysts, kinetic and mechanistic studies), kinetic modelling, numeric simulation The programme can start at anytime for a duration of 3 years. PhD thesis can be submitted in English. Compulsory Attachments […]
Décentralisation, synonyme de Développement? Réflexion sur un paradigme idéologique très en vogue sous les tropiques
Dans le récent numéro de notre révue scientifique Africa & Science / Afrika & Wissenschaft, nous avons publié une contribution du Professeur Kocra Assoua du département des études africaines de l’Université de Bayreuth en Allemagne. Dans son article, l’auteur évalue la corelation entre la décentralisation et la qualité de la participation politique dans certaines municipalités au Ghana. […]
Millennium Development Goals: Ghana will probably secure 80% of drinking water coverage by 2015
On February 16th, 2012, the president of the Republic of Ghana Professor John Evans Atta Mills addressed the nation. It was his 4th State of the Nation Address at Ghana’s Parliament House since his election in December 2008. One of the important information he delivered was concerning the efforts made by his government in the […]
PhD Scholarships in Ultrafast 2D-IR Spectroscopy at the Universität Frankfurt (Germany)
In our group you will develop and apply femtosecond 2D-IR techniques to investigate the structure and dynamics of short-lived molecular species that are of prime importance for molecular recognition and advanced chemical catalysis. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with organic chemists with the goal to understand and develop novel types of […]
PhD Scholarship : Function of the cytocine MIF in motility- University of Giessen (Germany)
Work in the research project about the mechanisms of action of the cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor-(MIF). Earlier studies by our group led to a more detailed characterization of the MIF- interactome JBC (2009) 284, 34944-34953 and JBC (2009) 284, 7977-7985). The aim now is to deepen the functional investigation of the interaction of MIF […]
PhD opportunities in Transnational Studies at the University if Berlin (Germany)
The BTS is a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, and the Social Science Research Center Berlin. It offers a rigorous and intense English-language PhD programme for exceptionally-talented graduate students in the field of transnational and international relations, defined as an interdisciplinary field of reasearch encompassing Political Science, History, […]