Conferences & Other Events on Africa
Anticipated & Online Events
- ACASA--Arts Council of the African Studies Association 18th Triennial Conference, June 17-21, 2020, Chicago, Illinois.
- African Economic History Network: 15th Annual Conference of the AEHN, September 21-23, 2020, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. "Call for Papers"
The deadline for proposals is March 30, 2020.
- 4th AEGIS Thematic Conference of the Collaborative Research Group Africa in the Indian Ocean--"New Gulf Streams – Middle East and Eastern Africa Intersected." April 23-24, 2020, Lisbon, Portugal
The "call for papers" is open until January 31st 2020.
- AFLI--African Languages Initiative 2020--Summer Intensive Courses, June--July 2020, Center for African Studies, University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
- Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)
- African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: Annual Conference of ASAUK, September 8-10, 2020, Cardiff University, UK
The deadline for proposals was October 30, 2019.
- African Studies Centre, Leiden University -- Events, Seminars, and Conferences (Leiden, The Netherlands)
--See especially: "Africa 2020" Conferences, Film Screenings, and Workshops
- Afrolit Sans Frontières Literary Festival, March-August 2020 (via James Marua Literature Blog, Nairobi, Kenya)
- Season 1, March 23-30, 2020
- Season 2, April 20-27, 2020
- Season 3, May 25-June 1, 2020
- Season 4, June 29--July 6, 2020
- Season 5, July 27-August 3, 2020
- "Arabic Script Manuscripts in Africa," September 13-16, 2020, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Co-sponsored by Bibliotheca Alexandrina and The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the library’s Manuscript Center and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation.
---The deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 15, 2020.
- Canadian Association of African Studies: Annual Conference "Achieving Ubuntu: Reframing Equity, Partnership, and Change." June 3-5, 2020, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
"Call for papers" deadline: December 22, 2019!
- Columbia University -- African -and- African Diaspora Studies Events (New York)
- "Comparing the Copperbelt: Social History and Knowledge Production in Central Africa," February 11-13, 2021, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
The "call for papers" deadline for proposals is July 17, 2020.
- Cornell University, Institute for African Development: "Chinese and Middle Eastern Financing and Investment in Africa," April 17-19, 2020. (Ithaca, New York)
- DAK'ART 2020: La Biennale de l’Art africain contemporain, du 28 mai au 28 juin 2020, 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.
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Igbo Studies Association: 18th Annual Conference--"Igbo World, Igbo Condition." June 18-20, 2020, Enugu, Nigeria
The "call for papers" deadline is December 31, 2019!
- Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University: "Drought, Floods, and Rainfall in the Indian Ocean World, May 7-8, 2020 Call for Papers (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
- ISOLA--International Society for the Oral Literatures of Africa: 13th International Conference--"Transitions, Transformations, and Translocations in African Oral Traditions and (Re)Imagined Boundaries." July 8-10, 2020, Nairobi, Kenya.
The deadline for proposals: February 29, 2020.
- Japan Association for African Studies: 57th Annual Meeting of the JAAS, May 23-24, 2020, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
--See also: Past annual meetings (including programs)
- Lagos Studies Association: 5th Annual LSA Conference--"Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinunities," June 25-27, 2020, Lagos, Nigeria. (Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA; Lagos, Nigeria)
"Call for Papers": The deadline for proposals is December 31, 2019.
- Liberian Studies Association: 52nd Annual Conference--"The Functional Liberian State: Historical Lessons, Current Best Practices, and Future Paths," April 23-25, 2020, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Paper proposals are due January 10, 2020.
- Mande Studies Association: 11th International MANSA Conference -- "Beyond Crisis and Insecurity: Cultural Creativity, Popular Struggle, and Social Change in West Africa," June 10-14, 2020, Uppsala, Sweden (via Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida)
"Call for Papers": The deadline for proposals: December 1, 2019.
- Musée des Civilisations Noires : Premier Anniversaire du MCN--"Mutations", du 6 au 21 décembre 2019, Dakar, Sénégal
--Veuillez voir aussi: le site du MCN
- New York University, Africa House: Events (New York)
- Royal African Society: Events (London, UK)
- Rutgers University: Center for African Studies -- News & Events (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
--See also: "Translating Africa/Africa in Translation Intercollegiate Symposium, April 1-2, 2020. Organized by the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
- SOAS--School of Oriental and African Studies: Centre of African Studies -- Events (University of London, London, UK)
- Society of Africanist Archaeologists: SAFA 2020 25th Biennial Meeting--"African Archaeology: A 20:20 Vision for the Future," September 20-24, 2020, University of Oxford, UK
- Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations: SCECSAL XXIV Conference--"Inclusive Lbraries and Information Services Toward Achieving Prosperity for Sustainable Development in Africa," April 20-24, 2020, Windhoek, Namibia
- 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)