Review of African Political Economy
Conferences and Events, Updated January, 2016
2016
12.-13.2. African Social Data Conference, Pennstate University, http://afr.la.psu.edu/annual-conference-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-8.3., Institute for Advanced Studies Essen, Institute for Social Movements Bochum, Moralizing Capitalism:
Agents, Discourses and Practices of Capitalism and its Opponents in the Modern Age, Deadline for papers
15.5.15, to Nico Pankop niko.pankop@kwi-nrw.de
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-11.3. New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/80095/cfp-new-perspectives-black-intellectual-tradition
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11-12.3. Re-Imagining the African City: The Arts and Urban Politics, Basel, https://networks.hnet.org/node/GROUP_NID/discussions/82578/cfp-re-imagining-african-city-arts-and-urban-politics-baselmarch
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24-27.3Creativity, Culture and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora, University of Texas, Austin, The
deadline for submitting paper proposals is November 23, 2015. Proposals should include a 250-word
abstract and title, as well as the author's name, address, telephone number, email address, and institutional
affiliation. Please submit all abstracts to africaconference2016@gmail.com and Toyin Falola:
toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Late April/early May, American Institute for Maghrib Studies annual conference, Tangier, Theme proposals
by 15.8.15, http://aimsnorthafrica.org/AC/ac.cfm, angel.foster@uottawa.ca
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30.3-2.4. ‘African Intellectual History Workshop’, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, deadline for
proposals: 1/9/15, https://networks.h-net.org/node/28765/discussions/74640/cfp-african-intellectual-historyworkshop-new-haven-ct-usa-march-30
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31.3.-1.4., The Annual Africa Conference, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee,
http://www.tnstate.edu/usafricaconference/,
http://www.tnstate.edu/usafricaconference/Africa%20conference%202016%20CFP.pdf , deadline for
abstract submission: 31.12.2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31.3-1.4., Freedom and Constraint: Colonial Subjectivities, Postcolonial Governmentalities, Newcastle
University, deadline: 31.1. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/about/events/item/freedom-and-constraint-colonialsubjectivities-postcolonial-governmentalities-workshop
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1-2.4. 5th Annual International Igbo Conference - Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures, SOAS,
http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/01apr2016-5th-annual-international-igbo-conference---igbo-fusions-pastpresent-and-futures.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-2.4. Word, Image, and Power in Africa and the African Diaspora, College of New Rochelle and
Manhattanville College, New York, https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/89271/word-imageand-power-africa-and-african-diaspora
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8.-9.4. CFP: Central Pennsylvania Consortium’s 2016 Africana Studies Conference: Envisioning Black Digital
Spaces, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA, Call for Proposals: October 5, 2015, deadline for proposal
submissions: December 4, 2015, https://networks.h-net.org/node/11465/discussions/86931/cfp-centralpennsylvania-consortium%E2%80%99s-2016-africana-studies
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-9.4., African Literature Association: 2016 Annual ALA Conference--"Justice and Human Dignity in Africa
and the African Diaspora", Atlanta, Georgia. Co-sponsored by Kennesaw State University and Emory
University, deadline for proposals November 15, 2015; http://ala2016.com/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-9.4., Central Pennsylvania Consortium’s 2016 Africana Studies Conference: #Envisioning Black Digital
Spaces, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA, Deadline for proposal submissions: December 4, 2015,
africanastudies@dickinson.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21-22.4. Centre of African Studies & Global Development Academy, DECOLONIZING THE ACADEMY
CONFERENCE, Edinburgh, deadline: 31.1.,
https://decolonizingtheacademy.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/decolonizing-the-academy-2016-call-forpapers2.pdf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21.-23.4., African History Graduate Student Collaborative, University of Minnesota: "Fault Lines: Rethinking
Temporal and Disciplinary Traditions in African Studies,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016 Inaugural
IASCUMN--University of Minnesota International African Studies Conference. The deadline for proposals
is October 15, 2015.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21.-23.4., African Diaspora Conference, ‘Peace & Conflict Resolution in Africa/Diaspora, 25 Years Later:
Lessons, Best Practices, and Opportunities, California State University, Sacremento, The Center for
African Peace & Conflict Resolution, Deadline for submission of proposals: December 1, 2015,
http://www.csus.edu/org/capcr/Conference%20Documents/Conference%20documents%20for%20the%2020
16%20conference/2016%20Africa%20%20Diaspora%20Conference%20Call%20For%20Proposals-sept.pdf
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-7.5. ‘Lagos: From the Pepper Farm to the Mega City (and Beyond)’, https://networks.hnet.org/node/28765/discussions/78898/cfp-lagos-pepperfarm-megacity-and-beyond-conference-spacesociety, Interested parties are asked to send a 250 – 300 word proposal and a short bio to the organizers,
Abosede George, Saheed Aderinto, and Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi at <<
NYCLagosConference2015@gmail.com >> by September 15, 2015. Notifications of successful proposals
will be sent out on October 15, 2015.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12.-14.5. Igbo Studies Association: 14th Annual International Conference, Chicago, Illinois -- "Call for
Papers", The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2015,
http://igbostudiesassociation.org/index.php/conference/2016-conference
18-21.5. Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society, Ottawa, ‘Forgotten francophonies’,
http://www.frenchcolonial.org/index.php/locationsprograms/upcoming-meeting/call-for-papers , deadline for
abstract submissions: 17.11.15
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27-29.5., University of Hong Kong, Connected Histories, Mirrored Empires British and French Imperialism
from the 17th through 20th centuries, http://www.europe.hku.hk/news/20160527.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-3.6. The Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) annual conference ‘Canada’s Intellectual
Engagement With Africa: Reflections and Projections After 50 Years’, Calgary, Alberta,
www.congress2016.ca, CFP Deadline: January 31, 2016, SarahKatzLavigne@cmail.carleton.ca
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-4.6. American Anthropological Association, African Studies Association, CODESRIA, and
WARA/WARC, Innovation, transformation and sustainable futures in Africa, Dakar, deadline: 25.1.,
www.dakar2016.org
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9.-11.6., Swiss Congress of Historical Sciences, at the University of Lausanne: Decolonization and the
Production of Power in Africa, submission deadline: 25.8.15, susann.baller@unibas.ch &
caio.simoes@graduateinstitute.ch, Info: http://www.journeesdhistoire.ch/,
http://www.journeesdhistoire.ch/index.php?id=20&id=20&lang=de
17-18.6. Afrikanistentag, Department of African Studies at Humboldt-Universität Berlin, deadline panel:
30.1., papers: 31.3. https://zasb.unibas.ch/news/newsdetails/article/cfp-22-afrikanistentag-17-1862016berlin///returnTo/11909/
20.6. ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, University of Pretoria, deadline:
December 1, 2015, http://www.sahistory.org.za/events/call-papers-%E2%80%98rethinking%E2%80%9Capartheid%E2%80%99s-golden-age%E2%80%9D-south-africa-c1966-1979%E2%80%99colloquium-be-held
26-29.6. African Association for the Study of Religions: 7th Biennial Conference "Religion, Sexuality, and
Identity in Africa & the African Diaspora, Accra, Ghana, http://www.a-asr.org/ghanaconference/
5.-7.7., 4e Rencontres des Études africaines en France --"Afriques Cosmopolitiques" -- du 5 au 7 juillet
2016, Paris, France (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris), Veuillez voir surtout:
Appel à contributions "...la liste des ateliers retenus sera accessible du 22 octobre au 18 décembre 2015
pour permettre aux chercheurs de proposer leurs contributions individuelles.",
http://reaf2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1, http://etudes-africaines.cnrs.fr/actus_gis/4e-rencontresdes-etudes-africaines-en-france-reaf/
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10-14.7. 3rd ISA Forum, Vienna, Austria; Popular Dissent in Sub-Saharan Africa;
https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2016/webprogrampreliminary/Session6756.html; abstract
submission: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2016/cfp.cgi ; info: marcelle.dawson@otago.ac.nz ;
deadline: 30.9.15
10-22.7. Asmara, Eritrea, International Conference on Eritrean Studies, Deadline for proposals: 15.10.,
zemenfest@gmail.com
21-23.7. International Conference Colonial Incarceration in the 20th century: A Comparative Approach,
On the 80th Anniversary of the Tarrafal Camp, Aljube Museum, Lisbon, deadline 28.2.,
https://colonialincarceration20century.wordpress.com/
2-5.8., V International Conference on Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and Latin American Studies, University
of Ghana, Deadline for submission: 1st February 2016, email to Dr. Yaw Agawu-Kakraba: yxa3@psu.edu
http://www.icallas.tcu.edu/callforpapers.htm
7.-9.9. African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) bi-annual conference, Cambridge, Panel proposals:
31.10.15, Dorian Addison, conference2016.cambridge@gmail
20-22.10. Conference on The Performance of Pan-Africanism: from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and
African Cultural Festivals, Florida State University, https://networks.hnet.org/node/13790/discussions/105596/cfp-conference-performance-pan-africanism-colonial-exhibitions,
deadline: 1.2.
27.-29.10., Ninth Annual ASMEA Conference, Taking the Long View: Assessing Change in the Middle East
and Africa, Washington, deadline: 31.3., http://www.asmeascholars.org/conference/save-the-date-ninthannual-asmea-conference/
4-5.11., Swiss Researching Africa Days, University of Bern, deadline: end feb,
https://zasb.unibas.ch/fileadmin/afrikakomp/redaktion/Dokumente/Veranstaltungen_2015/CallPanelsPosters
_SRAD2016_E.pdf
23-26.11., The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa, University of the Witwatersrand
(Johannesburg),
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fe946d119ace37012d4bc5d05/files/The_politics_of_armed_struggle_CFP.pdf,
deadline: 29.2.
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