Mirjam Straßer, M.A.

Since 2020

Coordinator of the European Interdisciplinary Master African Studies (EIMAS)
(supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union)

Since 2020

Coordinator of the Africa-Bayreuth International Alumni Network (afriBIAN)
(within the DAAD Alumni Programme for Supporting and Integrating International Alumni;
supported by the DAAD and funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Foreign Office (AA) from 2020 to 2023)

2021 – 2024

Board member of the International Club for the University of Bayreuth

2019

Coordinator of the programme "African Studies in Tunisia – Methodologies and Current Issues"
(within the DAAD programme “German-Arab Transformation Partnership: Short-term Measures”;
supported by the DAAD and funded by the Federal Foreign Office)

Since 2019

Project Coordinator, Institute of African Studies, University of Bayreuth

• Coordination of Young BRIAS (Bavarian Research Institute of African Studies)
• Organization of the BIGSAS Journalist Award 2019
• Support and representation of the academic coordination
• Fundraising (EU and DAAD programmes)

2014 – 2018

Project Support, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS),
University of Bayreuth

2014

M.A. in "Cultural and Social Anthropology", University of Bayreuth

2012 – 2014

Student Assistant, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS),
University of Bayreuth

2011

B.A. in "Culture and Society of Africa - Applied African Studies", University of Bayreuth