We are delighted to share that The SOAS Centre of African Studies, International African Institute and Centre for English Studies at SOAS invite you to the following seminar and book launch as part of the Southern Africa Seminar Series: “Radio… Read More ›
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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: 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: Ife IAS Summer School, Nigeria (Deadline 30 May)
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 ›
Online Event: Reflections on a Contemporary Ethiopian Feminist Movement (19th February)
The first Webinar (online seminar) of the Governance for Development in Africa Webinar Series will premiere on the 19th of February 2019 at 5pm GMT. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Centre of African Studies at SOAS and SOAS Radio are delighted… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Intercultural Encounters’, A Book in Honour of Ojaja II (Deadline: 30 April)
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 ›
Call for Contributions: ‘The revolutionary left in Sub-Saharan Africa’, ROAPE (Deadline: 01 March)
The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) is organising a symposium on the following theme: The revolutionary left in Sub-Saharan Africa (1960’s-1970’s): a political and social history to be written Background The reason for this symposium stems from the following… Read More ›
Call for panel papers: ‘Literary Activism in Twenty-First Century Africa’, ECAS 2019 (Deadline: 21 Jan)
The 8th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2019) invites the submission of panel proposals addressing the conference theme of Africa: Connections and Disruptions. Edinburgh, June 11-14, 2019 This specific call for panel proposals seeks papers addressing ‘Literary Activism in Twenty-First… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Contemporary Africas, Creative Africas’, LUCAS Conference 2019 (Deadline: 30 November 2018)
University of Leeds, Center for African Studies (LUCAS) Conference 2019 April 4-5, 2019 The call for papers for the conference next year at Leeds is entitled: Contemporary Africas, Creative Africas: Conceptual and Methodological Advances in African Studies How does one… Read More ›
Event: Remembering Landeg White (8th October: SOAS, London)
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 ›
Call for Submissions: Nalubaale Review (Deadline: 30th September)
The Nalubaale Review is a literary magazine based in Uganda. It aims to publish the finest emerging writers in Uganda and all other African countries. The magazine is looking for new short stories, poems, dialogues, articles and papers based on… Read More ›
CfP: BARAZA: Swahili studies conference (Deadline for Abstracts: 15th September)
As part of Baraza: Swahili studies fourth annual day conference, taking place this year at SOAS on 27th October, you are invited to submit abstracts for short presentations addressing any aspect of the language, literature, translation, culture, philosophy or diaspora… Read More ›
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 ›
Event: The 2nd Cultural Compounds Presentation (7th July, London)
The 2nd Cultural Compounds presentation: IS AFRICAN IDENTITY LOST IN TRANSLATION? Saturday 7th July 2018 9am-8pm University of London Cultural Compounds is a series of one day symposiums exploring how the cultural and the personal conditions of African diasporic society relate to… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›