Academy
Founded in 2012, the "Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies" is a centre for interdisciplinary research at the University of Bayreuth and since 2019 part of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence. It is anchored in Bayreuth’s focus on African Studies and is committed to intensifying academic exchange among African Studies scholars as well as between Africa-related and other fields of research. Open to scholars from all disciplines and all countries, the Academy fosters outstanding and innovative interdisciplinary research with an intensive Fellow Programme and innovative working formats involving postdocs. The Academy thus complements the Cluster’s research structures by offering a stimulating environment for the advancement of scholarly debates in African Studies and a hub for early career scholars.