The 7th Biennial Network Conference: “Afroeuropeans: Black In/Visibilities Contested” In Lisbon (ISCTE – IUL) 4th – 6th July 2019 The Afroeuropeans Network Conference is an important platform for the production of knowledge in the pertinent field of transdisciplinary research on racism,… Read More ›
Calls for & opportunities
Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue: Second Issue (Deadline: 31st July)
Africa in Dialogue is currently accepting submissions for its second issue. Seasoned and upcoming African interviewers, writers and critics are invited to submit original, unpublished dialogues with African Storytellers. Africa in Dialogue are interested in high quality, long-form, vibrant dialogues between… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Dinaane Debut Fiction Award (Deadline: 30th June)
Non-fiction takes the lion’s share of sales of books made in South Africa, with fiction limited to a very small percentage of all sales of locally published books. Many locally published novels sell just a few hundred copies, making it… Read More ›
CFP: Special Issue: New Approaches to Literary Activism in 21st Century Africa, Deadline 10 July 2018
New Approaches to Literary Activism in 21st Century Africa Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies Guest Editors: Ruth Bush, Madhu Krishnan, Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire & Kate Wallis Deadline: 10 July 2018 (abstracts submitted by 10 June 2018 will also be… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Research Fellow, University of Warwick (Deadline: 11th June)
The University of Warwick – English and Comparative Literary Studies – invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on a Leverhulme-funded research project: “World Literature and Commodity Frontiers: The Ecology of the ‘long’ 20th Century.” This Postdoctoral Research Fellow position… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Annual AMLA Fellowship (Deadline: 5th June)
Annual AMLA Fellowship 15 August – 30 November 2018 Have you recently set up or are you thinking of setting up a new platform that promotes African literature? Are you employed in a recently established literary and cultural initiative? Would… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Ons Klyntji International Magazine (Deadline for submissions: 31st May)
Ons Klyntji, an independent magazine of literature, art, music, culture and design, published and launched every year in South Africa at the Oppikoppi music festival is looking for submissions “written or visual”. There is no set theme, but there… Read More ›
CfP: ‘Africa Bibliography’ (Open Call)
We are delighted to announce this open call for papers on topics relating to research, libraries, archives and publishing in and on Africa, and in African studies. Usually one article is published annually with the print and online version of Africa Bibliography,… Read More ›
Call for Creative Submissions: The Future of Universities (Deadline for Submission: 16th July)
Stellenbosch University Museum invites submissions of artworks for the Forward? Forward! Forward… exhibition that aims to reimagine higher education in South Africa. The exhibition aims to bring together a collection of 100 artworks which re-imagines the future of Stellenbosch University and higher… Read More ›
Call for Applications: CHCI First Africa Humanities Workshop, Addis Ababa University (Application Deadline: 1st June)
You are invited to participate in the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes’ First Africa Humanities Workshop January 3rd – 18th, 2019 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia CHCI is proud to announce Addis 2019, a two-week workshop held at Addis Ababa University… Read More ›
Call for Poetry and Fiction: Special Issue: Postcolonial Text (Submission Deadline: 29th June)
“Literary Networks and Digital Media in Contemporary African Literatures” Postcolonial Text, Double Guest Issue 13:3 & 13:4, 2018 We are delighted to announce a call for fiction and poetry to be included in a Double Guest Issue of Postcolonial… Read More ›
Event: The Karin Barber Pop-Up Lab: “Generation and Regeneration” (09-10 September, University of Birmingham)
The Karin Barber Pop-Up Lab: “Generation and Regeneration” Journal of African Cultural Studies At University of Birmingham 9th and 10th September 2018 Over the course of her career, Karin Barber inaugurated the field of African popular culture studies, and has… Read More ›
Working Group Call-out: Afrikult (Application Deadline: 30th April)
The team at Afrikult are looking for educators, activists, academics, artists and writers to join us for a trial working group session that will discuss the uniformity of the current English literature curriculum at secondary school level in England, with… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Film Africa (Submission deadline: 30th June)
Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African cinema from across the continent and diaspora. Now in its seventh year, the festival has become a key platform for African cinema in London and the UK. From Friday 2nd… Read More ›
CfP: Asixoxe Conference on African Philosophy, London & Prague (Abstract Deadline: 23 April & 21 May)
The fifth edition of Asixoxe –Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy: Africa in a Polycentric World: Cosmopolitanism and the Local, organized jointly by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL) of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)… Read More ›
CfP: “Boundaries”, UNISA, South Africa (Abstract deadline: 15th April)
We are delighted to announce the 4th International Interdisciplinary Biennial Conference at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Department of English Studies. The conference will take place in September, 2nd-6th, at Valley Lodge (South Africa). This is a call for… Read More ›
CfP: African Literature Association (Abstract deadline: 25th March)
The 44th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association: “The Environments of African Literature” will commence in May, 23rd-26th, at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. In calling attention to the Environments of African Literature, the 2018 African Literature Association… Read More ›
CFA: RadioBook Rwanda Publishing Workshops: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 March, Kigali
RadioBook Rwanda is an innovative publishing collaboration between Huza Press (RW), Kwani Trust (KE) and No Bindings (UK) supported by the British Council’s East Africa Arts programme. As part of this collaboration, we are pleased to invite applications for two… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal (Deadline for Submission: 30 March)
We are delighted to share that: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal seeks new, well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. TSSF accepts all kinds of stories, whether… Read More ›
CfP: Special Issue: Postcolonial Text (Abstract Deadline: 16th March)
“Literary Networks and Digital Media in Contemporary African Literatures” Postcolonial Text, Double Guest Issue 13:3 & 13:4, 2018 The aim of this double guest issue of Postcolonial Text is to examine the notion of network(s) in relation to literary production… Read More ›