Conferences & Other Events on Africa
Anticipated & Online Events
- Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
- New York African Film Festival--31st Edition, May 8-30, 2024 (New York)
"Under the banner Convergence of Time, NYAFF31 will celebrate with a program of over 90 films from more than 30 countries, with screenings taking place at three collaborating venues: Film at Lincoln Center (May 8-14); Maysles Cinema in Harlem (May 17-19), and Brooklyn Academy of Music (May 24-May 30)."
- African Literature Association: 49th Annual Meeting of the ALA: Filiations and Affiliations: Bonds, Entanglements, and Social Networks in African Literatures and Cultures," University of Louisville, Kentucky, May 23-25, 2024. (via Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, New York)
***The deadline for proposals is December 31, 2023.
- African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: 2024 Annual Conference of ASAUK--60th Anniversary: "Generation and Regeneration", 29 to 31 August 2024, Oxford Brookes University, UK
***The deadline for abstracts is April 20, 2024.
- African Studies Association of the United States: 67th Annual Meeting, December 12-14, 2024, Chicago, Illinois (Piscataway, New Jersey)
***Call for Papers": the deadline for proposals is March 17, 2024!
- African Theatre Association: 2024 Annual Conference--"Theatres, cultures and democracies in Africa = Théâtres, cultures and démocraties en Afrique," 3 – 6 July 2024, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. (London, UK)
***The proposal submission deadline is 29 February 2024.
- Arts Council of the African Studies Association (USA): 19th Triennial ACASA Symposium of African Art, Chicago, Illinois, August 7-11, 2024 -- "Call for Papers"
The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2023.
- Association of Black Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association (Arlington, Virginia): Call for Papers--"Anthropology and the Black Experience" Dakar, Senegal, May 15-18, 2024
***The deadline for proposals is December 31, 2023.
--See also: ABA home page
- Canadian Association of African Studies: CAAS Conference 2024: "Sustainability and Sustainable Development in Africa: Past, Present, And Future," June 12-16, 2024, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
***The deadline for proposals is December 4, 2023.
- Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- 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 16 mai au 16 juin 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.
- Groupe d’Intérêt Scientifique Études africaines en France: 8e Rencontres des Études africaines en France--Appel à communication, 1er - 4 juillet 2024, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
***L'appel est ouvert jusqu’au 1er décembre 2023.
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Igbo Studies Association: 21st Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association--"Igbo Values and Leadership in Perspective," 8-11 May 2024, Enugu, Nigeria (via Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois USA)
***The deadline for abstracts is December 31, 2023.
- Lagos Studies Association (Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA; University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria)
***The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2023.
- Leiden University, African Studies Centre -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Liberian Studies Association: 54th Annual LSA Conference--"The Evolution of the Liberian State: Transitions and Transformation for the Future," April 18-20, 2024, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA)
***The deadline for abstracts is January 25, 2024.
- MANSA: Mande Studies Association: 12th Internatonal Conference on Mande Studies--"Towards a Decolonization of Knowledges in West Africa: History, Actors, and Productions," June 25-30, 2024, Bamako, Mali (via Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida)
--Call for Papers
***The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2023
- 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)
- 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)