Call for Papers: The Alaafin in Yoruba History, Culture, and Political Power Relations
An International Conference Date: October 8-11, 2018 Venue: University of Ibadan, Nigeria The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, …
Call for Papers (edited volume): (Wo)men of power, biographies and the African post-colonial state
Papers will be accepted in French and in English In 2015, the South African comedian Trevor Noah compared the …

African Critical Inquiry Programme Announces 2018 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award
The African Critical Inquiry Programme has named Mary Mbewe as recipient of the 2018 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award. Mbewe …
Call for volunteers
Call for Student Volunteers for the ASAUK 2018 Conference (11-13 September 2018, University of Birmingham) This September the University of …

Early Bird Rates Maintained – Registration Deadline 21 August 2018
A high number of early payments has enabled us to maintain our ‘early bird’ prices for the remainder of the …
2019 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: African Ethnographies
The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is pleased to announce that the 2019 ACIP workshop will be African Ethnographies. The …

ASA and ASAUK endorse statement of principles for the sale of rights in African territories for non-African scholarly publishers
Whereas scholarly books published by North American and European presses are (at present) rarely available to readers in Africa; and …

Early Bird Rates Extended To 1 July 2018
We have received over 1,200 abstract submissions and look forward to an amazing conference! We are working as fast as …

Call for essays: Visions of African Unity (1930s – 2018)
55 years ago, on 25 May 1963, the leaders of 32 African countries signed the charter of the Organisation of …

ASAUK Statement on Strike Action
The African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) expresses full support to its members undertaking industrial action against proposed changes to the …