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 Economic History Network: 17th Annual AEHN Meeting--"Changes and Continuities in African Economic History: Mobilities, Environment, and Development," September 26-27, 2024, Sapienza Universita di Roma, ItalyIn association with Sapienza University of Rome and Fondazione Sapienza.
- 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
- African Studies Association of the United States: 67th Annual Meeting, December 12-14, 2024, Chicago, Illinois (Piscataway, New Jersey)
- 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)
- Arts Council of the African Studies Association (USA): 19th Triennial ACASA Symposium of African Art, Chicago, Illinois, August 7-11, 2024
- 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.
- 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
- 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 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.
- 21st Annual Ghana International Book Fair, August 8-11, 2024, Accra, Ghana
The theme is “Books and Culture in the Era of Artificial Intelligence." - 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
- 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
- Lagos Studies Association (Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA; University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria)"Established in 2017, the Lagos Studies Association is an international, interdisciplinary organization of academic and non-academic practitioners whose interest focus on Lagos and its peoples."
--The 8th Annual International Conference of the Lagos Studies Association--"African Identities: Peoples, Cultures, and Institutions in Motion," In-person/Online, June 25-29, 2024, University of Lagos, Nigeria - Leiden University, African Studies Centre -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- 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)
- 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)