Gideon Hlamalani Chitanga (Johannesburg)

Historicum Room K302, Schellingstr. 12, Munich

Colloquium “Europe's History of the Present: Universalism and Particularism”

The KFG colloquium continues with its next session on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025, with a lecture by Junior Fellow Gideon Hlamalani Chitanga on "Hegemonic Shifts and Contestation: Great Power Competition and Rivalry Between US Versus China and its Implications".

Gideon Hlamalani Chitanga holds a PhD in political science, a Master in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, Part of Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, a BA, and Diploma in education. His research interests include geopolitical contentions and contestations, and impacts on democracy and development in the global south, (African) International relations, diplomacy and foreign policy(ies), democratization, and democratic roll back, governance, democracy, and human rights.

To get the reading material for each session, please contact us:kfg20@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

If you want to regularly receive information on the colloquium and other KFG events, please register for the newsletter by writing to kfg20@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

We also want to draw your attention to the mailing list “Osteuropaforschung München”, which we operate jointly with the Collegium Carolinum and the Graduate School. This mailing list will keep you informed about selected events on Eastern Europe in Munich, including public lectures, study days, and other activities of interest. On average, you will receive two to three invitations per semester. Subscribe to this newsletter here.