| 2015 |
Neoliberalism and Contemporary Art in Africa. Conference ‘Present’s Disjunctive Unity’. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (November) |
| 2015 |
Fictions, Fakes and Authenticities. Art Projects from Africa and Beyond. Conference ‘Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting’ Universität München (October) |
| 2015 |
Moderation of the Concluding Discussion, Conference ‘Historische Sammlungen und Gegenwartskunst’, Dahlemer Museen Berlin (July). |
| 2014 |
Afrikanische Soldaten im Ersten Weltkrieg und die Negrophilie der Zwanziger Jahre. Public lecture series ‘First World War – Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives’. FU Berlin (June) |
| 2014 |
Fotografische Praktiken zwischen Abwehr und Verlangen. Zur Mediengeschichte der Fotografie in Afrika. Invited talk at The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (May) |
| 2014 |
Zombie Trajectories. On the Migration of the Undead in the Afro-Atlantic Worlds. Invited talk, Princeton University (March) |
| 2013 |
Panel Introduction, Conference ‚Questioning Narratives, Negotiating Frameworks. Art/Histories in Transcultural Dynamics, Late 19th to Early 21st Centuries’. Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (December). |
| 2013 |
Fictions, Fakes and Authenticities. Artistic Practices from Africa and Beyond. Conference ‘Testing and Contesting Regimes of Visuality’, Universität Köln (July) |
| 2013 |
Aneignung und Eigensinn. Afrikanische Kunst in Europa zwischen Verstehen und Missverstehen. Public lecture series Studium Generale, Universität Düsseldorf (July) |
| 2013 |
Appropriation und Translation als ‘Travelling Concepts’. Fallbeispiele aus der künstlerischen Praxis und Kunstgeschichte Afrikas. Public lecture series ‘Permanent Migration’ an der Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Wien (June) |
| 2013 |
Money, Snakes and Female Bodies. Some Favourite Themes of Ghanaian Horror Videos of the 1990s. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (May) |
| 2012 |
Art-Afrikanismus, Ethnic Marketing und künstlerische Fakes in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Afrikas. Public lecture series ‘Art Unlimited’, Akademie der Künste Berlin (June). |
| 2012 |
Zombies. Zur Migration der Untoten in den Bildnarrativen der afro-atlantischen Welt (Westafrika, Karibik, Nordamerika). Public lecture series ‘Bild und Tod – Transkulturelle Perspektiven’. FU Berlin (June). |
| 2012 |
Art Festivals as Laboratories of the Postcolonial Predicament in Africa. ASA-Conference, University of New Delhi (April) |
| 2012 |
Christian Nollywood and Beyond: Occult Phenomena and the Postcolonial Predicament in Nigeria of the 1990s. Invited talk at the conference Global Prayer, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (February) |
| 2011 |
„Art-Afrikanismus“, „Ethnic Marketing“ und „künstlerische Fakes“ in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Afrikas. Project presentation at the Center for Area Studies, FU Berlin (November). |
| 2011 |
Zwischen ‘Iconoclash’ und ‘Ikonenbildung’: 9/11 in der zeitgenössischen Kunst Afrikas. Public lecture series FU Berlin (May) |
| 2011 |
Panel Contributor ‚Advisory Board ‚Humboldt-Forum‘, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin (April) |
| 2011 |
Art Africanism, Ethnic Marketingand Artistic Fakes in the Contemporary Arts of Africa and the Diaspora. Paper presented at the SAVAH Conference, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (January) |
2010 |
Neue Nachbarschaften. Afrikanische Kunst in ethnologischer und kunsthistorischer Perspektive. Paper presented at the Conference «Die Universalität der Kunstgeschichte», Free University of Berlin (October). |
| 2010 |
Invited screening of Helping Things to Reappear – Conversations with Minettte Vari. Savvy Gallery Berlin (July). |
| 2010 |
Invited Screening of Terrorizing the Concept Meaning – Conversations with Johan Thom, Humboldt University of Berlin” (June). |
| 2009 |
9/11 in the Contemporary Arts of Africa and Beyond. Conference University of Cologne (November). |
| 2009 |
Spirits, Scripts and Media. The Dialectics of Writing and Spirituality in West Africa. Conference Trance Mediums and New Media, University of Cologne (June). |
| 2009 |
From the 1990s Biennales to the Joburg Art Fair. The Changing Art world of South Africa. AEGIS Conference Leipzig (June). |
| 2009 |
The Occult and its Mediation. Conference at Iwalewa-Haus, University Bayreuth (May). |
| 2008 |
Anthropology, Art History and Visual Culture. Some Lessons from Exhibiting Contemporary African Arts. Invited talk at the University of Oslo (December). |
| 2008 |
Afrikanische Kunst und Kunstgeschichte im gloablen Kontext. Vier Thesen. Invited talk at the Free University of Berlin (November). |
| 2008 |
Trajektorien einer Ikone: Hans Himmelheber und die Erforschung des Mami Wata-Kults. Conference in honour of Hans Himmelheber. Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich (May). |
| 2008 |
African Diaspora Artists. Invited talk at the University of Southampton (February). |
| 2008 |
Afrikanische VideokünstlerInnen. Invited talk at the University Frankfurt a.M. (January). |
| 2007 |
Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales at the Margret Mead Film Festival in New York (November). |
| 2007 |
Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales at the Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival in Taipeh (September). |
| 2007 |
Invited screening Ghanaian Video Tales at the 26th International Artfilm-Festival in Asolo (September). |
| 2007 |
Kunst, Kontext und Archiv. Zur Kreuzung dokumentarischer und künstlerischer Positionen. Paper presented at the Conference «Kunst oder Kontext?», Grassi-Museum, Leipzig (July). |
| 2007 |
RAI Film Festival Manchester. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales (June). |
| 2007 |
Days of Ethnographic Film. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales. Slovenski etnografski muzej, Ljubljana (May). |
| 2007 |
Kunstwelten in Interaktion. Lokale Akteure und strategische Globalität am Beispiel der Kunstbiennalen von Dakar, Johannesburg und Luanda. Lecture at the University of Bayreuth (May). |
| 2007 |
Opening speech, vernissage of «Black Paris – Kunst und Geschichte einer schwarzen Diaspora», Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt (March). |
| 2007 |
«Found Footage» und das kulturelle Archiv: Videoarbeiten afrikanischer KünstlerInnen, Invited talk at the University of Cologne (January). |
| 2007 |
«Found Footage» und das kulturelle Archiv: Videoarbeiten afrikanischer KünstlerInnen, Invited talk at the University of Mainz (January). |
| 2006 |
Religion, Media and the Occult. Paper presented at the Volkswagen Sponsered Conference «Belief in the Paranormal and Occult», Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka/Nigeria (November). |
| 2006 |
International Documentary Film Festival Olmütz. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales (Oktober). |
| 2006 |
9th EASA Conference. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, Bristol (September). |
| 2006 |
EthnoFilmFest Münster. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales (August). |
| 2006 |
Screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, on invitation by the Department of Media Studies, University of Siegen (May). |
| 2006 |
GIFF, Göttingen International Film Festival. Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales (May). |
| 2006 |
Panelist, round table discussion «Arts and Culture in Africa», on invitation by German President Horst Köhler, Schloss Bellevue Berlin (May). |
| 2006 |
Panelist, round table discussion on the topic «Das Böse in der Kultur – Kulturen des Bösen» and invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, University of Frankfurt (March). |
| 2006 |
Screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, on invitation by the German Film Museum. Frankfurt (March). |
| 2006 |
Invitation by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Paris (March). |
| 2006 |
Conference on «Pathische Repräsentation». Invited screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, University of Lüneburg (February). |
| 2006 |
Photographic Portraiture in Ghana. Paper presented at Rebele-Conference «Photpgraphy in the African Worlds», University of California in Santa Cruz (February). |
| 2006 |
Afrikanische Bilder des Bösen. Invited talk at the Hospitalhof Stuttgart (February). |
| 2005 |
Screening of Ghanaian Video Tales, on invitation by the University of Mainz (Dezember). |
| 2005 |
Videoarbeiten afrikanischer Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Invited talk at the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich (November). |
| 2005 |
Panelist, round table talk Urban Visions – Accra held at the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München. Premiere of Ghanaian Video Tales (September). |
| 2005 |
Panelist, round table talk on Visual Anthropology – Positions and Perspectives, University of Munich (July). |
| 2005 |
Opening speech, vernissage of «Africa Screams – Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult», Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt (July). |
| 2005 |
Opening speech, vernissage EL Loko – Weltengesichter und kosmische Lettern, Fritz-Winter-Atelier, Dießen (June). |
| 2005 |
Reklame- und Plakatkunst in Afrika. Invited talk, Collegium Martin Behaim, Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg (May). |
| 2005 |
Afrikanische Videokunst. Lecture at the University Lüneburg (February) |
| 2005 |
Reflections on the Media and the Occult. Paper presented at the Volkswagen-Sponsered Conference «Belief in the Paranormal and the Occult», Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (February). |
| 2005 |
Nollywood Zombies – Zur Ikonografie der lebenden Toten in westafrikanischen Horrorvideos. Paper presented at the Conference «Totenrituale» , University of Konstanz (January). |
| 2004 |
Panelist, round table talk, «Gleichzeitig in Afrika», Förderkoje Berlin (November). |
| 2004 |
Opening speech, vernissage of Africa Screams – Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult at the Kunsthalle Vienna (November). |
| 2004 |
Discussant at the Conference Questioning the New – Explorations in Processes of Cultural Syncretization in Africa and Beyond, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (Oktober). |
| 2004 |
The Impact of New Media in Cotemporary Art Practices in Africa. Paper presented at the 8th EASA-Conference, University of Vienna (September). |
| 2004 |
Reklamekunst in Afrika. Invited talk at the Grassi-Museum in Leipzig (September). |
| 2003 |
Invited screenings of Mami Wata and Future Remembrance at the Days of ethnografic film, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München (November). |
| 2003 |
Panelist, round table talk at the Symposium Transferts, Brussels/Africalia (June). |
| 2003 |
Zur Re<Lokal>isierung des Schreckens in Horrorfilmen aus Ghana und Nigeria. Lecture at the 49th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (May). |
| 2003 |
Invited screening of Future Remembrance at the Filmforum Ethnologie und Dritte Welt, Freiburg (May). |
| 2003 |
Opening speech, vernissage of «Try me! Afrikanische Reklamekunst» at the City Museum Munich (March). |
| 2002 |
Globale Medien – Lokale Praxen. Fallstudien zur Medienkultur im postkolonialen Ghana. Lecture at the University of Frankfurt (December). |
| 2002 |
A Passion for Difference. Paper presented at the Symposium on the occasion of Ulli Beier's 80th anniversary at Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (July). |
| 2002 |
«... Picture is a silent talker ...» Zur Mediengeschichte der Fotografie in Afrika. Lecture at the Centre for Art and Media ZKM, Karlsruhe (June). |
| 2002 |
Der Tod des Asantehene, Elektronische Folklore und Mediengeschichte(n) aus Ghana. Talk at Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (April). |
| 2002 |
Die Reklame, der Schrecken und die Stadt. Ausstellungsprojekte des Iwalewa-Hauses 2002-2004. Talk at Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (April) |
| 2001 |
Married to a Witch. Horrorfilme aus Westafrika. Lecture at the Kunsthalle Vienna (November). |
| 2001 |
Panelist, round table talk at the Symposium Flash Afrique, Kunsthalle Vienna (September). |
| 2001 |
Wicked Villagers and the Mysteries of Reproduction. An Exploration of Horror Films from Ghana and Nigeria. Paper presented at the Conference «Modes of Seeing and the African Video Film», Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth (June). |
| 2001 |
Panel chair at the conference «The Origins of Visual Anthropology – Putting the Past Together», Max Plank Institute Göttingen (June). |
| 2000 |
Gangsterstyle und Hindukitsch. Über Kinoerfahrung und Studiofotografie in Westafrika. Lecture at the House of World Cultures, Berlin (Feburary). |
| 2000 |
Panelist, round table talk at the symposium Porträt Afrika. House of World Cultures, Berlin (January). |
| 1999 |
Medien und ihre kulturelle Konkretion. Eine ethnologische Perspektive. Lecture at the University of Cologne (December). |
| 1999 |
Sprechende Bilder – Stumme Kunst. Zur Mediengeschichte der Fotografie in Westafrika. Paper presented at the Conference «Auge und Apparatur», University of Konstanz (Oktober). |
| 1999 |
Evolving Hybrid Mythologies. Horror Films Made in Ghana. Opening Lecture at the Summerschool MediaAnthropology, University of Hamburg (September). |
| 1999 |
«... Picture is a Silent Talker ...» Invited talk at Iwalewa-Haus, University Bayreuth (July). |
| 1999 |
Visions of Modernity in Ghana. Photo Studios, Mami Wata Shrines, and Horror Films. Paper presented at the Conference «Photography and Modernity in Africa», University of Cologne (June). |
| 1999 |
Afrikanische Horrorfilme und das Unbehagen in der Moderne. Opening Lecture to the «Long Night of Ghanaian Horror Movies» at the Volksbühne, Berlin (March). |
| 1999 |
Afrikanische Fotogeschichte als Mediengeschichte. Das Beispiel Ghana. Invited talk at the Rautenstrauch-Jost-Museum, Cologne (January). |
| 1999 |
Die Geburt einer hybriden Mythologie. Horrorfilme made in Ghana. Opening Lecture to the «Long Night of Ghanaian Horror Movies», at the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (January). |
| 1998 |
Elements pour une histoire de la photographie dans les pays anglophones en Afrique de l'Ouest. Invited talk at the Centre Culturel Français, Bamako/Mali (December). |
| 1998 |
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, New York, invited screening of Future Remembrance (November). |
| 1998 |
Entangled Traditions. Photography and the History of Media in Ghana. Invited talk at the Department of Art History, Columbia University, New York (November). |
| 1998 |
6th International Festival of Ethnographic Film, invited screening of Future Rememrance, Goldsmiths College, University of London (September). |
| 1998 |
Photography, Death and Memory. A Case Study of Ghanaian Photographic Practices. Paper presented at the EASA-Conference, University of Frankfurt (September). |
| 1998 |
Panel Chair of the workshop Studio Photography in Africa. EASA-Conference, University of Frankfurt (September). |
| 1998 |
Opening speech, vernissage of Snap me one! Studiofotografen in Afrika, City Museum. Munich (September). |
| 1998 |
Future Remembrance. Invited talk and screening at the University of Frankfurt (July). |
| 1998 |
9th Beeld for Beeld Festival, invited screening of Future Remembrance Amsterdam (June). |
| 1998 |
Studiofotografen in Ghana. Invited talk at the University of Basel (June). |
| 1998 |
Neuere Entwicklungen der Visuellen Anthropologie. Invited talk at the University of Konstanz (June). |
| 1998 |
13. International Documentary Film Festival, invited screening of Future Remembrance, Munich (Mai). |
| 1998 |
Neuere Ansätze der Visual Culture-Forschung am Beispiel Westafrikas. Invited talk at the University of Cologne (April). |
| 1998 |
Speaking Grounds. The Aesthetics and Semiotics of Ghanaian Photo Backdrops. Paper presented at the 10th Triennial Symposium on African Art, New Orleans (April). |
| 1998 |
17ème Bilan du film ethnograhique, invited screening of Future Remembrance, Paris, Musée de l'homme (March). |
| 1998 |
Die Geburt einer hybriden Mythologie. Horrorfilme Made in Ghana. Invited talk given at the University of Cologne (January). |
| 1998 |
Panelist, round table talk at the symposium Dialog mit den Göttern. House of World Cultures, Berlin (January). |
| 1997 |
Die Geburt einer hybriden Mythologie. Horrorfilme Made in Ghana. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the German Anthropological Association, University of Frankfurt (Oktober). |
| 1997 |
Kulturvergleichende Studien zum Aufbau indigener Seh- und Bildwelten in Westafrika. Lecture at the Humboldt-University Berlin (June). |
| 1997 |
Warum studieren wir Grenzen und Grenzräume? Opening Lecture at the Conference «Frontiers and Borderlands», Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (February). |
| 1997 |
Sichtbarkeit und Gefährdung. Sehkultur, Fotografie und visuelle Umgangsformen der Fante in Ghana. Paper presented at the Conference «Hybride Wirklichkeiten. Zur neueren Theoriediskussion in der Visuellen Anthropologie». Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder (January). |
