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 ›
Call for papers, presentations, submissions and applications
CFP: 4th Global Conference – Space and Place.
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 ›
CFP: Sites of Memory – an interdisciplinary postgraduate-led conference and interactive workshop at the University of Birmingham
SITES OF MEMORY – Friday 22 February 2013 Call for Papers – deadline 7th January 2013 How is memory related to physical space, objects and texts? How do different disciplines conceptualise memory? How do we research and write about memory? “Sites of Memory”… Read More ›
CFP: European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2013)
The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2013) will take place at the ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal, from 26 to 28 June 2013. It will be organized by Centro de Estudos Africanos – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Centre for African… Read More ›
CFP: Saharan Crossroads: Views from the Desert-Edge
An AIMS-WARA Conference, in collaboration with the CRASC 22-24 Juin 2013 – Ghardaïa, Algeria This conference is part of a series of activities organized by the West African Research Association (WARA) and the American Institute of Maghribi Studies (AIMS) aimed… Read More ›
Books for Reviews
Itinerario, the journal of European expansion and global interaction (part of Cambridge University Press journals), is currently seeking reviewers for the titles listed below. If you are interested/willing to review these titles, reviews of 800-1000 words would be due to our office by… Read More ›
CFP: African Literature Today: writing Africa in the short story
Submissions should reach the Editor on or before January 31, 2013. The Editor, African Literature Today, invites articles for ALT 31: WRITING AFRICA IN THE SHORT STORY, described below: Arguably, the African novel came alive through Chinua Achebe’s classic, Things Fall Apart… Read More ›
CFA: The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme
The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme – call for applications Grant Date: 2012-11-02 The Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library is now accepting grant applications for the next round of funding. Detailed information on the timetable, criteria, eligibility and procedures for… Read More ›
CFP: Religious Diversity in Africa and Asia: Discourses and Realities
Chapters on “Religious Diversity in Africa and Asia: Discourses and Realities”–an edited volume of collected essays in the BANDUNG 55 book series RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN AFRICA AND ASIA: Discourses and realities
CFP: The “Soul” of W.E.B. DuBois: Fifty Years Later –NeMLA CFP
Location: Massachusetts, United States Call for Papers Date: 30 Sept 2012 (!) The year 2013 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of W.E.B. DuBois’ death. As the premier historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist of the twentieth century, DuBois certainly left… Read More ›
CFP: 2013 North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa
This is the second call for papers and discussants for the eleventh North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa (NEWSA). We encourage scholars from all disciplines who are currently working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South… Read More ›
Kwani? Manuscript Project
Since March of this year, I’ve been working with Billy Kahora at Kwani Trust as Associate Editor on a new literary prize for unpublished fiction manuscripts. Offering cash prizes totaling 525,000 Kenyan Shillings, the Kwani? Manuscript Project calls for the submission… Read More ›
CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium on ‘Consumer Practices, Media and Landscapes in South Africa’, University of the Witswaterand, Johannesburg.
CALL FOR PAPERS Consumer Practices, Media and Landscapes in South Africa: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives A Symposium organized by the Critical Research in Consumer Culture (CRiCC) Network Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November, 2012 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South… Read More ›
CFP: Journal of African Cinemas – Special Issue
Theme: “Everyday Violence(s) and Visualities in Africa” Special Issue, Journal of African Cinemas Due Date for Abstracts: 1 October 2012 Submission of Full Paper: 1 April 2013
CFP: Life histories of African slaves
Over the last five years, Alice Bellagamba, Carolyn Brown, Sandra Greene and Martin Klein have been involved in a project to find and publish African sources on the history of slavery and the slave trade within Africa. The most recent… Read More ›
CFP: Ghana Studies Association Conference
Location: Ghana Call for Papers Date: 2012-10-01 Ghana Studies Association Conference Kumasi, Ghana 23-26 May 2013 The Ghana Studies Association welcomes paper and panel proposals for its conference to be held in Kumasi, Ghana, 23-26 May 2013 on… Read More ›
CFA: Research and PhD grants for people with MAs in some African universities
Africa in Words supporting ‘Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa’: Critical Perspectives in Peace, Security, and Development Issues The program, currently in its second year, responds to a shortage of well-trained faculty now reaching crisis proportions in African higher education…. Read More ›
CFP: Paradoxa – African Science Fiction
Paradoxa <http://www.paradoxa.com> is seeking submissions of previously unpublished essays on subjects related to AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION. Submissions should be directed to Paradoxa’s guest editor, Mark Bould at mark.bould@gmail.com by March 1, 2013. In 2010, Pumzi, the first Kenyan sf movie, won… Read More ›
CFP: The Colonial/Postcolonial New Researchers’ Workshop (IHR)
The Colonial/Postcolonial New Researchers’ Workshop is currently inviting abstract submissions for the 2012-13 academic year. Established in 2008, the workshop is designed to provide a forum for postgraduates and new researchers to gather and present their work in an informal… Read More ›
Words Without Borders
Words without Borders, an online magazine of international literature in English translation, seeks submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for an issue of African women’s writing.
