We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts/Chapters for the third volume of our book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume invites scholars, researchers, and academics to contribute high-quality chapters focused on ecocritical approaches to literary inquiry. We encourage submissions that engage with the relationship between literature, environment, and ecology, and that interrogate how texts represent, critique, or reshape human–nature relationships. Contributions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, speculative fiction, and interdisciplinary or comparative literary studies. The volume welcomes submissions in English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani. Suggested (but not limited to) Research Areas: Ecocritical Literary AnalysisContributions are invited across all literary genres—novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and experimental forms—addressing topics such as environmental ethics, ecological consciousness, climate change, urban ecologies, multispecies relations, and representations of nature in literature. Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Exploring how environmental concerns intersect with colonial and neocolonial histories. Submissions may consider extractivism, land dispossession, ecological imperialism, and indigenous or Global South perspectives on sustainability, resistance, and resilience. Ecofeminism and Gendered Ecologies: Examining how gender, ecology, and power are intertwined in literary texts. Topics may include women’s relationship to land, reproductive justice in ecological crises, care labor, and feminist engagements with environmental justice. Queer Ecologies in Literature: Investigating how nonnormative sexualities and genders intersect with environmental thought. Contributions may address queer kinship, environmental belonging, speculative futures, and critiques of heteronormative environmental narratives. Ecology, Disability, and the Body: Analyzing how literature portrays disabled bodies in relation to environmental contexts—such as climate vulnerability, accessibility, survival, and resilience in times of ecological crisis. Ecocriticism and Genre Studies: Re-examining established genres (such as pastoral, science fiction, climate fiction, horror, or utopia/dystopia) through ecocritical lenses. Focus may include the emergence of “cli-fi” and other forms of speculative eco-literature. Indigenous and Decolonial Ecologies: Engaging with indigenous storytelling traditions and decolonial literary practices that foreground ecological knowledge, land rights, spiritual ecologies, and cultural resilience in the face of colonial and ecological violence. Other ecocritical, intersectional, and interdisciplinary literary research is also welcome. Submission Guidelines: Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the scholar) Full Chapter Length: Minimum 4,000 words Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th Edition citation style, justified texts, 1.15-line spacing Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Plagiarism and Similarity Policy: All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% will not be considered. Authors are advised to pre-check their work for originality. Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 Estimated Publication Date: January / February 2026 There will also be publication fees charged Submission Emails: Please submit your abstract and full article (once accepted) by attaching it in an email sent to all of the following addresses: Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr You may reach the publication history of the series at the following link:https://www.maurer.press/kategorie/bucher/contemporary-studies-on-language-and-literature/ Read more

This is a call for papers and discussants for the first annual Workshop on Southern Africa (WOZA!) Conference, to be held Friday May 1 - Sunday May 3, 2026. In 2024, the organization formerly known as North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa (NEWSA) changed its name to WOZA! to acknowledge that it is no longer composed only of scholars based in the northeastern part of North America. With our new name, we hope to carry on NEWSA’s long-established spirit of community, intellectual seriousness, and warm engagement with new scholarship. For more information, please see our website:  https://sites.google.com/view/workshoponsouthernafrica/home  Submission deadline, October 1, 2025 About the Conference: WOZA! is an interdisciplinary conference open to scholars at all stages of their careers. We encourage scholars from all disciplines who are currently working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, the Indian Ocean Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to submit proposals. WOZA! is organized around intensive discussion of pre-circulated papers. There are also many opportunities for informal conversation about work in progress. This workshop model is designed to give southern Africanists the opportunity for close discussion of work across a wide variety of scholarly fields. We aim to prioritize scholarship, regardless of discipline or topic, that is evidence-based and grounded in analysis of African discourses and concepts. The program committee encourages submissions from advanced graduate students and junior faculty. We especially encourage participation from African professionals, scholars and graduate students, including those currently based outside the continent.  Participants may: (a) present a paper (b) propose a panel of three or four papers, or (c) serve as a discussant. Because of the high demand for participation relative to the size of the conference facility, and our desire to maintain the workshop atmosphere, we can only allow attendees who are presenting papers or serving as discussants, and we expect attendees to be present for the majority/all of the sessions.  Logistics: We will host the 2026 meeting, our first in-person gathering as WOZA!, at the Isabella Freedman Center in the Connecticut Berkshires  (https://adamah.org/retreat-centers/isabella-freedman/ ), from May 1-3, 2026. Located on 400 acres with a private lake and a working farm, the Isabella Freedman Center provides an ideal location to continue the NEWSA/WOZA! tradition of a scholarly retreat. Conference registration will include communal meals and on-site accommodation. This venue will also enable us to accept a limited number of virtual/online participants. For conference costs please see website Hybrid/online option: WOZA! hopes to continue NEWSA’s tradition of in-person, retreat-style engagement, where many productive conversations happen informally, in addition to the scheduled sessions. But we also recognize that a variety of barriers can make it challenging for people to attend in person. We have a limited number of spots available for online (remote) participation, which you may request when submitting your abstract/proposal. These spots will be allocated when we accept proposals. Because we need to pay for our venue, we cannot permit last-minute switches to online participation. Submission Instructions: The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2025. We will notify accepted participants by the end of October, and ask that if accepted, you confirm attendance and pay your registration fee by December 15, 2025, so that we may finalize our booking with the conference venue. Please use this submission form to submit: https://forms.gle/GkjzKf1zHySGQZwi9  Individual Paper Submission Instructions: Your abstract should explain the argument you intend to make, the source of your evidence (e.g., archival, fieldwork, survey), and the contribution your paper makes to understanding significant problems in southern Africa, to furthering conceptual debates, and/or to producing new knowledge in Southern African Studies. WOZA! papers should not be previously published, and will ideally be at a stage of preparation that allows for incorporation of the feedback received during the workshop. The maximum length for the abstract is 500 words.  Panel Submission Instructions: If you wish to organize your own three- or four-paper panel, your proposal should include a brief rationale for how the papers fit together  (250-400 words), as well as the abstracts for each individual paper (space is provided in the submission form). The organizers will be happy to negotiate alternative panel formats (such as open discussions of a current issue). We also reserve the right to accept only some papers within a panel. You may choose to include a discussant or leave it to us to provide one.   Discussant Instructions: If you wish to serve as a discussant, please use the online submission form to indicate the areas of southern African studies on which you are most prepared to comment. Once the workshop participants are selected and organized into panels, each panel will be assigned a discussant. Discussants read the pre-circulated papers by the participants in their session and, after authors introduce their papers, give a 10-minute comment on the papers individually and collectively. Discussants also coordinate discussion of the papers amongst those attending the panel. Completed papers, not to exceed 8,000 words, will be due March 15, 2026, so that the papers can be pre-circulated on the conference website ahead of the meeting. Pre-circulating papers is an essential part of the WOZA! experience. Papers are kept confidential among conference participants and will not be circulated beyond attendees. As an intellectual community, WOZA! recognizes that scholarly interpretation can undergird economic, political and social marginalization.  We also recognize that power exists within scholarly communities, and that some members of our community are marginalized due to sex, gender, race, disability, nationality, and/or institutional position.  We are committed to working against such marginalization, and the programming committee has a mandate to create and prioritize panels that help achieve this goal.  For any questions, please contact newsa.workshop@gmail.com  Read more

📅 Date: 3 November 2025📍 Location: Kigali, Rwanda (Pre-conference to the 12th Annual ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference – 4-6 Nov 2025) More and better job creation is at the top of policymakers’ agendas — and the Agrifood System (AFS) is central to that mission. From farms to food services, AFS employs a massive share of the global workforce, especially in low-income countries. But many of these jobs are informal and low-paying. The challenge? Boost productivity, sustainability, and inclusion — especially for youth and women — while harnessing disruptive technologies and climate-smart innovations. 🌱💼 We are inviting academic papers on:🔹 Current AFS job profiles & prospects (on/off farm, rural/urban)🔹 Role & constraints of MSMEs in job creation🔹 Skills for the future AFS workforce🔹 Inclusive value chain models🔹 Mechanization, automation & digital innovations🔹 Sustainable intensification & job outcomes🔹 Youth & women inclusion in AFS jobs🔹 Quality of AFS jobs Benefits:✔️ Opportunity to present your paper in Kigali✔️ Selected papers may be published in a special journal issue✔️ Findings will inform a World Bank flagship study✔️ Travel & lodging covered for one presenter per selected paper 📩 Submission deadline: 15 September 2025📢 Notification of selection: 30 September 2025📧 More info: info@anapri.net 🔗 Submit your full paper here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedQriG880hJqUDf7nyvYXhCuZUAfCcwDV23-C2ZHawDzVTWg/viewform  Read more

Deadline: Oct 01, 2025 Donor: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Career Development, , Research Entries are now open for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Foundation Research Catalyst Awards for investigators beginning their careers or returning to the workforce after an extended leave. For more information, visit https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/research-awards/research-catalyst-awards/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/nominations-open-for-arvo-foundation-research-catalyst-awards Read more

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The book examines the German Anti-Apartheid Movement and its solidarity work with present-day Namibia (1960–1990). It brings together German, Namibian, and international authors and offers transnational perspectives on East and West German solidarity initiatives in the context of the so-called Cold War. Book description The publication examines both West and East German support for the resistance against apartheid and, closely linked to it, the struggle for independence in present-day Namibia. Following the end of German colonial rule in 1919, the territory of “South West Africa” came under South African control as a League of Nations mandate. Rather than being administered as a separate entity, the territory was treated as South Africa’s so-called “fifth province”. Political representation was restricted to the white minority – primarily German settlers – who were the only ones granted a voice in the exclusively white South African parliament. The gradual implementation of apartheid in Namibia began in 1948. As recent scholarship has shown, “South West Africa” in fact served as a testing ground for South Africa’s apartheid ideology (Gordon 2021). South Africa’s racist population policies thus built on systems of segregation between white settlers and the Black population that had already been established during the German colonial era (Lerp 2016). In 1960, SWAPO (South West Africa People’s Organisation) was founded as a political resistance movement, advocating for the abolition of apartheid and ultimately the independence of the country. When the UN revoked South Africa’s mandate to control Namibia in 1966, an armed struggle against the racist occupation began. In the shadow of the “Cold War”, which was violently unfolding especially in Africa and Asia, Namibia’s liberation movement turned into a global battleground. Starting with exiled South African and Namibian activists, a global protest campaign emerged in the 1960s, primarily in the form of boycott calls, demanding an end to apartheid and the independence of Namibia.  This movement also reached a broad public in Germany, albeit with substantial differences between East and West: The GDR (East Germany) had been involved since 1960, intensifying its support for SWAPO from the early 1970s onward through a solidarity fund (“Solidaritätskomitee”). Although clearly defined by state directives, the forms of this solidarity were quite diverse. For example, solidarity committees were established, fundraising campaigns organized, and regular solidarity bazaars held to provide material support to liberation movements. Church circles were also actively involved. However, individual initiatives seem to have been relatively limited. Occasional spaces for individual initiative did appear to exist, as exemplified by Jürgen Krause’s involvement in the “Schule der Freundschaft” (School of Friendship) project. Nevertheless, the extent to which independent grassroots initiatives could genuinely emerge and operate alongside these state-directed activities remains an open question. In contrast, initiatives in West Germany and West Berlin developed predominantly “from below” against an initially hostile government. Various movements converged in this process: left-wing solidarity with anti-colonial liberation struggles, church-based activism against apartheid, personal experiences of individuals in Namibia, and even early engagement with Germany’s colonial responsibility. In 1974, several groups joined forces in Bonn to form a national committee. At their peak, up to 65 local solidarity groups existed throughout West Germany. These activities took place against a backdrop of widespread colonial “amnesia” within West German society, coupled with official government policies shaped by strong economic ties to South Africa’s apartheid regime. With Namibia’s independence in 1990, the activities of the anti-apartheid movement in Germany concluded. After independence, German experts played a significant role in shaping Namibia’s political constitution, establishing liberal-democratic institutions, and developing the educational system of the newly independent state. The Anti-Apartheid Movement is widely regarded as “the most influential of all global social movements of the late twentieth century” (Saunders 2010). Numerous publications have examined the Anti-Apartheid Movement both internationally and within Germany. Despite Namibia’s significance as a laboratory for the apartheid policies in South Africa, the country has largely been overlooked by historians. Research has predominantly focused on South Africa, neglecting solidarity with Namibia. To this day, the relationship between anti-apartheid solidarity and support for the Namibian liberation movement, as well as their potential interactions, has not been adequately explored. These omissions can be explained, among other reasons, by the fact that the vast majority of publications have been written or edited by scholars based at European or American universities, leading to insufficient consideration of Namibian perspectives and experiences. At the same time, the history of East German solidarity work has been sidelined in historiography and memory culture. Yet, East German solidarity efforts, including support actions such as hosting children and sick, exhausted, or injured SWAPO fighters in the GDR, have left traces in Namibian memory culture. This publication examines solidarity campaigns in the GDR and FRG from a transnational perspective, with a particular emphasis on Namibian views of the movements in East and West Germany at the time. In addition to scholarly texts, the volume aims to provide space for other forms of knowledge, incorporating artistic interpretations and biographical memories. In doing so, it seeks to recall or create new bridges between academia, art, and activism that also existed during era of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. The publication aims to engage a broad readership to critically reflect on the history of social movements. In view of current developments, it is especially important to foreground forms of transnational solidarity that can reinforce social movements and foster transformative change today. The intertwined histories of the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Namibian struggle for independence also open avenues for dialogue between people in Namibia and Germany – on colonial legacies, enduring global inequalities, and the prospects for future decolonial collaboration. Abstracts If you wish to contribute to the volume, please submit a title, an abstract (maximum 300 words), and a brief CV to the editors at solidaritywithnamibia@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2025, and selected contributors will be notified in December 2025. An honorarium for contributors from precarious employment is foreseen, though it is contingent on the success of ongoing funding applications. When submitting your abstract, kindly indicate whether an honorarium is necessary. Contact Information Editors Dr Martha Akawa-Shikufa, University of NamibiaDr Norman Aselmeyer, University of OxfordDr Katharina Hoffmann, Carl von Ossietzky University OldenburgDr Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, University of Namibia Contact Email solidaritywithnamibia@gmail.com Read more

Workshop: The Organization of African Unity and the Struggle against Colonialism and Racism in Africa Lisbon, 13 and 14 November 2025 In-person and online Venue: NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal    Call for papers The study of international organizations is an emerging field that covers a topic of growing importance in academia. In recent decades, the contributions of such organizations as actors in international relations have received increasing attention (Iriye 2004). Theoretical and empirical analyses seek to provide insights into the work of intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or transnational networks. By expanding their geographical scope beyond national borders, scholars interested in international organizations have reflected the myriad ways in which they can be studied (Hurd 2012).                                                                                     The Organization of African Unity (OAU), as a regional organization, has been the subject of ongoing research (Gassama 2015). However, a review of existing publications reveals that relatively few studies have addressed the OAU's solidarity against colonialism and racism in Africa. Several reasons may explain this situation. Comparatively, the OAU has received less attention than other international organizations, notably the United Nations. Research has mainly focused on its establishment and achievements in conflict resolution, cooperation and development (Muchie et al. 2014; Naldi 1999). Difficulties in accessing primary sources may also have contributed to the diversion of interest from the OAU's contribution to decolonization and the end of white minority regimes. Writing on the subject has mostly been done at the time of the events and lacks historical perspective (Binaisa 1977; El-Khawas 1978). The accounts are limited in scope, discussing primarily the OAU's support for the liberation movements of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa (Klotz 1995; Thomas 1996). With regard to the Portuguese colonies, with the exception of the work of Walraven (1999), it is difficult to find an overarching narrative, and the available information is mostly found in publications that do not focus on the topic as a primary concern (Sousa 2011; Tíscar Santiago 2013). Thus, a more critical approach is needed to question what the OAU did to support the struggle against colonialism and racism in Africa, as well as the complexities and nuances involved. With this situation in mind, we intend to explore the OAU's solidarity with the struggle against colonialism and racism in Africa in a workshop in-person and online that will take place in Lisbon, at the Institute of Contemporary History of the NOVA University of Lisbon, on 13 and 14 November 2025. The workshop aims to place the OAU initiatives in their context and help consolidate analyses of its solidarity as a critical subject of the end of colonialism and white minority regimes. In addition, the workshop will contribute to rethinking the gaps in historiography by examining the OAU solidarity as a transnational phenomenon that transcended national boundaries. We welcome proposals for 20-minute presentations on these and other topics: -The extent to which the OAU played a role in ending colonialism and racism on the African continent;  -How the Liberation Committee was instrumental in the strategy of the OAU to undermine colonial rule and racist minority rule; -How the attitudes of a number of states, due to inter-African competition, shaped the OAU's policies on colonialism and racism; -How the diplomacy of the OAU sought to shape the debate at the UN on colonialism and racism;  -How the OAU engaged with non-African countries as part of its support to the struggle for independence and against apartheid; -How the organization worked as an intermediary in the support given by third parties to anti-colonial and anti-racist organizations;   -The importance of the relationship with the OAU for anti-colonial and anti-racist organizations to advance their agenda;  -The tensions and disagreements between the OAU and the anti-colonial and anti-racist organizations;  -The extent to which the anti-colonial and anti-racist organizations sought to use the OAU not only against the colonial and racist powers, but also to sideline competing groups.   Abstracts for presentations (200 words) and a biographical note (250 words) should be sent to: OAUconference@gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 8 August 2025 Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025 The organization foresees the publication of the communications. The first draft of the papers is due on 30 January 2026.  Read more

Deadline: Sep 25, 2025 Donor: "la Caixa" Foundation Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Leaders, PhD Holder, Researchers, Leadership, Research The "la Caixa" Foundation grants 20 postdoctoral fellowships for researchers of any nationality to carry out a research project in a STEM discipline at universities and research centres of accredited excellence. For more information, visit https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/postdoctoral-junior-leader-fellowships-incoming-call Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/apply-for-postdoctoral-junior-leader-fellowships-incoming-call-2026 Read more

Deadline: Sep 25, 2025 Donor: "la Caixa" Foundation Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Capacity Building, Community Development, Career Development, Leaders, PhD Holder, Researchers, Leadership, Research, Science, Technology The ”la Caixa” Foundation has launched the Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme aimed at recruiting outstanding researchers of any nationality who wish to further their careers in STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in Spain or Portugal. For more information, visit https://lacaixafoundation.org/en/postdoctoral-junior-leader-fellowships-retaining-call Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/postdoctoral-junior-leader-fellowships-retaining-call-2026 Read more

The British Academy is inviting proposals for the next round of its International Interdisciplinary Research programme. Projects will be led by UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with international partners and wishing to develop genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines on the theme of Transnational and Planetary challenges. The total funding available per award in this call is up to £300,000 over 2 years. Within that limit of £300,000 over 2 years the award is offered at 80% FEC (i.e. the total contribution requested from the Academy may not exceed £300,000 and the total project value at 100% FEC may not exceed £375,000). Funding can be used to support the time of the Principal Investigator and Co-Applicants; postdoctoral (or equivalent) research assistance; travel, fieldwork and related expenses; and networking costs. Awards are offered on an 80% full economic costing basis. Projects must begin in March/April 2026.Read more: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/knowledge-frontiers-international-interdisciplinary-research/    Read more

Call for abstract for the panel on: The (Re)generation of the Nonhuman: Nature and Text in Dialogue Panel Chair: Israel Eweka (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)   The last decade has seen a surge in scholarly interdisciplinarity, exploring the nonhuman in a broad range of critical perspectives. Whether through Glenworth et al (2024)’s conservationist prism which contextualizes ‘Rewilding’ as a way of restoring ‘non-human autonomy’; or perhaps, through Bram Büscher (2021)’s capitalist reflections on nature’s alienation and entanglement, both of which are recent approaches that seek to champion the cause of ‘decentering the human in favor of a concern for the nonhuman’ (Grusin, 2015: 1), we see a growing pace of intersectionality within which nature and literature are brazenly intertwined. Often suggested as a repressed generation of ecological beings, either of subaltern considerations or anthropomorphic (de)constructions, the nonhuman, whether it be plants, animals, or ecosystems, has continued to fit the bill for a contemporary kind of critical and textual narrative that urgently needs to undergo transformation through a process of generation, regeneration or auto- generation, after decades of being consistently synonymous with the image of depletive degeneration. David Abram (1996:22-23) describes the geographical space of this non-human depletion of nature as a biosphere of ‘nonregenerative’ decline, which in his views, has resulted in a variation of problems for humans: epidemics (including immune diseases and cancers) or perhaps, pandemics like the 2019 COVID which postdates Abram’s study; or mental disorders. In the face of today’s climate change and biodiversity loss, this session proposes a constructive way of exploring literature’s capacity to both reflect (on) the devastation of the natural world and, more importantly, provide imaginative models for its regeneration. Drawing on ecocritical theory, environmental humanities, posthumanism, and new materialism, this session invites papers that trace how literary texts can challenge anthropocentric templates, (re)framing a textual world in which the nonhuman is seen as an active element with agency, forging a reciprocal connection with the human world. Submission of abstract has opened on 15th June 2025 and closes on 30th September 2025. Papers can engage with, but are not limited to, the following themes: 1. Ecocriticism (this includes a combination of ecocritical theories with other theories with the use of the prefix 'eco', e.g., ecofeminism, ecophenomenology, ecopoetics, ecoqueer, etc) 2. Environmental Humanities 3. Geocriticism 4. Green Negritude Studies 5. Green Cultural Studies 6. Deep Ecology 7. Dark Ecology 8. Collapsology/Spiralism 9. Speciesism This session proposes an ‘auto-presentation’ format only, where presenters are expected to prepare, in advance, a 15-minute pre-recorded video and/or audio version of their papers; and then play these to their audience at the conference, followed by a live Q&A session. The creative and innovative part of this session lies in the deviation from live oral presentation of papers by presenters, laying emphasis on the use of pre- recorded materials (videos/audios) in combination with PowerPoint slides while the presenter will be on standby to answer questions at the end of their automatic presentation. This format is therefore Q&A- focussed, as this will help to increase the number of questions asked to presenters at conferences. This innovation will also help young and first-time conference panellists (particularly (post)graduate students) to build confidence in oral presentations rather than shying away altogether from paper presentations at conferences. Mode of abstract/pre-recorded materials submission Abstracts must not exceed 250 words in length, accompanied by a short bio note on presenters at the bottom of the abstract page. Abstracts and presentation are only accepted in English please. (Including language of pre-recorded materials). Abstract submissions must be marked as “auto-presentation” and presenters must confirm if they are attending in person or virtually. Submissions of pre-recorded materials will be requested closer to the time of the conference (after the abstract submission deadline of 30 September 2025) to ensure a vetting process that would verify accurate duration, quality and media compatibility (document’s size and format) of pre-recorded materials submitted, before a final acceptance will be conveyed to presenters whose submissions meet all the stipulated requirements. Abstracts should be submitted directly via this link: https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21903 ***Early career researchers and (post)graduate students are particularly encouraged to send in their abstracts to this panel. For questions and further enquiries, please email: oxe847@student.bham.ac.uk Contact Information Israel Osarodion Eweka     Contact Email oxe847@student.bham.ac.uk URL https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21903 Read more

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: September, 5th. This special issue of Cahiers d’Études africaines seeks to examine academic writing and publishing within the scientific editorial system of African studies, both today and in the past. Reflexive and critical, this call encourages future contributors to take scientific publishing in African studies as a subject and a field of investigation, focusing on three entry points: texts, individuals, and journals. Its ambition is to investigate the “engine room” of the African studies publishing by examining its operating mechanisms and the challenges they reflect or activate.  CfP: Behind the Scenes of Journals in African Studies Read more