Conferences & Other Events on Africa
Anticipated & Online Events
- Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
- ADIFF 2021: African Diaspora International Film Festival -- November 26-December 21, 2021, New York
- Events held throughout the year in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In New York, the screenings and other events are held in various venues, including Columbia University Teachers College & Symphony Space Theater (in Manhattan)
- 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)
64th Annual Meeting of the ASA--"Re-Centering Africa: Resistance and Renewal In A World Beyond COVID-19." A Virtual Event. November 16-20, 2021
Preliminary program for 2021 Annual Meeting
- African Studies Centre, Leiden University -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora: 2021 Virtual Symposium--"Rising for Survival: Black Resistance, Political Projects, and Democracy in Times of 'Crisis'," November 4-6, 2021. (New York)
- 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
- Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- Cornell University, Institute for African Development: IAD Events (Ithaca, New York)
- 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)
- The 23rd Lagos Book and Art Festival, November 15-21, 2021 (Nigeria)
"Since its birth in 1999, LABAF has manifested as a yearly ritual for top-notch publishers, adherent book lovers, literary activists and artists of all hues, attracting huge patronage from members of the public across ages and divergent persuasions."
- 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
The deadline for proposals is January 10, 2022.
- 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)
- Society of Africanist Archaeologists: SAFA 2021 25th Biennial Meeting--"African Archaeology: A 20:20 Vision for the Future," September 2021, University of Oxford, 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)