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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)
African Association for Lexicography: AFRILEX 2023: 27th International Conference, September 26-29, 2023, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
--Call for Papers: June 30, 2023 is the deadline
African Association for the Study of Religions: 9th AASR Conference in Africa--"Creativity, Innovation, and Imagination in African Religions," August 2-4, 2023, University of Nairobi, Kenya
African Economic History Network: 16th Annual AEHN Conference--"Agency in African Economic History," October 5-6, 2023, University of Pretoria, South Africa
African Studies Association of Africa: 5th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, "Repatriating Africa: Old Challenges and Critical Insights," October 25-28, 2023, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo --- "Call for Papers": May 31, 2023 was the deadline
African Studies Association of the United States: 66th Annual ASA Meeting, November 30--December 2, 2023, San Francisco, California (Piscataway, New Jersey)
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Disapora: 11th Biennial ASWAD Conference, August 2-6, 2023, University of Ghana-Legon, Accra, Ghana
Association of Contemporary African Linguistics: 54th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 54), June 12-14, 2023, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Colloque International « Hommage et reconnaissance au Professeur Ibrahima Thioub » 13, 14, et 15 juillet 2023, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal
-- Veuillez voir: Le Livret du colloque
Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies--Events (All)
- Institute of African Studies -- Events (All)
- Institute for Research in African American Studies--Events (All)
- 20th Annual Columbia Africa Conference--"Strengthening Our Ties," November 3-4, 2023, Manhattanville Campus, Columbia University, New York. Organized by Students of the Columbia Business School, School of Engineering, and School of International & Public Affairs.
Cornell University, Institute for African Development: IAD Events (Ithaca, New York)
Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Center for African Studies--News & events
- Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
  -- News & events
- Harvard University Divinity School, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program: Islam in Africa series, 2022-2023 events
African Studies Centre, Leiden University -- 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)
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society: 2023 SALALS Conference, July 3-6, 2023, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha Campus, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa: SCOLMA 2023 Conference--Online, "Africa and the Environment: Archives and Data in the Climate Emergency," June 23, 2023, London (SCOLMA, London, UK)
--Abstracts
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 Linguistic Society: WALC 2023: 33rd West African Languages Congress, October 23-26, 2023, Legon, Accra, Ghana (Benin City, Nigeria)
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)
York University, Harriet Tubman Institute: "Les contributions de l'Afrique et ses diasporas à la civilisation du monde" = "Africa and its Diasporas’ Contributions to World Civilization." Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Sénégal, du 26 au 29 juin 2023. En collaboration avec l’Institut supérieur des arts et des cultures, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Sénégal. (Toronto, Canada) Program and abstracts