Carl Schlettwein Foundation

The Carl Schlettwein Foundation

The Carl Schlettwein Foundation is located in the "Tscheggenbürlins Haus" at Klosterberg 23 in Basel. Established in 1994 with the charter to maintain the Basler Afrika Bibliographien founded and run by Carl Schlettwein, the Foundation is registered with the canton of Basel-Stadt as a non-profit organization. Its board consists of President Jörg H. Schwarzenbach, Pierrette Schlettwein, Luccio Schlettwein, Dr Veit Arlt, Dr Martin Lenz (actuary), and Dr Josef Zwicker. Luccio Schlettwein manages the Foundation's activities as a delegate of the board.

Basler Afrika Bibliographien

The Basler Afrika Bibliographien, a registered trademark of the Carl Schlettwein Foundation, is a specialized library founded in 1971, as well as an archive on Southern Africa. The library's extensive holdings on Namibia are internationally renowned.

Grants and Awards Given by the Carl Schlettwein Foundation

Along with the financing of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, the Carl Schlettwein Foundation awards fellowships to Namibian students in Southern Africa, supports selected research projects in Namibia, and finances lectureships, events, and research projects that have to do with Southern Africa. The foundation also publishes books under the imprint of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien.

Submission Criteria for Grants and Awards

The Foundation board meets twice a year for regular meetings, at which applications are discussed. The application deadlines are on September 30 and February 28 every year. The complete application criteria are listed in the following documents. No legal claim can be made about grant or award applications.

Previous Grants and Awards Given by the Carl Schlettwein Foundation

Since its founding in 1994, the Carl Schlettwein Foundation has given numerous grants and awards in the form of fellowships, lectureships, and financial support for events and projects, including the following:

Fellowships

• Since 1998, fellowships have been granted to Namibians studying in MA and PhD programs at the University of Namibia, the University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town, and Rhodes University
• Around 70 Swiss Awards granted to the University of Cape Town (1998-2001)
• Around 20 Swiss African Research Awards granted to the University of Cape Town (1998-2001)

 

Lectureships

Lectureships at the University of Basel:

• Dr Susann Baller as an assistant to Prof Patrick Harries, 2008-2014
• Guest Lectureship on Literature of Southern Africa, Prof Therese Steffen, 2001-2011
• History of African Teacher Training in South and southern Africa, Prof Patrick Harries, 2010
• Extraordinary Professorship on the History of Southern Africa, Prof Patrick Harries, 2001-2008
• Guest Lectureships at the University of Basel and the Center for African Studies, since 1994

 

Events

• Conferences: Swiss Society of Africa Studies SGAS: "African Studies Forum," since 1996
• Workshops: Creative Writing Course and Creative Journaling Course, Dr Dorian Haarhoff, Windhoek College of Education, 1996-2011
• Conference: Center for African Studies, "Living the City," Dr Veit Arlt, University of Basel, 2010
• Conference: "African Borderlands Research Network" (ABORNE), University of Witwatersrand, 2009
• Conference: Presentation at "Africa on the Move," Dr Raffaele Poli SSEA/SGAS
• Conference: Anthropology in Southern Africa and Beyond, Connections and Transformations, Anthropology Southern Africa Annual Conference 2008, University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, 2008
• Conference VAD/SGAS: Center for African Studies, University of Basel: "Borders and Crossings", Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel, 2008
• City Tour: City tour on African Studies, University of Basel, 2007/2008
• Lecture Series: "Great Books, Africana in Basel", University of Basel, 2007
• Conference: "The Secular in the Spirital: Missionaries and Knowledge about Africa", University of Basel, 2007
• Conference: European Students Africa Conference, "Contemporary Encounters: Europe and Africa", University of Basel, 2007
• Conference: "Imperial Culture in Countries without Colonies: Africa and Switzerland", University of Basel, 2003
• Conference: "Tourism in Development", University of Namibia, Windhoek, 2001
• Conference: "Public History—Forgotten History", University of Namibia, Windhoek, 2000
• Conference: "The Challenge for Anthropology in the African Renaissance", Association for Anthropology in Southern Africa (AASA), Windhoek, 2000
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Research Projects

• Audio Archive: "Stolen Moments—Namibian Music History Untold", Thorsten Schütte, Baden-Württemberg Film Akademy 2011-2012
• Dokumentary film: "Ongulumbashe: Paths of Freedom", Richard Palleppa, 2010-2012
• Exhibition: "What We See", by Dr Anette Hoffmann, Cape Town, Kimberly, Basel, Berlin, Amsterdam, Windhoek, 2009–2010. Currently in Vienna from May 25 to September 19, 2011
• Exhibition: "Fields of Play: Football in Cape Town", by the District Six Museum, Cape Town, Basel, 2008–2010
• Exhibition: "Posters in the Struggle: Images and Audiences in the History of Namibia's Liberation", University of Basel/University of Namibia, Basel/Windhoek, 2006

 

Publications

• John Liebenberg and Patricia Hayes, Bush of Ghosts—Life and War in Namibia, illustrated book, Cape Town, 2010
• Terence Zeemann, Finding Feet Conference: Theater Education and Training in the SADC Region, Southern African Theater Initiative (SATI), Windhoek, Namibia, 11–15 May, 2003, Windhoek 2005
• Sandra Bott, Thomas David, Claude Lützelschwab, and Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl (eds.), Suisse—Afrique (18e-20e siècles): De la traite des Noirs à la fin du régime de l′apartheid = Schweiz—Afrika (18.-20. Jahrhundert): Vom Sklavenhandel zum Ende des Apartheid-Regimes [Switzerland—Africa (18th-20th Century): From the Slave Trade to the End of the Apartheid Regime], Münster 2005
• Sonja Speeter Blaudszun, Die Expeditionen der Familie Marshall. Eine Untersuchung zur ethnographischen Erforschung der Nyae Nyae !Kung [The Expeditions of the Marshall Family: A Study of Ethnographic Research on the Nyae Nyae !Kung], Münster 2004
• Michael Albrecht, Veit Arlt, Barbara Müller, and Jürg Schneider (eds.), Getting Pictures Right: Context and Interpretation, Cologne 2004
• Volker Winterfeldt, Tom Fox, and Pempelani Mufune (eds.), Namibia Society Sociology, Windhoek 2002
• Wolfram Hartmann, Jeremy Silvester, and Patricia Hayes, The Colonising Camera: Photographs in the Making of Namibian History, Windhoek 1998