News and Events


News and events related to the project will be announced regularly.

YU-ZAM in the United States

YU-ZAM in the United States

In October 2024, the Principal Investigator, Goran Musić, presented our project and its findings in …

International Conference “The Business of Worldmaking: New Perspectives on Liminal Actors in Postcolonial Development Cooperation.”

International Conference “The Business of Worldmaking: New Perspectives on Liminal Actors in Postcolonial Development Cooperation.”

On 19-20 September 2024, the Research Platform for the Study of Transformations and Eastern Europe, …

Roundtable Participation: ‘Visions and Practices of Democracy’ at the University of Graz

Roundtable Participation: ‘Visions and Practices of Democracy’ at the University of Graz

On May 15, 2024, Goran Musić and Immanuel Harisch participated in a roundtable “Visions and Practice…

Book Launch Event: Jodie Yuzhou Sun, “Brotherly Strangers: Kenya’s & Zambia’s Relations with China 1949-2019”

Book Launch Event: Jodie Yuzhou Sun, “Brotherly Strangers: Kenya’s & Zambia’s Relations with China 1949-2019”

On January 31st, 2024, we had the privilege of promoting Jodie Yuzhou Sun’s book “Brothe…

International Conference CfP: The Business of Worldmaking: New Perspectives on Liminal Actors in Postcolonial Development Cooperation

International Conference CfP: The Business of Worldmaking: New Perspectives on Liminal Actors in Postcolonial Development Cooperation

Koper, Slovenia, 19-20 September 2024 Governments in Africa, Asia and South America, most of which a…

Project panels at the 2023 ASEEES annual convention (Philadelphia, 30 November-3 December 2023)

Project panels at the 2023 ASEEES annual convention (Philadelphia, 30 November-3 December 2023)

For the 2023 annual convention of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studie…

Dr. Immanuel Harisch receives the 2023 Walter Markov Prize

Dr. Immanuel Harisch receives the 2023 Walter Markov Prize

Yuworkzambia Team Member Immanuel Harisch receives the 2023 Walter Markov Prize of the European Netw…

YuWorkZambia at the ECAS Cologne and the University of Potsdam

YuWorkZambia at the ECAS Cologne and the University of Potsdam

Goran Musić and Immanuel Harisch presented the early findings from the research project at this year…

Yu-Zam Team presents research at the University of Zambia, Lusaka

Yu-Zam Team presents research at the University of Zambia, Lusaka

On 4 May 2023 our research team had the privilege to present the project in front of Zambian colleag…

Workshop: Life-Work-Infrastructure Transformations in (Post)Colonial Southern Africa

Workshop: Life-Work-Infrastructure Transformations in (Post)Colonial Southern Africa

March 17th, 2023, 14‒19:30 hDepartment of African StudiesSeminarraum 2Hof 5.1Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wie…