AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
Research, Studies, Teaching
Q&A: ABC-Words on the Times– Francis Nyamnjoh and Kathryn Toure from Langaa RPCIG
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
Q&A: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike with Prof. Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
AiW Guest: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike. Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature in the Department of English at North Carolina State University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in African literature, postcolonial literary and cultural studies,… Read More ›
CFP: Special Issue: English Studies in Africa, ‘A Century of Modernism in African Literature and Literary Culture’ (Deadline: 01 June 2021)
We are delighted to share that there will be a special issue of English Studies in Africa in 2022 on ‘A Century of Modernism in African Literature and Literary Culture’. The deadline to submit papers for consideration is 01 June 2021…. Read More ›
Event: CIAD’s 2nd Biennial Conference: Textiles and Fabrics as Material Culture in the African Diaspora (10 October)
The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora’s (CIAD) 2nd Biennial Conference London College of Fashion New date: 10 October, 2020 Bringing together academics and researchers from across the world who are working within the field of Material Culture, African Fashion,… Read More ›
CFP: African Studies Association Annual Meeting 2020 (Deadline: 15 March)
African Studies Association Annual Meeting Washington, D.C. November 19-21, 2020 The Hour of Decision: Power, Persistence, Purpose, and Possibility in African Studies The theme of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association draws its inspiration from the persistent calls to… Read More ›
Call for Panels & Papers: ‘The Becoming of Congo: Epistemologies, Practices, & Imaginaries’, CRN (Deadlines: 15 & 28 February)
5th International Congo Research Network (CRN) Congress 15-16 September 2020 The Becoming of Congo: Epistemologies, Practices, and Imaginaries The Congo Research Network (CRN) is organizing its fifth international conference, to be held at the University of Milan on 15-16 September… Read More ›
CFP: SCOLMA 2020: ‘Publishing, Collecting & Accessing African-language Materials’ (Abstract Deadline: 03 February)
SCOLMA Annual Conference 2020 Oun a ní la ń gbé l’árugẹ [i] – (It is the heritage we have that we must celebrate): Publishing, Collecting and Accessing African-language Materials Monday 8 June, 2020 SALT, Paul Webley Wing, SOAS, University of… Read More ›
CFP: Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies, University of Birmingham (Deadline: 31 January)
Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies 21-23 May 2020 Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) and Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) of the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Langarchiv Project Please follow the link… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Digital Humanities and the Future of Chronicling the African Past (Deadline: 15 December)
CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND THE FUTURE OF CHRONICLING THE AFRICAN PAST The incoming editors of History in Africa are inaugurating thematic issues as part of a new feature highlighting how Africanists are engaging with key trends in history and methods…. Read More ›
Call for Papers: Rhetorical (Re)invention of Africa in the 21st Century (Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2020)
The African Association for Rhetoric in collaboration with the United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Announces its 9th biennial Conference, themed: ‘RHETORICAL (RE)INVENTION OF AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ July 22-24, 2020 In the milieu that saw most African nations… 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: Lagos Studies Association Conference, 2020 (Deadline: 30 November)
The 5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities June 25-27, 2020 Lagos, Nigeria The postcolonial African city defies easy definition, even as African countries enter their 6th decade of independence in 2020. The 5th edition… Read More ›
Call for Applications: AEGIS Summer School (Deadline: 30 September)
African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections on a Continent in Transition AEGIS Summer School 9-13 June 2020 Cagliari, Italy The 2020 Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) Summer School will address the theme of African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections… Read More ›
Call for Papers: BARAZA – Swahili Studies Conference (Deadline: 15 September)
BARAZA Swahili Conference at SOAS, London 12 October 2019 Abstracts are invited for short presentations at the fifth annual one-day conference addressing any aspect of the language, literature, translation, culture, philosophy or diaspora of the Swahili speaking peoples of the world. The… Read More ›
Call for papers: Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy (Deadline: December 2019)
The new journal, Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy invites you to submit articles for consideration. The distinguishing mark of this journal is its interest in the formulation and presentation of African philosophy in a contemporary form that directs the field… Read More ›
Call for applications: Writing Fellowships 2020
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its Fifth Writing Semester, which will run from 3 February to 31 May 2020. Fellowships are open to any field of expertise. Previous fellows have included academics, novelists, scientists, poets,… Read More ›
Event: The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference (June 25-29, Lagos)
The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference June 25 – 29, 2019 Faculty of Management Sciences University of Lagos Nigeria The fourth annual Lagos Studies Association Conference is taking place at the University of Lagos, Nigeria in June this year…. Read More ›
Call for Applications: Archives Workshop in Nairobi (Deadline: 7 June)
‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ Week-Long Collaborative Archives Workshop Nairobi, 17-23 October 2019 ‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will run from 1 September 2018 to 31 August… Read More ›
Event: What Is Happening in African Literature Today? (Lagos, 31 May)
The Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Wawa Book Review cordially invite you to the Public Conversation, ‘What Is Happening in African Literature Today?’, which offers a platform to literary critics, editors and translators to meet colleagues from different parts of the continent… Read More ›
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