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
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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)