UNI NOVA – Research Magazine of the University of Basel
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Opinion
Buddha and the early Christians.
Text: Stephan Peter Bumbacher / Did Indian Buddhism influence early Christians in the Middle East? There is evidence that suggests so.
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Portrait
A participant observer.
Text: Christoph Dieffenbacher / Social anthropologist Rita Kesselring examines both the legacy of apartheid and mining in southern Africa. For her field research, she often travels alone to townships and inhospitable mining towns.
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Alumni
From biology to communications.
Interview: Bettina Volz-Tobler / Tanja Dietrich studied biology at the University of Basel. Today, she is communications director at Basel Zoo and owner of a communications agency specializing in online marketing and consulting for small and mediumsized enterprises and associations.
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Alumni
An economist against inequality.
Pia Schneider has worked at the World Bank since 2004, where she has held a position as lead economist for health issues for the last three years. At the University of Basel she studied economics and she obtained a PhD in health economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Alumni
New alumni association created.
Text: Jolanda Bucher / Actuarial science has been taught at the University of Basel for 80 years now. This makes the program one of the oldest German-language courses in the field. This year’s anniversary event included the launch of the actuarial science alumni association.
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Alumni
Supporting “Offener Hörsaal”.
Text: Annalena Durrer und Timo Posselt / Money collected through this year’s Annual Giving will be donated to the “Offener Hörsaal” association at the University of Basel.
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Column
The Magic Mountain, 4 3 2 1, and Game Changer.
Text: Jan Pieter Abrahams / My books: Jan Pieter Abrahams, the professor for bioimaging at the Biozentrum, suggests Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, Paul Auster’s 4 3 2 1 and Game Changer by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan
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Dossier
“So far, yet so near”: The Middle East.
Text: Maurus Reinkowski / The current power vacuum in the region between Libya and Afghanistan has left large areas, and whole countries, in a state of permanent crisis. At the same time, the conflicts in the Middle East are encroaching on Europe.
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Dossier
Social movements and the media.
Text: David Hermann / Political scientist and Middle East expert Ali Sonay from the University of Basel researches current events in Egypt, Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia – and the role played in them by the media.