ACLS African Humanities Program 2016 Calendar of Events and Deadlines Updated February 25, 2016 Calendar of Events Celebrating Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino at 50 March 18, 2016 Makerere University, Uganda Contact: litprojects@chuss.mak.ac.urg International Colloquium: Women’s Struggles in the Cinema of Africa and the Middle East 12-13 May 2016 Faculdade de Letras, University of Porto For any questions, contact: womenandcinema@gmail.com Deadline for abstracts: 15 March, 2016 Further information: http://www.africanos.eu/ceaup/index.php?p=g&n=442 African Philosophy and Literature 30-30 May, 2016 Rhodes University, South Africa Conference Theme: Transformation of higher education and the formation of the canon in African philosophy and African literature Source: Dr. Tabensky p.tabensky@ru.ac.za Innovation, Transformation, and Sustainable Futures in Africa 1-4 June, 2016 Novotel, Dakar, Senegal Co-organized by the African Studies Association, West African Research Association, American Anthropological Association and CODESRIA Website http://africanstudies.org/dakar-2016 nd College of Humanities International Research Conference 2 15-17 June, 2016 College of Humanities, University of Ghana Theme: Promoting Humanities Research for Development in Africa Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 15th March, 2016 Submission email: Abstracts (and any enquiries) should be sent to the following addresses: cohconference@ug.edu.gh or cohconference@gmail.com International Conference of the Historical Association of South Africa (HASA) 23 – 25 June 2016 Riverside Sun Hotel, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Host: North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus Theme: Bridging the disciplinary divide: New routes to understanding the South African past? Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to Petra Lawson at conferencepl@gmail.com by March 4, 2016 Sixth Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC) 4-6 July, 2016 REEDEMER’SUniversity,Ede,OsunState,Nigeria ConferenceTheme:“Africanity” Submission of Abstracts Due by April 15, 2016 to runtofac2016@tun.edu.ng Source: Dr. Ekanade Olumide Please visit TOFAC website www.run.edu.ng regularly, for update on further information on TOFAC 2016. Annual Conference of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa, the Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and the South African Association of Language teachers 4-7 July, 2016 University of the Western Cape, South Africa Source: Dr. Mark De Vos Theme: Language and Linguistics in the Global South: Posing the Challenge Website: http://www.lssa-saala-saalt.co.za/ Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies conference 10-15 July, 2016 Stellenbosch University, South Africa Ideas of Postcolonial Culture: Inclusions and Exclusions Source: Iri Manase, irimanase@gmail.com Website: www.aclals2016.co.za Migration, Identity and Development: Africa and the Wider World in the Twenty-First Century 19-20 July, 2016 Faculty of Arts Central Language Laboratory Auditorium Deadline: March 15, 2016 Submission of abstracts: max. 300 words with at least 5 keywords to danoyeoguntola@yahoo.com, henry.hunjo@lasu.edu.ng, jadeyeriolusegun@gmail.com Source: Senayon Olaoluwa, samsenayon@hotmail.co.uk Annual International Conference of the African Theatre Association (AFTA) 21-24 July ,2016 University of Abuja, Nigeria Theme: Paradigm Shifts in African Theater and Performance To submit an abstract or proposal, send up to 250 words to the conference convener: Dr. Kwaghkondo Agber: conferences@africantheatreassociation.org Source: Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh (traciechima@yahoo.co.uk) Website: http://africantheatreassociation.org/pages/2016_conference_home Africa Since Independence: Promise, Pugnacity, and Failure in the Post-Colonial Contexts. An International Conference in Honour of Prof. Akanmu G. Adebayo 3-5 August 2016, Ibadan, Nigeria Send 250-word abstracts to use.history3@gmail.com by March 31, 2016 Contact: Prof. Olutayo C. Adesina, Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria: olutayo27@gmail.com. Alt. Email: olutayo27@yahoo.com International Society for African Philosophy and Studies Annual Conference 11-12 August, 2016 Theme: Democracy, Justice and Development in Africa, 50 Years after Independence. Interested participants should send their abstracts to isapslegon2016@ug.edu.gh 3rd International Conference on Language and Literacy Education 12--‐14 August 2016 Wits School of Education, Parktown, Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand Theme: Diversifying Pathways for Language and Literacy Education in Multilingual Contexts Submit your abstract for paper or poster presentation 200-250 words by 1 April 2016 to Matlakala.Moagi@wits.ac.za. Source: Leketi Makalela, makalela@gmail.com CODESRIA International Humanities Conference 23-25 August 2016 Casablanca, Morocco Theme: (Re)making bodies: The structures and dynamics of aesthetics and aspirations in an evolving Africa Application deadline: send abstract of no more than 300 words and a CV with full contact details including email addresses and phone numbers to humanities.programme@codesria.sn by 15 March 2016 Website: http://www.codesria.org Source: Kofi Anyidoho, k.anyidoho@gmail.com 13th Literary Society of Nigeria's Annual International Conference 30 August to 2 September 2016 University Auditorium, Mains Campus, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria Source: Prof. S. E. Egya, ejahsule@gmail.com Details of call for papers will be available very soon Postgraduate Conference on Academic Writing and Mentoring in the Humanities 1-3 September, 2016 Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria Source: Alexandra Esimaje, alexandra.esimaje@live.com California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race 16-17 September, 2016 Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA More info: http://www.caroundtable.webs.com Fourth Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference 16-19 September, 2016 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, USA Theme: Reinvigorating the Pan-African Intelligentsia: Developing Organizations and Institutions Committed to Serving African People Abstracts ahould be sent to Dr. D. Zizwe Poe, nkrumahnet@gmail.com no later than March 15, 2016 Info: https://zasb.unibas.ch/ The Nordic Africa Days 23 – 24 September 2016 Uppsala Theme: Gender and Change: Global Challenges for Africa? Panel proposals should be submitted to nad2016@nai.uu.se no later than 3 March 2016 Website: http://www.nai.uu.se/nad-2016/. 61st Annual Conference of Historical Society of Nigeria 9-13 October, 2016, Port Harcourt Theme: Nigeria Counts: Issues of National Rebirth Send abstracts to hsn2016ph@gmail.com by March 30th, 2016. The deadline for full paper submissions is June 25th, 2016. Prof. C. B. N. Ogbogbo (cogbogbo@yahoo.com) Website: http://historicalsocietynigeria.org/ Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists Annual International Conference 9 – 12, November, 2016 Dept. of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State, Nigeria Theme: Theatre, Culture and Change Management in Nigeria Deadline for Abstracts submission is 30th May 2016 For enquiries, email: sonta2016@yahoo.com Source: Prof Alex C Asigbo, alexasigbo@yahoo.com 59th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association Imagining Africa at the Center: Bridging Scholarship, Policy, and Representation in African Studies December 1-3, 2016 Washington Marriott Wardman Park Deadline to Receive Proposals: March 15, 2016 Website: http://www.africanstudies.org/annual-meetings African Humanities Scholarly Groups African Studies Association of Africa Contact: ASAA Executive Secretary, Edwin Asa Adjei (asaaoctober@gmail.com; edwinadjei14@gmail.com) ACLS/AHP Alumni Association (Nigeria) Contact: Dr. A.O. Omobowale (muyiwaking@yahoo.com); Dr. R.O. Olaniyi (rasolaniyi@gmail.com) African Humanities Forum (AHP/ABU) Contact: Prof Mohammed Inuwa Umar-Buratai (uburatai@yahoo.com) Nigerian Humanities Society Contact: nigerianhumanitiessociety@rocketmail.com; Prof Oyeniyi Okunoye (ookunoye@oauife.edu.ng) Network of Nigerian Historians Contact: Dr. Olutayo Adesina (olutayo27@gmail.com)