Conferences & Other Events on Africa
Anticipated & Online Events
- Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
- African Film Festival New York 2022: "Visions of Freedom," May 12-June 2, 2022 (NYAFF, New York)
"The festival will be presented with Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) from Thursday, May 12 — Tuesday, May 17. From FLC, the festival will continue at Maysles Cinema in Harlem from Thursday, May 19 — Sunday, May 22, and will conclude at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) Rose Cinemas from Friday, May 27 — Thursday, June 2 in conjunction with the annual DanceAfrica celebration."
- African Studies Association of Africa: "ASAA 2022: Africa and the Human: Old Questions, New Imaginaries," April 11-16, 2022---Online and at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
The deadline for proposals is June 30, 2021.
- African Studies Association of the United States (Piscataway, New Jersey)
65th Annual Meeting of the ASA--"African Urbanities: Mobility, Creativity, and Challenges," November 17-19, 2022, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Call for Papers" -- Themes
--The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2022!
- African Studies Centre, Leiden University -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Association of Contemporary African Linguistics: 53rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 53) Online, April 7-9, 2022. (University of California, San Diego)
Abstract deadline: November 30, 2021
- Associazione per gli studi Africani in Italia: Call for Papers -- VI Biennial Conference, "Third Millennium, Africas in the Global World. Challenges, Reconfigurations and Opportunities," June 29-July 1, 2022 at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. (Bologna, Italy)
--The deadline for proposals is March 3, 2022. See also: ASAI Home Page
- Canadian African Studies Association: CAAS Conference 2022 -- "African Societies and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization: Practices, Challenges, Perspectives," May 16-19, 2022 -- Zoom Conference
- Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- Cornell University, Institute for African Development: IAD Events (Ithaca, New York)
- DAK'ART 2022: La Biennale de l’Art africain contemporain, du 19 mai au 21 juin 2022, Dakar, Sénégal
- 14ème édition -- L'exposition internationale d'Art Africain Contemporain de la Biennale de Dakar présentera le travaux de beaucoup 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.
--Veuillez voir surtout: Programme ; Les 59 artistes sélectionnés
- French Colonial Historical Society: 46th Annual Meeting--"Transatlantic Diasporas", 12-14 May 2022, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
--Proposals are accepted between September 30 and November 15, 2021.
- Ghana Studies Association: The 4th Triennial Conference 'Ghana at Crossroads', July 18-20, 2022, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
--Proposals are due by December 20, 2021.
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Igbo Studies Association: "Call for Papers" 19th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association, May 12-14, 2022, Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2022!
- Lagos Studies Association: The 6th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference--'Everyday Life in Africa: Past and Present,' June 21-25, 2022. --In person, University of Lagos, Nigeria....and Virtual
--Proposal deadline: December 1, 2021.
- The Liberian Studies Association: 53rd annual conference of the Liberian Studies Association--"Liberia at 175: Reassessing the Past, Charting New Futures," April 21-23, 2022, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
- PAFF: Pan African Film & Arts Festival (Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia)
Celebrating 28 years! General information, film & festival schedules, art show, and related links.....festivals in Los Angeles and in Atlanta, Georgia. "Established in 1992, The Pan African Film & Art Festival is the largest festival in the United States dedicated to the exhibition of Black films."
--See especially:
PAFF 2022--Film Guide, April 19-May 1, 2022, Los Angeles
- 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: Centre of 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)
- University of Chicago, Center in Paris: "Displacement and Belonging: Lessons from the Indian Ocean and Beyond," May 5-6, 2022--Online Conference "In Honor of Pier Larson" (Paris, France)
***Registration required ; Programme ; Abstracts
- West African Research Association & WARC Conferences: Summer Institutes & International Symposia (via African Studies Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts)
- Yale University: Council on African Studies -- Events (New Haven, Connecticut)