Conferences & Other Events on Africa
Anticipated & Online Events
- Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
- General announcement and contact information. All nominations have been received, a short list drawn up by a jury, and the 100 titles were announced on February 18, 2002.
See a copy of the list of 100. - African Studies Centre, Leiden University: Web Dossier on "Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century" (2002) (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- General announcement and contact information. All nominations have been received, a short list drawn up by a jury, and the 100 titles were announced on February 18, 2002.
- African Studies Association of the United States: 67th Annual Meeting, December 12-14, 2024, Chicago, Illinois (Piscataway, New Jersey)
- Rencontres de Bamako 2024, 14ème Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, du 16 novembre au 16 janvier 2025Organisées par le Ministère de la Culture du Mali et l’Institut français, les Rencontres de Bamako sont la principale manifestation consacrée à la photographie et à la vidéo en Afrique.
- Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- Congresso Internacional "Independências Africanas: Processos, Imaginários, Conexões," 10-12 de dezembros 2025, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Call for Papers.
***The deadline for proposals is March 31, 2025. - Cornell University, Institute for African Development: IAD Events (Ithaca, New York)
- DAK'ART 2024: La Biennale de l’Art africain contemporain--"L'éveil, le sillage, xàll wi," du 7 novembre au 7 décembre 2024, Dakar, Sénégal
- 15ème édition -- L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar présentera le travaux de 58 d'artistes venus de plus que 20 pays d'Afrique et une Exposition Diaspora ...comprend un large éventail de stratégies d'expression allant de la peinture à l'installation, en passant par la performance, la sculpture, l'art vidéo et les média interactifs.
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Center for African Studies--News & events
- Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
- Harvard University Divinity School, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program: Islam in Africa series, 2022-2023 events
- Leiden University, African Studies Centre -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- New York University, Africa House: Events (New York)
- The Royal African Society: Events (London, UK)
- Rutgers University: Center for African Studies -- News & Events (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- SOAS--School of Oriental and African Studies: Events (University of London, London, UK)
- Stanford University -- Center for African Studies: Africa Table (Stanford, California)
- United Nations "International Decade for People of African Descent, 2015-2024" (UN Dept. of Public Information, New York)
- UN Library Geneva: People of African Descent Research guides (Geneva, Switzerland)
- West African Research Association & WARC Conferences: Summer Institutes & International Symposia (via African Studies Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts)
- World Congress of African Linguistics--WOCAL 11th International Conference, August 5-9, 2024, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Yale University: Council on African Studies -- Events (New Haven, Connecticut)