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CFP: 2026 Society for French Historical Studies Conference, Philadelphia
Society for French Historical Studies
71st Annual Conference
March 5-8, 2026
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme: Liberties [Version française ci-dessous]
The Society for French Historical Studies invites proposal submissions for the 2026 annual meeting, which will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, the theme of this year's conference is "Liberties." Plenary speakers include François Furstenberg (Johns Hopkins University), Jennifer Johnson (Brown University), and Ashli White (University of Miami). Conference sessions will take place at the Philadelphia Marriott Old City.
Proposals are due September 15, 2025. We will circulate a submission portal link in early August. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to sfhsphiladelphia@gmail.com with any questions that you may have.
We invite submissions on any aspect of French history, but we particularly welcome submissions that engage the conference’s theme. We are also open to papers and panels that speak to wider European and/or Francophone geographies, such as histories of empire or colonization, transnational histories, and more.
We seek a wide range of presentations, in English or French, including traditional panels, roundtables, or lightning sessions. We also seek proposals for creative or non-traditional sessions, as well as sessions on topics such as professional development or mentorship.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive conference. We encourage scholars with expertise outside of French history and those unaffiliated with institutions of higher education to submit proposals.
To submit a proposal for a panel/session (typically consisting of three paper presenters, a chair, and an optional discussant), we will request via the submission portal as a single .doc or .pdf :
Cover letter that briefly describes the presentation(s) and lists all panel participants and their contact information.
Abstract (300 word maximum) and 1-page CV for each presenter.
To submit a proposal for an individual paper, we will request via the submission portal as a single .doc or .pdf:
Abstract (300 word maximum) and 1-page CV for presenter.
3-5 keywords (inclusive of geography, periodization, or theme) to help the programming committee in determining the appropriate panel in which the paper might be presented.
We cannot accept proposals for material that has already been presented or published, or that has been submitted for presentation in another forum. Participants must be members of the Society for French Historical Studies in good standing at the time of the conference and must pay conference fees. Membership dues should be paid directly to Duke University Press: https://www.dukeupress.edu/society-for-french-historical-studies-sfhs.
Questions? Please reach out to sfhsphiladelphia@gmail.com
On behalf of the program committee,
Megan Brown (President, Society for French Historical Studies, megan.brown@swarthmore.edu)
Jess Pearson (Program Committee Co-Chair)
Owen White (Program Committee Co-Chair)
2026
The Society for French Historical Studies
71e Conférence Annuelle
5-8 mars 2026
Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie
Thème : Libertés
Appel à contributions
La Society for French Historical Studies lance un appel à contributions pour son congrès annuel 2026, qui se tiendra à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie. En honneur à la ville où la Déclaration d'Indépendance a été signée il y a 250 ans, le thème de la conférence de cette année est « Libertés ». Parmi les conférenciers invités, nous aurons le plaisir d’accueillir François Furstenberg (Johns Hopkins University), Jennifer Johnson (Brown University), et Ashli White (University of Miami). La conférence aura lieu au Philadelphia Marriott Old City.
La date limite de soumission des propositions est le 15 septembre 2025. Un lien vers le portail de soumission sera diffusé début août. En attendant, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à l'adresse sfhsphiladelphia@gmail.com pour toute question.
Les contributions attendues peuvent concerner tout aspect de l'histoire de France, et plus particulièrement celles en relation avec le thème du colloque. Nous sommes ouverts aux communications et aux panels portant plus largement sur la francophonie et ses enjeux, notamment l'histoire des empires ou de la colonisation, les histoires transnationales, etc.
Nous recherchons un large éventail de présentations, en anglais ou en français, incluant des panels traditionnels, des tables rondes ou des présentations éclair. Nous recherchons également des propositions de sessions créatives ou non traditionnelles, ainsi que des sessions sur des sujets tels que le développement professionnel ou le mentorat.
Nous nous engageons à organiser un colloque accueillant et inclusif. Nous encourageons les chercheurs ayant une expertise en dehors de l'histoire de France et ceux qui ne sont pas affiliés à des établissements d'enseignement supérieur à soumettre des propositions.
Pour soumettre une proposition de panel/session (généralement composée de trois présentateurs, d'un président et d'un discutant facultatif), nous demanderons, via le portail de soumission, sous forme d'un seul fichier .doc ou .pdf :
Une lettre de motivation décrivant brièvement la ou les présentations et listant tous les participants au panel ainsi que leurs coordonnées.
Une proposition de communication (300 mots maximum) et un CV d'une page pour chaque présentateur.
Pour soumettre une proposition de communication individuelle, nous vous demanderons, via le portail de soumission, un seul fichier .doc ou .pdf :
Une proposition de communication (300 mots maximum) et un CV d'une page pour le présentateur.
3 à 5 mots-clés (géographie, périodisation ou thème inclus) pour aider le comité de programmation à déterminer le panel approprié pour la présentation de la communication.
Nous ne pouvons accepter les propositions de communication ayant déjà été présentées ou publiées, ni celles soumises pour présentation dans un autre forum. Les participants doivent être membres en règle de la Society for French Historical Studies au moment du colloque et s'acquitter des frais d'adhésion. Les cotisations doivent être réglées directement à Duke University Press : https://www.dukeupress.edu/society-for-french-historical-studies-sfhs.
Des questions ? Veuillez contacter sfhsphiladelphia@gmail.com
Au nom du comité de programme,
Megan Brown (Présidente, Society for French Historical Studies, megan.brown@swarthmore.edu)
Jess Pearson (Program Committee Co-Chair)
Owen White (Program Committee Co-Chair)
Contact Information
Megan Brown
Contact Email
sfhsphiladelphia@gmail.com
URL
https://www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/
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South African Historical Journal - Call for Applications: Editor
The South African Historical Journal (SAHJ) is fully accredited, peer-reviewed, and internationally regarded as the premier journal focused on promoting significant historical scholarship on the southern African region. As the journal of the Southern African Historical Society (SAHS), SAHJ works closely with the society to develop the discipline in southern Africa.
The editorial collective (Prinisha Badassy, Marc Epprecht, Kate Law, Kundai Manamere, Teverayi Muguti, Camalita Naicker, Laura Phillips, and Janeke Thumbran) invites applications from those interested in joining the editorial collective (for a term of five years).
The duties of those joining the journal will include:
Commissioning and overseeing the timely production of journal copy, including special issues in their area of expertise.
Attending biannual online ‘town hall’ meetings (between the collective and the editorial board).
Soliciting, evaluating and processing article manuscripts through the peer-review and article production processes.
Actively promoting the journal through their networks.
Attending and participating in regular meetings and maintaining active correspondence with the editorial collective, suggesting constructive feedback and proposing potential strategies for Journal development.
Review, develop and implement editorial policies and the Journal’s style guide.
Ensuring that the SAHJ’s code of publishing ethics is upheld by authors and reviewers.
Ideal candidates should be dedicated, enthusiastic, and committed to ensuring the success of the Journal. Applicants should have effective organisational skills and the capacity to adhere to deadlines and collaborate effectively with other members of the editorial collective. If they are based at an institute of higher learning or research centre, they should ensure that they have the full support of their institution to undertake this role for the 5-year tenure. Please also note that this role is not remunerated.
Those interested are encouraged to submit their CV and a covering letter (max four sides of A4) that details the following:
area(s) of expertise
nature of academic networks
relevant administrative experience
experience of collaborative working
Please send to the managing editors, Law and Phillips (kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk; Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za) by 20th September 2025.
Contact Information
Kate Law: [(kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk]kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk; and Laura Phillips: Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za
Contact Email
Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za
URL
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rshj20
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Science Communication Workshop 3 with Dr. John Besley on June 23, 2025
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Science Communication Workshop 2 with Dr. John Besley on May 5, 2025
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Science Communication Workshop 1 with Dr. John Besley on March 24, 2025
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Nominations open for UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education
Deadline: Sep 01, 2025
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Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
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Area: Education, Human Rights, Social Justice, Individuals, Youth, Violence Prevention, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Youth & Adolescents
Nominations are open for the UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education to promote the visibility and recognition of projects and initiatives in the field of GCED from around the world.
For more information, visit https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/global-citizenship-education
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Funded Writing Workshop on International Politics in Africa
We are pleased to announce an upcoming fully funded Academic Writing Workshop, aimed at fostering scholarly exchange and supporting the development of high-quality academic publications on International Politics in Africa. The workshop is generously funded by the British Academy. We invite applications from African early career scholars who wish to participate in this focused and collaborative environment.
Workshop Overview
The workshop will bring together a select group of academics to work intensively on draft papers, receive feedback from peers and journal editors, and engage in sessions designed to strengthen academic writing skills and research methodology. Participants will have the opportunity to present and refine a paper intended for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Participants’ research should focus on international politics in Africa broadly conceived, i.e., the empirical study and understanding of how African societies, citizens, governments, supranational institutions, and non-governmental organisations experience international politics. The workshop has the following three objectives:
To evaluate how Africa's political, social and economic history can contribute to the development of an African International Relations school.
To review the appropriateness of different methodologies that can be applied when empirically evaluating international politics in Africa.
To consider effective strategies of publishing research on Africa’s international relations in internationally reputable outlets, and to respond to methodological training needs to close publishing gaps.
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
● Hold a PhD in Political Science/International relations or be in the process of completing one.
● Be a scholar currently employed at a higher education institution in Africa.
● Be prepared to present and workshop a draft paper during the event.
● In line with the funder’s guidelines, applicants should be based in higher education institutions in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania, or in a least developed country in Africa.
Application Requirements
Interested applicants are asked to submit the following materials:
Cover Letter (max 500 words): Outlining your interest in the workshop, your current research focus, and what you hope to gain from the experience.
Curriculum Vitae (CV): Including academic appointments, education, and a list of publications (if applicable).
Abstract (500 words max): A summary of the paper you intend to present and develop during the workshop. The abstract should include the research question, methodology, and expected contribution to the field. The abstract should aim to conform to the workshop’s broad theme of the intersection between African politics and International Relations.
Deadline for Applications: July 1, 2025Workshop Dates: 7-9 April, 2026 Location: Nairobi, KenyaCosts and Funding: Accommodation, travel to Nairobi and meals while at the workshop will be covered by the organizers.
Submission Instructions
Please compile your application materials into a single PDF file and submit via email to m.chacha@bham.ac.uk with the subject line: Workshop Application – [Your Name].
Contact
For questions or further information, please contact Mwita Chacha at m.chacha@bham.ac.uk.
Contact Email
fkern@essex.ac.uk
URL
https://sites.google.com/view/ipia/call-for-papers
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African Critical Inquiry Programme announces the 2026 ACIP Workshop award
2026 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu”
The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is pleased to announce that the 2026 ACIP Workshop will be Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu”. The project was proposed by organisersAthambile Masola (Historical Studies), Litheko Modisane (Film and Media Studies), Sanele kaNtshingana (African Languages), and Wanga Gambushe (African Languages) at University of Cape Town and Sisanda Nkoala (Linguistics) of University of the Western Cape. Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu” will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2026.
Revisiting and Reimagining Imvo Zabantsundu
Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu” will be a two day immersion workshop delving into the newspaper Imvo Zabantsundu, the first Black-owned newspaper in South Africa. Established in 1884 by John Tengo Jabavu (1859–1921), this newspaper not only laid the foundation for Black journalism but also generated a print culture that was challenging the colonial print culture that was emerging in the region. The newspaper has become a cultural artefact many refer to as a pioneering moment but few have engaged with it as a historical, cultural, and political artefact worth revisiting as a living and breathing archive. This workshop will bring together academics, students, journalists, and creatives to reinvigorate the newspaper towards a longer project which will culminate in a book that will revisit Imvo through scholarly and creative responses. This workshop will include collective close reading of the newspaper (those available), analyses of changes in the language used over time, as well as a film screening which situates the newspaper within a broader intellectual tradition of the world of letters in the southern African region. In a context where English dominates public culture, it has become harder to imagine that South Africa once had a rich culture of multilingual newspapers such as Imvo as well as other newspapers that came later, such as Ilanga lase Natali, The Bantu World, and Koranta ea Becoana. This workshop aims to challenge this narrowing of public culture by taking seriously the newspaper as a cultural artefact which can reinvigorate contemporary public culture.
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Founded in 2012, the African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at University of the Western Cape in Cape Town and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta. Supported by donations to the Ivan Karp and Corinne Kratz Fund, the ACIP fosters thinking and working across public cultural institutions, across disciplines and fields, and across generations. It seeks to advance inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture, public cultural institutions, and public scholarship in shaping identities and society in Africa through an annual ACIP workshop and through the Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards, which support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences enrolled at South African universities.
Information about applying to organize the 2027 ACIP workshop and for the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards will be available in November 2025. The deadline for both workshop applications and student applications is 1 May 2026.
For further information, see http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html and https://www.facebook.com/ivan.karp.corinne.kratz.fund.
Contact Email
ckratz@emory.edu
URL
https://gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html
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Apply for Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Deadline: Sep 30, 2025
Donor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Grant Type: Fellowship
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Politics, Education, Climate Change, Artists, Individuals, Innovation, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Science, Technology
The Harvard Radcliffe Institute is seeking applications for its Fellowship Program to support fellows in developing new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions and illuminate their past and present.
For more information, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-radcliffe-fellow
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CFP: MAAAS 2025: Democracy and Environmental Justice
MAAAS 2025: Democracy and Environmental Justice
October 10-11, 2025
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO
The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) in collaboration with the Kansas African Studies Center at the University of Kansas, will hold its 2025 conference at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO on October 10-11. Although we invite scholars to submit proposals for individual papers or panels on any topic, we especially welcome contributions that address the conference theme of Democracy and Environmental Justice.
How do struggles for environmental justice intersect with concerns about democracy? Among other intersections, both face threats from the inordinate power that multinational and transnational corporations have exercised over African communities, from representative councils to nation state and regional government bodies. These corporations and neo-colonial governments deploy their power to undermine any regulation, such as environmental protection via democratic process, that would impede their exploitation of natural resources. What are the impacts of and responses to this ongoing attack on Africa and the Diaspora? We invite scholars interested in Africana Studies from all disciplines to participant at this conference.
Interested scholars should submit a 250-word abstract or panel description by July 31st to MAAAS at MAAASpp@gmail.com.
Registration Information Coming Soon on MAAAS-2025-Conference.
For additional information, please contact:
Elizabeth Chunda, MAAAS President (2025)
Elizabethchunda@ku.edu
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Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025
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Call for Entries: Takeda Innovators in Science Award with Nature
Deadline: Sep 16, 2025
Donor: Springer Nature Limited
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Environment, Diseases, , PhD Holder, Researchers, Innovation, Research, Science
Entries are now open for the Takeda Innovators in Science Award with Nature to honour groundbreaking research by early-career scientists in Gastrointestinal and Inflammatory Diseases, Neuroscience and Oncology.
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Call for Paper: Turkish Journal of African Studies
The Turkish Journal of African Studies (TUJAS) invites original research articles, review essays, and book reviews for its upcoming issue. TUJAS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes scholarly work on historical and contemporary developments across the African continent.
We welcome contributions from scholars working in history, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies related to Africa.
Submission Deadline: 01/08/2025Language of Publication: English and TurkishWebsite: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tujasContact: tujas@sakarya.edu.tr
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Journal Contact
Turkish Journal of African Studies
SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEtujas@sakarya.edu.tr
Sakarya University Esentepe Campus 54050 Serdivan / SAKARYA / TURKEYTechnical Contact
Muhammed Yasir Bodur
SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEyasirbodur@sakarya.edu.tr
Co-Editor
Mahmut Cihat İzgi
SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEcizgi@sakarya.edu.tr
Contact Email
tujas@sakarya.edu.tr
URL
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tujas
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