Campus site plan of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, 1986. Development Office, KNUST. Photo by Łukasz Stanek, 2019.

Workshop

Ghana Time
Building After Colonialism

November 2, 2026, 9:00–18:30

Collegium Helveticum, Rudolf Wolf Room

Convened by

Łukasz Stanek
NOMIS Senior Fellow 2026–2027

Details

Venue & accessibility info: Rudolf Wolf Room, Collegium Helveticum

This is a closed event. Participation on invitation only.

The aim of the workshop is to discuss the draft manuscript of Łukasz Stanek's monograph on architecture and the construction industry in late colonial and early post-independence Gold Coast/Ghana.

Finde more details about Łukasz’s fellowship project here

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Ghana Time
Building After Colonialism

Program

09:00	Opening & welcome remarks By Łukasz Stanek and the Collegium’s directorate
09:30	Reader’s comments and discussion Part 1 Moderated by Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich, CH) Hannah le Roux University of Sheffield, UK
10:15	Reader’s comments and discussion Part 2 Moderated by Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich, CH) Michael Gameli Dziwornu Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR/INSTI), GH
11:00	Coffee break
11:15	Reader’s comments and discussion Part 3 Moderated by Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich, CH) Hollyamber Kennedy Northwestern University, US
12:00	Reader’s comments and discussion Part 4 Moderated by Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich, CH) Laurent Stalder ETH Zurich & Collegium Helveticum, CH
13:00	Lunch break
14:30	Discussion with readers and other participants Moderated by Nitin Bathla (University of Zurich, CH)
16:30	Coffee break
17:00	Closed discussion about the move forward between the author and readers. Venue: Library of the Collegium Moderated by Nitin Bathla (University of Zurich, CH)
18:30	Closing remarks

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