1994-2014: 20 Years of South African Democracy. St Antony’s College and the African Studies Centre (ASC) at the University of Oxford are planning a conference to be held on 25th/26th April 2014 on 20 Years of South African Democracy. Abstract… Read More ›
Allah n’est pas obligé: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures. SFPS Postgraduate Study Day. University of Stirling, 20 June 2013. Proposals of 250 words in English or French to be sent by 15 March 2013 (further details below). From France to… Read More ›
The RAS have just circulated a CFP on behalf of the 14th Annual Researching Africa Day Workshop, to be held on Saturday, 23rd February 2013, at St Antony’s College, Oxford. Abstracts are due by January 31, 2013. (Further details below). The title of this year’s workshop… Read More ›
Tate are currently running a two-year project on African Art and its representation, with new acquisitions of modern and contemporary African art and a related programme in Africa. “The project invites local and international audiences to engage with artists, curators and… Read More ›
AiW guest Helen Cousins. 2012 was the year of ‘legacy’ – a notion popularised, of course, by the London 2012 Olympics. Four months on from the African Studies Association UK conference, I want to reflect on my personal ‘legacy’ from… Read More ›
AiW Guest Rebecca Jones. 2012’s ASAUK conference at the University of Leeds was my first ever ASAUK conference, and I went anticipating some interesting panels on African literature, hoping to meet fellow scholars of Yoruba, and, to be honest, expecting a… Read More ›
Last Autumn we – Katie and Kate – attended the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) biennial conference, where we co-convened two panels under the rubric ‘The “post-millennial context” and African writing in English: Writing, production and reception since… Read More ›
For those who can get to the Tanks at Tate Modern, there is still just time to catch South African artist William Kentridge’s I am not me, the horse is not mine (2008) which closes on Jan 20th. This eight-channel video… Read More ›
Postcolonial Text is an open access, fully online journal, internationally peer-reviewed and accessible to a global audience. A quarterly journal, it is affiliated with the Open Humanities Press (OHP). The editors seek submissions for a special issue on postcolonial trauma studies…. Read More ›
History, Postcolonialism and Tradition Third Biennial Conference of the Postcolonial Studies Association 12-13 September 2013. Kingston University. Bookings have now opened for the Postcolonial Studies Association Conference, History, Postcolonialism and Tradition taking place on the 12 – 13 September 2013 at Penrhyn… Read More ›
Proposals for papers/abstracts should reach the editors by 1 April, 2013. The editors of Matatu: Journal for African Literature and Society invite contributions for a special issue on “Transatlantic Africa” to be published in 2014. The special issue will focus on recent… Read More ›
Monday 9th September – Thursday 12th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. Call for Presentations Questions of space and place affect the very way in which we experience… Read More ›
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