AiW note: Earlier this week we published Kwame Osei-Poku’s review of Limbe to Lagos: Nonfiction From Cameroon and Nigeria (2020, The Mantle). Compiled by Dami Ajayi, Dzekashu MacViban, and Emmanuel Iduma, Limbe to Lagos is an edited collection of non-fiction… Read More ›
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CFP: ASAUK Biennial Conference, 2020 (Deadline: 22 March)
28th ASAUK Biennial Conference Cardiff, Wales, UK 8 – 10 September, 2020 We are delighted to share that the call for papers and panels within the ASAUK thematic streams is open. There are 43 thematic streams on a range of… Read More ›
CFP: Gender in the production and reception of the press in Africa (REAF) (Deadline: 15 January)
Call for Papers Workshop: Gender in the production and reception of the press in Africa Conference of the Réseau des études africaines en France (REAF) 7-10 July 2020, Aix-Marseille This workshop will explore the production and reception of newspapers, bulletins,… Read More ›
Call for Fellowship Applications: Cadbury 2020 (Deadline: 07 February)
The research theme: ‘Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies’. This year’s Cadbury programme is linked to the previous call for papers posted here for the conference ‘Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies’ at the… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Lecturer in Art History of Africa, SOAS (Deadline: 13 October)
The School of Arts at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London seeks to appoint a Lecturer (or Senior Lecturer) in the Art History of Africa in the Department of the History of Art & Archaeology…. Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems’, Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (Deadline: 6th September)
We are delighted to share this call for papers from The Journal of Decolonising Discipline on the theme Literary (Un/Re)Settling: Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems. The Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (JDD) invites contributions to a special issue on the… Read More ›
The Africa Journal Work Academy: ASAA & ASAUK
We are delighted to share this announcement of the launch of the Africa Journal Work Academy. Background: The Africa Journal Work Academy is a partnership between the ASAA and the ASAUK and aims to foster inter-generational links across African institutions…. Read More ›
Call for participants: Academic Writing Workshop, Hargeysa International Book Fair (Deadline: 20 May)
Hargeysa International Book Fair Academic Writing Workshop African Literature and Cultural Production in the 21st Century 15-18 July 2019 The Hargeysa International Book Fair, in collaboration with the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies and the Universities of Bristol… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Places, African Spaces, University of Leeds (Deadline: 31 January)
Last day to submit your ideas for: ‘African Places, African Spaces’ Finding Africa Seminar Series, 2019 University of Leeds In light of contemporary concerns with decolonisation and meditations on the meaning of the continent of Africa, both within the academy… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Not afraid of the ruins #2: Local science fictions (Deadline: 15 January, 2019)
Call for submissions for futuristic imaginaries Not afraid of the ruins #2: Local science fictions Utopian dreamers, other-worldly explorers, and psychonautic adventurers; scholars, activists, students, and critics: drawing inspiration from the online political ecology magazine Uneven Earth and following the… Read More ›
Call for papers: Black Panther Conference, Ohio (New Deadline: 01 February 2019)
Black Panther Conference ‘Taking Stock of the First African Super Hero at 50’ Shawnee State University, Ohio, USA April 2019 The Department of English and Humanities at Shawnee State University and the Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de… Read More ›
Call for Abstracts: 44th Annual Conference of the African(a) Studies Association, New York (Deadline: 21 December 2018)
The 44th Annual Conference of the NEW YORK AFRICAN(A) STUDIES ASSOCIATION York College, City University of New York April 12-13, 2019 THEME: 50 Year Ripple ~ BLACK STUDIES—SANKOFA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Black Studies grew into an academic discipline in… Read More ›
Event: ‘The Intellectual legacy of Professor Ali Mazrui’, IUA International Conference (Khartoum, 26-27 December)
International University of Africa (IUA) Center for Research and African Studies International Conference ‘The Intellectual legacy of Prof. Ali Mazrui and the Future of Reform and Renovation in Africa and Muslim World’ December 26-27, 2018 International University of Africa-Khartoum Throughout… Read More ›
Call for Applications: The Dakar Thought Workshops Doctoral School (Deadline: 30th September)
THE DAKAR THOUGHT WORKSHOPS DOCTORAL SCHOOL “New knowledge and global issues: epistemology, pedagogy and method” January 21-26, 2019 Applications due September 30, 2018 Responding to new environments in Africa and the demand for new knowledge, the Thought Workshops of… 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 ›
Event: The Academic Book in the South, 7-8 March 2016, London
The Academic Book in the South 7th – 8th March 2016, 9.30pm – 5.30pm, Conference Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB This two day conference discusses how profound changes in publishing will affect the Academic Book of… Read More ›
CfP: Setting Forth At Dawn, Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa, 16 – 20 May 2016, Jimma, Ethiopia, Deadline: 25 January 2016
Setting Forth At Dawn A Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa 16 – 20 May 2016 / 8 -12 Genbot 2008 Hosted by the College of Law & Governance in collaboration with the Office of the Vice… Read More ›
Event: Women and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Medicine, Art, Activism, 7-8 December 2015, London
7-8 December 2015 Keynes Library (43 Gordon Square), Birkbeck, University of London, School of Arts The crisis of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is clearly not over. Women and children are bearing the brunt. Our symposium draws attention to the particular… Read More ›
Scolma Seminar: The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa
The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa A seminar by Professor Steph Newell (University of Sussex) June 10, 11am – 12pm Seng Tee Lee Room, Senate House Library, London As part of the Scolma Lunchtime Seminar Series 2015, Professor Steph… Read More ›
African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability
African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability 15 May 2015 – 16 May 2015 CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT – SG1&2 Convenors Britt Baillie (University of Cambridge, Affiliated Lecturer in the Division of Archaeology) Chris Boonzaaier (University… Read More ›