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 ›
Le salon africain at the Geneva Book Fair 2019 presents: African Researchers The theme is inspired by the books of many novelists and essayists who reflect on the wounds of the continent, but also on its grandeur and its aspirations. With: Abd Al… Read More ›
IFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES Theme: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING AND SERVICE July 21 – August 3, 2019 Ife Institute of Advanced Studies offers an international platform for nurturing a new generation of scholars. The summer institute is currently its… Read More ›
Intercultural Encounters, Historicity and Cultural Communication for Development In honour of Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Arole Oodua, Ojaja II While diverse accounts of the origin of the Yoruba have been appropriated by historians and scholars in cultural studies such as… Read More ›
The function and impact of global black movements have been scrutinized over generations by scholars and activists. Black movements of all forms and intent have risen up to challenge slavery, colonialism, global capitalism and the concurrent system of racial oppression…. Read More ›
Conference on African Studies Theme: Recovering, digitizing and practicalizing Africa’s Indigenous Knowledge Kisii University, Kenya July 15 – 20, 2019 Following broadly defined and multi-purpose transdisciplinary approaches to areal studies, the African Studies Research Center, Kisii is holding its… Read More ›
SCOLMA Annual Conference Decolonising African Studies: questions and dilemmas for libraries, archives and collections Monday 10 June 2019 University of Edinburgh There has been an increasing call for the decolonisation of the curriculum across the disciplines in Northern institutions… Read More ›
We are delighted to share that the deadline for the submission of panel and paper proposals for the 2019 (May 15-18) ALA conference has been extended to Thursday 31 January. ALA conference Columbus May 15-18, 2019 Theme: Institutions of African… Read More ›
(Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives on the Continent and Beyond Workshop: March 28 – 30, 2019 University of Houston In his book, Re-membering Africa, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o states that “the history of Africa has not simply been one of deprivation, dispossession… Read More ›
The 8th Annual International Igbo Conference SOAS, University of London April 12-13, 2019 Theme: The Igbo Arts and Its Intersections: Politics, Spirituality and Justice The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as a bridge between the… Read More ›
“Hands Off Africa!!” The 1958 All African People’s Conference: Its Impact Then and Now 06 December Senate House, London This conference, organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, and the United Nations Association Westminster will mark… Read More ›
The British Library is currently advertising for a Chevening Fellow for the following project: Research on the British Library’s African-language printed books collections The successful candidate will research at least one of the following collections: Hausa, Swahili, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu,… Read More ›
The Journal of Economics, Culture and Society invites you to submit abstracts on: Marxism and African Literatures: New Interventions. This special issue of African Identities: Journal of Economics, Culture and Society will survey recent developments at the intersection of Marxist… Read More ›
You are invited to the 4th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at Carleton University Saturday October 13, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University is hosting its 4th Annual IAS Undergraduate Research Conference, organized by… Read More ›
The Nordic Africa Days (NAD) biannual international conference 19-21 September 2018 Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden The conference starts today at 4pm. The programme and more information can be found here A few highlights include: Thursday 20th 9am… Read More ›
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 ›
The Centre of African Studies, SOAS, invites you to a remembrance to celebrate the life of Landeg White: Poet, Teacher, Scholar, Translator and Novelist At SOAS, in London, 8th October 2018 from 17.15 to 19.00 Landeg White was born in… Read More ›
Chinyere G. Okafor has been a significant force and voice in Interdisciplinary Studies through the intersection of the following: African Literature and Theatre, Women, Gender & Feminism, Anthopology and Traditional Drama. Her scholarship engages African, European, North American and the… Read More ›
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 ›
We are delighted to announce SCOLMA’s forthcoming conference: “Things come together?: literary archives from, in and for Africa” The conference will explore African literary archives, their creation, preservation, digitisation and use in research and teaching. African literature is multi-faceted and… Read More ›
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