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CFA: Prize: Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate
Articles published in 2022 are eligible for the QASA prizes:
The Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate Student
The Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Junior Scholar
To nominate, use this form https://forms.gle/X1BoufgL5R4ZkZxS6 (self-nominations are encouraged).
The full information is:
These two prizes are awarded for the best published essays (i.e., journal articles or chapters in a multi-author volume) to appear in a scholarly publication (broadly defined, including peer-reviewed journals and university press books but not limited to them) in the previous calendar year (e.g., online or in print between January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022) in the field of queer African studies (broadly defined, including essays within any discipline, on any topic, on any African region, people, culture, etc.). The prizes go to, respectively, graduate students (at the time of the essay’s publication) and junior scholars (those who are, at the time of the essay’s publication, postdocs, adjuncts, independent scholars, activists, visiting untenured professors, or untenured faculty at the time of publication). Nominees need not be QASA or ASA members. The QASA Prize Committee selects the best essay from among the nominated essays. Essays must be nominated using the authorized Google Form at https://forms.gle/YcN93ACtzEeYhEV57. The award winners will be announced at the annual African Studies Association conference every November. Award winners will receive a small cash prize.
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Raquel Acosta
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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CFA: Prize: Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate
Articles published in 2022 are eligible for the QASA prizes:
The Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate Student
The Queer African Studies Association Prize for Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Junior Scholar
To nominate, use this form https://forms.gle/X1BoufgL5R4ZkZxS6 (self-nominations are encouraged).
The full information is:
These two prizes are awarded for the best published essays (i.e., journal articles or chapters in a multi-author volume) to appear in a scholarly publication (broadly defined, including peer-reviewed journals and university press books but not limited to them) in the previous calendar year (e.g., online or in print between January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022) in the field of queer African studies (broadly defined, including essays within any discipline, on any topic, on any African region, people, culture, etc.). The prizes go to, respectively, graduate students (at the time of the essay’s publication) and junior scholars (those who are, at the time of the essay’s publication, postdocs, adjuncts, independent scholars, activists, visiting untenured professors, or untenured faculty at the time of publication). Nominees need not be QASA or ASA members. The QASA Prize Committee selects the best essay from among the nominated essays. Essays must be nominated using the authorized Google Form at https://forms.gle/YcN93ACtzEeYhEV57. The award winners will be announced at the annual African Studies Association conference every November. Award winners will receive a small cash prize.
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Raquel Acosta
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The Unilateral Proclamation of Independence of Guinea-Bissau: Fifty Years Later (1973-2023)
Call for Papers
International Conference: Online and In-Person
Lisbon, 22-23 September 2023
Venue: NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
In January 1963, the PAIGC (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde – African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde) engaged in an armed struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau. Soon afterwards, the movement started to claim control over part of the Guinean territory, the so-called liberated areas. From 1965 onwards, liberated areas became a key concept and one of the linchpins of the PAIGC diplomacy and were linked by the movement to the attempt to establish a proto-state through state-building programs to provide health, economic, educational, technical, judiciary, and administrative assistance to the local populations. The movement conceived the liberated areas and state-building programs to fit into contemporary paradigms of statehood and to be used as means to gain the support of formal allies and informal networks of solidarity, as well as to place internationally the struggle and the demand for independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde. This becomes evident in the way the PAIGV endeavoured to delegitimize the Portuguese rule and to convince the international community that the situation in Guinea was comparable to an independent state with a portion of its territories, namely the urban areas, occupied by foreign armed forces.
Claiming that Portugal was no longer capable of ruling over most of the Guinean territory, the PAIGC leader, Amílcar Cabral, started in May 1968 to contemplate the unilateral proclamation of independence as part of his strategy to win the war. The proclamation was postponed several times and only in the early 1970s the idea came to fruition. The progress of the armed struggle coupled with the United Nations (UN) visiting mission to Guinea, held between 2 and 8 April 1972, became a strong stimulus to the intention of unilaterally proclaiming independence. After securing recognition by the UN as the sole and authentic representative of the Guinean population, the PAIGC held elections to the People’s National Assembly and established the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on 24 September 1973. Soon, many countries recognized the unilateral declaration of independence, and 50 UN member states requested a General Assembly debate on the situation in the territory. From the beginning, the intention behind the request was clear since the wording of the issue in the agenda reproduced the PAIGC rhetoric of “illegal occupation by Portuguese military forces of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and acts of aggression committed by them against the people of the Republic.”
Resolution 3061 (XXVIII), of 2 November 1973, approved by the General Assembly took the independence of Guinea-Bissau for granted, although Portugal denied the existence of the Republic and argued that it did not meet the criteria of a nation. Nevertheless, the resolution only welcomed the accession of the people of Guinea-Bissau to independence, failing to recognize the formation of a new sovereign state. This was a symptom of how divisive the recognition of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau was for member states, with the United States and the United Kingdom threatening to use the veto power in case of a request for admission at the UN. No attempt was made for the membership of the Republic at the UN, but resolution 3061 (XXVIII) deeply influenced the future of the independence struggle in Guinea-Bissau. The document established that since the PAIGC held control over part of the territory, a unilateral proclamation of independence was a legitimate action. Moreover, the resolution refused Portugal’s claim to represent the colony, branding the country as an aggressor that was violating the sovereignty and integrity of an independent state.
The proclamation of independence significantly increased the international notoriety of the PAIGC and of Guinea-Bissau. The event played a crucial role in the process of recognition by Portugal of the independence of Guinea-Bissau that occurred on 10 September 1974. Overall, the Guinean anticolonial liberation struggle transformed the face of the world politics: it worked as a catalyst for the regime change in Portugal. It was one the driving forces behind the Carnation Revolution (25 April 1974), that brought the Estado Novo dictatorship to an end. The Guinean anticolonial struggle also influenced the whole Portuguese decolonization in Africa and opened pathways to establish state partnerships and placed Guinea-Bissau as a global political actor. This is why, as a local historical fact, the proclamation of Guinea independence should be scrutinized through the lens of connected histories, to consider its local, regional, international and transnational dimensions and scopes in order to shed light on the multiple aspects, dynamics, impacts and ramifications the event generated in Africa and elsewhere.
Although the unilateral proclamation of independence has been highlighted in the scholarship regarding the struggle for the independence of Guinea-Bissau, there is a need to explore the subject in greater depth. To expand the parameters of inquiry on the Guinea-Bissau rise to statehood (and taking into account the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Unilateral Proclamation of Independence), the Institute of Contemporary History–NOVA University of Lisbon and the CEIS 20–University of Coimbra will organize an international conference to be held online and in-person on 22 and 23 September 2023.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations on issues related to the unilateral proclamation of independence will be accepted, including but not limited to the following topics:
-comparison with other cases of unilateral declarations of independence;
-the PAIGC’s strategies for internal legitimacy and international recognition of the unilateral declaration;
-the recognition of the state of Guinea-Bissau by other countries around the globe;
-how the proclamation impacted the work of networks of international solidarity with the PAIGC;
-the intersection of the unilateral proclamation with the Cold War and the Third-Worldism dynamics;
-the narratives about the proclamation of the state of Guinea-Bissau created by different actors (journalists, filmmakers, writers, artists, diplomats, and so on);
-the reactions of Portuguese authorities;
-how the Guinea-Bissau’s unilateral proclamation contributed to the Carnation Revolution and to the end of Portuguese colonial rule;
-the recognition of the proclamation by Portugal after 25 April 1974;
-the transfer of powers after the recognition and the relations of Guinea-Bissau with neighboring countries, namely Senegal and Guinea-Conakry;
-the impacts of the proclamation on the negotiations for the independence of Cabo Verde and the other Portuguese African colonies.
Abstracts of presentations (300 words) and biographical notes (250 words) should be sent to: unilateralindependence@gmail.com
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 June
Notification of acceptance: 30 July
Working language: Portuguese, English and French.
The organizers foresee the publication of the communications.
Organizing Committee
Aurora Almada e Santos – IHC-IN2PAST-NOVA University of Lisbon
Julião Soares Sousa – CEIS 20-University of Coimbra
Víctor Barros – École des Hautes Études Hispanique et Ibérique–Casa de Velázquez and IHC- IN2PAST-NOVA University of Lisbon
Scientific Committee
Carlos Cardoso – Center of Social Studies Amílcar Cabral
Rui Jorge Semedo – National Institute of Studies and Research
Odete Semedo – National Institute of Studies and Research
Miguel de Barros – Center of Social Studies Amílcar Cabral
Patrícia Godinho – Federal University of Bahia
P. Khalil Saucier – Bucknell University
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Raquel Acosta
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The Unilateral Proclamation of Independence of Guinea-Bissau: Fifty Years Later (1973-2023)
Call for Papers
International Conference: Online and In-Person
Lisbon, 22-23 September 2023
Venue: NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
In January 1963, the PAIGC (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde – African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde) engaged in an armed struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau. Soon afterwards, the movement started to claim control over part of the Guinean territory, the so-called liberated areas. From 1965 onwards, liberated areas became a key concept and one of the linchpins of the PAIGC diplomacy and were linked by the movement to the attempt to establish a proto-state through state-building programs to provide health, economic, educational, technical, judiciary, and administrative assistance to the local populations. The movement conceived the liberated areas and state-building programs to fit into contemporary paradigms of statehood and to be used as means to gain the support of formal allies and informal networks of solidarity, as well as to place internationally the struggle and the demand for independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde. This becomes evident in the way the PAIGV endeavoured to delegitimize the Portuguese rule and to convince the international community that the situation in Guinea was comparable to an independent state with a portion of its territories, namely the urban areas, occupied by foreign armed forces.
Claiming that Portugal was no longer capable of ruling over most of the Guinean territory, the PAIGC leader, Amílcar Cabral, started in May 1968 to contemplate the unilateral proclamation of independence as part of his strategy to win the war. The proclamation was postponed several times and only in the early 1970s the idea came to fruition. The progress of the armed struggle coupled with the United Nations (UN) visiting mission to Guinea, held between 2 and 8 April 1972, became a strong stimulus to the intention of unilaterally proclaiming independence. After securing recognition by the UN as the sole and authentic representative of the Guinean population, the PAIGC held elections to the People’s National Assembly and established the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on 24 September 1973. Soon, many countries recognized the unilateral declaration of independence, and 50 UN member states requested a General Assembly debate on the situation in the territory. From the beginning, the intention behind the request was clear since the wording of the issue in the agenda reproduced the PAIGC rhetoric of “illegal occupation by Portuguese military forces of certain sectors of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and acts of aggression committed by them against the people of the Republic.”
Resolution 3061 (XXVIII), of 2 November 1973, approved by the General Assembly took the independence of Guinea-Bissau for granted, although Portugal denied the existence of the Republic and argued that it did not meet the criteria of a nation. Nevertheless, the resolution only welcomed the accession of the people of Guinea-Bissau to independence, failing to recognize the formation of a new sovereign state. This was a symptom of how divisive the recognition of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau was for member states, with the United States and the United Kingdom threatening to use the veto power in case of a request for admission at the UN. No attempt was made for the membership of the Republic at the UN, but resolution 3061 (XXVIII) deeply influenced the future of the independence struggle in Guinea-Bissau. The document established that since the PAIGC held control over part of the territory, a unilateral proclamation of independence was a legitimate action. Moreover, the resolution refused Portugal’s claim to represent the colony, branding the country as an aggressor that was violating the sovereignty and integrity of an independent state.
The proclamation of independence significantly increased the international notoriety of the PAIGC and of Guinea-Bissau. The event played a crucial role in the process of recognition by Portugal of the independence of Guinea-Bissau that occurred on 10 September 1974. Overall, the Guinean anticolonial liberation struggle transformed the face of the world politics: it worked as a catalyst for the regime change in Portugal. It was one the driving forces behind the Carnation Revolution (25 April 1974), that brought the Estado Novo dictatorship to an end. The Guinean anticolonial struggle also influenced the whole Portuguese decolonization in Africa and opened pathways to establish state partnerships and placed Guinea-Bissau as a global political actor. This is why, as a local historical fact, the proclamation of Guinea independence should be scrutinized through the lens of connected histories, to consider its local, regional, international and transnational dimensions and scopes in order to shed light on the multiple aspects, dynamics, impacts and ramifications the event generated in Africa and elsewhere.
Although the unilateral proclamation of independence has been highlighted in the scholarship regarding the struggle for the independence of Guinea-Bissau, there is a need to explore the subject in greater depth. To expand the parameters of inquiry on the Guinea-Bissau rise to statehood (and taking into account the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Unilateral Proclamation of Independence), the Institute of Contemporary History–NOVA University of Lisbon and the CEIS 20–University of Coimbra will organize an international conference to be held online and in-person on 22 and 23 September 2023.
Proposals for 20-minute presentations on issues related to the unilateral proclamation of independence will be accepted, including but not limited to the following topics:
-comparison with other cases of unilateral declarations of independence;
-the PAIGC’s strategies for internal legitimacy and international recognition of the unilateral declaration;
-the recognition of the state of Guinea-Bissau by other countries around the globe;
-how the proclamation impacted the work of networks of international solidarity with the PAIGC;
-the intersection of the unilateral proclamation with the Cold War and the Third-Worldism dynamics;
-the narratives about the proclamation of the state of Guinea-Bissau created by different actors (journalists, filmmakers, writers, artists, diplomats, and so on);
-the reactions of Portuguese authorities;
-how the Guinea-Bissau’s unilateral proclamation contributed to the Carnation Revolution and to the end of Portuguese colonial rule;
-the recognition of the proclamation by Portugal after 25 April 1974;
-the transfer of powers after the recognition and the relations of Guinea-Bissau with neighboring countries, namely Senegal and Guinea-Conakry;
-the impacts of the proclamation on the negotiations for the independence of Cabo Verde and the other Portuguese African colonies.
Abstracts of presentations (300 words) and biographical notes (250 words) should be sent to: unilateralindependence@gmail.com
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 June
Notification of acceptance: 30 July
Working language: Portuguese, English and French.
The organizers foresee the publication of the communications.
Organizing Committee
Aurora Almada e Santos – IHC-IN2PAST-NOVA University of Lisbon
Julião Soares Sousa – CEIS 20-University of Coimbra
Víctor Barros – École des Hautes Études Hispanique et Ibérique–Casa de Velázquez and IHC- IN2PAST-NOVA University of Lisbon
Scientific Committee
Carlos Cardoso – Center of Social Studies Amílcar Cabral
Rui Jorge Semedo – National Institute of Studies and Research
Odete Semedo – National Institute of Studies and Research
Miguel de Barros – Center of Social Studies Amílcar Cabral
Patrícia Godinho – Federal University of Bahia
P. Khalil Saucier – Bucknell University
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Call for papers "Women and the history of state building in postcolonial African countries"
Conference - 6-7 June 2024 - Department of African Studies - University of Vienna, Austria
As African countries became independent, being represented in state institutions was a political goal for many women, but undoing the legacy of colonial politics and gaining public visibility in the political field was no easy task. Despite serious difficulties and challenges, women vied for offices, campaigned, talked and wrote about politics, voted, and expressed their ideas within various institutions (organizations, political party, unions, local and national assemblies…). They were strategic actors in the processes of postcolonial state building. Yet, their history has remained confined to a separate section of African politics, the “women’s section”. While African political history has long been dominated by male actors, the history of African women in politics has been primarily written from the perspective of grassroots politics and women’s role in social and economic development projects. A new wave of scholarship has recently begun to address this discrepancy in the historiography, with scholars exploring the ways women have challenged established political orders “from the top”, from creative writing to frontal opposition to presidential rule (see for example (Tchouta Mougoué, 2019; Musila, 2020; Adima 2022). This literature shows that African women’s politics must be placed at the heart of narratives of state building, party politics, governance and presidential rule, that political narratives need to be complexified, concepts rethought, and that new sources must be sought to acknowledge African women’s complex modes of political imagination, action, and language.Building on this trend, this conference aims to retrieve histories of African women’s contribution to the postcolonial politics of state building. Who were the women who vied for positions of power, how/why did they campaign (or were appointed), for which ideas? What did they achieve during their political mandates, which challenges did they face? What did they do afterwards, what impact did they have? Which sources are available to document their stories? What are the methodological challenges that emerge when retrieving these sources and/or writing these histories?
Case studies focusing on specific leaders, historical periods and/or countries are welcome. Papers may explore (but are not confined to) the following themes:
· Documenting generations of African female politicians: pioneers, outsiders, through the lens of elite reproduction…
· Documenting women’s modes of action in elite politics: via state and non-state organizations; informal and formal networks; African women’s roles in connecting multiple political spaces: at home, in local, national, or international politics.
· Documenting the lives of non-conventional actors and the politics of silencing, cooptation, or amnesia.
· Sources & Methodologies to retrieve women’s postcolonial political history; oral, visual, and/or material sources; personal testimonies.
· Political languages: use of symbolic political languages (motherhood, politicization of the body…); how precolonial forms of politics inform African women’s postcolonial politics/activism; feminist discourses (applying a longue durée perspective).
· Conceptual reflections: exploring the politics of “empowerment” and “disempowerment”; “women’s political space”…
Please send an abstract (250 words max) and a short biography (100 words) to womenafricanhistory2024@univie.ac.at before 15th October 2023. Limited funding is available to cover hotel and travel costs for participants based in African countries. Please indicate in your proposal if you require financial assistance. Thank you!
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Raquel Acosta
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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Call for papers "Women and the history of state building in postcolonial African countries"
Conference - 6-7 June 2024 - Department of African Studies - University of Vienna, Austria
As African countries became independent, being represented in state institutions was a political goal for many women, but undoing the legacy of colonial politics and gaining public visibility in the political field was no easy task. Despite serious difficulties and challenges, women vied for offices, campaigned, talked and wrote about politics, voted, and expressed their ideas within various institutions (organizations, political party, unions, local and national assemblies…). They were strategic actors in the processes of postcolonial state building. Yet, their history has remained confined to a separate section of African politics, the “women’s section”. While African political history has long been dominated by male actors, the history of African women in politics has been primarily written from the perspective of grassroots politics and women’s role in social and economic development projects. A new wave of scholarship has recently begun to address this discrepancy in the historiography, with scholars exploring the ways women have challenged established political orders “from the top”, from creative writing to frontal opposition to presidential rule (see for example (Tchouta Mougoué, 2019; Musila, 2020; Adima 2022). This literature shows that African women’s politics must be placed at the heart of narratives of state building, party politics, governance and presidential rule, that political narratives need to be complexified, concepts rethought, and that new sources must be sought to acknowledge African women’s complex modes of political imagination, action, and language.Building on this trend, this conference aims to retrieve histories of African women’s contribution to the postcolonial politics of state building. Who were the women who vied for positions of power, how/why did they campaign (or were appointed), for which ideas? What did they achieve during their political mandates, which challenges did they face? What did they do afterwards, what impact did they have? Which sources are available to document their stories? What are the methodological challenges that emerge when retrieving these sources and/or writing these histories?
Case studies focusing on specific leaders, historical periods and/or countries are welcome. Papers may explore (but are not confined to) the following themes:
· Documenting generations of African female politicians: pioneers, outsiders, through the lens of elite reproduction…
· Documenting women’s modes of action in elite politics: via state and non-state organizations; informal and formal networks; African women’s roles in connecting multiple political spaces: at home, in local, national, or international politics.
· Documenting the lives of non-conventional actors and the politics of silencing, cooptation, or amnesia.
· Sources & Methodologies to retrieve women’s postcolonial political history; oral, visual, and/or material sources; personal testimonies.
· Political languages: use of symbolic political languages (motherhood, politicization of the body…); how precolonial forms of politics inform African women’s postcolonial politics/activism; feminist discourses (applying a longue durée perspective).
· Conceptual reflections: exploring the politics of “empowerment” and “disempowerment”; “women’s political space”…
Please send an abstract (250 words max) and a short biography (100 words) to womenafricanhistory2024@univie.ac.at before 15th October 2023. Limited funding is available to cover hotel and travel costs for participants based in African countries. Please indicate in your proposal if you require financial assistance. Thank you!
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Raquel Acosta
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Call for Proposals: Gender and Youth Promotion initiatives
Deadline: Jun 09, 2023
Donor: Peacebuilding Support Office
Grant Type: Grant
Grant Size: More than $1 million
Countries/Regions: Bosnia And Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo DR, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan
Area: Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Women & Gender, Youth & Adolescents
The Peacebuilding Fund has launched an open call for the Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI) and the Youth Promotion Initiative (YPI) Program.
For more information, visit https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/content/gypi-en
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Call-for-Proposals-Gender-and-Youth-Promotion-initiatives
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Raquel Acosta
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Call for Proposals: Gender and Youth Promotion initiatives
Deadline: Jun 09, 2023
Donor: Peacebuilding Support Office
Grant Type: Grant
Grant Size: More than $1 million
Countries/Regions: Bosnia And Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo DR, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan
Area: Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Women & Gender, Youth & Adolescents
The Peacebuilding Fund has launched an open call for the Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI) and the Youth Promotion Initiative (YPI) Program.
For more information, visit https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/content/gypi-en
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Call-for-Proposals-Gender-and-Youth-Promotion-initiatives
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Raquel Acosta
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Submit your Solution for Inclusive Growth Challenge
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Accidents & Traffic Safety, Road Safety, Economic Development, Water
100+ Accelerator is inviting applications for the Inclusive Growth Challenge to help create economic prosperity across the entire value chain.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/inclusive-growth
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Submit-your-Solution-for-Inclusive-Growth-Challenge-
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Raquel Acosta
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Submit your Solution for Inclusive Growth Challenge
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Accidents & Traffic Safety, Road Safety, Economic Development, Water
100+ Accelerator is inviting applications for the Inclusive Growth Challenge to help create economic prosperity across the entire value chain.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/inclusive-growth
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Submit-your-Solution-for-Inclusive-Growth-Challenge-
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Raquel Acosta
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100+ Accelerator’s Biodiversity Challenge – Apply Now!
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Biodiversity, Information Technology, Science
The 100+ Accelerator is looking for startups that have solutions to protect, renew, and grow the biodiversity of all ecosystems to sustain life on Earth, and maintain the foundation of the supply chains and businesses.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/biodiversity
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/100-Accelerators-Biodiversity-Challenge-Apply-Now
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Raquel Acosta
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100+ Accelerator’s Biodiversity Challenge – Apply Now!
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Biodiversity, Information Technology, Science
The 100+ Accelerator is looking for startups that have solutions to protect, renew, and grow the biodiversity of all ecosystems to sustain life on Earth, and maintain the foundation of the supply chains and businesses.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/biodiversity
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/100-Accelerators-Biodiversity-Challenge-Apply-Now
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Google Women Techmakers Ambassador Program
Impactful community leaders
The Women Techmakers Ambassador program supports women in technology who are looking to create impact and give back to their communities. As an Ambassador, you’ll engage with your community by participating in one or more leadership activities on a quarterly basis. Ambassadors receive support from Google and the larger Ambassador community.
Women Techmakers Ambassadors are leaders around the world who are passionate about empowering their communities through organizing events, public speaking, creating content, and mentoring. With access to a global community and exclusive resources, Ambassadors are helping build a world where all women can thrive in tech.
Applications for the Ambassador program are now open! Apply now through June 30, 2023.
Apply now: Sign in to advocu
View Ambassadors: Women Techmakers Directory | Google for Developers
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Raquel Acosta
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Google Women Techmakers Ambassador Program
Impactful community leaders
The Women Techmakers Ambassador program supports women in technology who are looking to create impact and give back to their communities. As an Ambassador, you’ll engage with your community by participating in one or more leadership activities on a quarterly basis. Ambassadors receive support from Google and the larger Ambassador community.
Women Techmakers Ambassadors are leaders around the world who are passionate about empowering their communities through organizing events, public speaking, creating content, and mentoring. With access to a global community and exclusive resources, Ambassadors are helping build a world where all women can thrive in tech.
Applications for the Ambassador program are now open! Apply now through June 30, 2023.
Apply now: Sign in to advocu
View Ambassadors: Women Techmakers Directory | Google for Developers
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Raquel Acosta
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Call for Papers: New Perspectives in Africana Studies
Call for Papers: New Perspectives in Africana Studies*
Editors: Drs. Crystal L. Edwards and Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University
Scope:
Established in 1968 as a direct result of Black student struggle on campus, the Black Studies Department—now Africana Studies Department— at San Francisco State University was the first Black Studies department in the nation. The establishment of the department also marked the institutionalization Black Studies “as a ‘scientific discipline’ rooted in racial redemption, liberatory scholarship and community revitalization, the discipline of Africana Studies is a body of systematized knowledge, theories, methods, and laws, which are congruent with the African centered paradigm and philosophy.” (Tshaka, 2012, p 29).
Sixty years later, Black Studies—and all its colloquiums such as African American Studies, Africana Studies, Africology, African Diasporic Studies—has seen much growth and evolution in the field. It is in this vein that this work seeks to critically engage subjects relevant to people of African descent in the 21st century, from an African centered perspective.
Topics of interest Include, but are not limited to:
· Africana Education
· Africana Social Science Research
· Africana Studies in the Digital World
· Africana Gender and Identity Studies
· Africana Religious Studies
· Africana Health and Wellness
· Africana Family Studies
· Moving the Field Forward
If you are interested in contributing, please send a 400–500-word abstract that indicates your intended topic area to me at: cledwards@sfsu.edu . Abstracts will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 31st, 2023.
Upon acceptance, full drafts of articles (4,000 to 6,000 words) in APA 7th edition formatting are due September 4th, 2023.
Inquiries and questions can be sent to: cledwards@sfsu.edu or apitre@sfsu.edu .
Contact Info:
Crystal Edwards, PhD.
San Francisco State University- Africana Studies
Contact Email:
cledwards@sfsu.edu
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Journal of West African History
by Bernard C. Moore
Call for Manuscripts: Journal of West African History
Founding Editor-in-chief: Nwando Achebe Editors: Trevor Getz, Saheed Aderinto, Harry Odamtten, and Vincent Hiribarren Book Review Editors: Mark Deets and Ndubueze Mbah
The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that publishes the highest quality articles on West African history. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of West Africa, JWAH fills a representational gap by providing a forum for serious scholarship and debate on women and gender, sexuality, slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial board encourages authors to explore a wide range of topical, theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives in new and exciting ways. The journal is committed to rigorous thinking and analysis; is international in scope; and offers a critical intervention about knowledge production. Scholarly reviews of current books in the field appear in every issue. And the publication is in both English and French; an abstract in both languages is provided. Michigan State University Press publishes JWAH.
The editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length) accompanied by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work (not exceeding 150 words). Please see submission guidelines for detailed expectations. Review essays (not exceeding 1,000 words) should engage the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider scholarly audience. See what we have available for review on our Book Reviews page. Please contact our Book Review editors Mark Deets mark.deets@aucegypt.edu and Ndubueze Mbah ndubueze@buffalo.edu for more information.
Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of West African History should be submitted online at http://ojs.msupress.msu.edu/index.php/JWAH/about/submissions. In order to submit an article, you will have to create an account. The site will guide you through this process.
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Call for Papers: New Perspectives in Africana Studies
Call for Papers: New Perspectives in Africana Studies*
Editors: Drs. Crystal L. Edwards and Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University
Scope:
Established in 1968 as a direct result of Black student struggle on campus, the Black Studies Department—now Africana Studies Department— at San Francisco State University was the first Black Studies department in the nation. The establishment of the department also marked the institutionalization Black Studies “as a ‘scientific discipline’ rooted in racial redemption, liberatory scholarship and community revitalization, the discipline of Africana Studies is a body of systematized knowledge, theories, methods, and laws, which are congruent with the African centered paradigm and philosophy.” (Tshaka, 2012, p 29).
Sixty years later, Black Studies—and all its colloquiums such as African American Studies, Africana Studies, Africology, African Diasporic Studies—has seen much growth and evolution in the field. It is in this vein that this work seeks to critically engage subjects relevant to people of African descent in the 21st century, from an African centered perspective.
Topics of interest Include, but are not limited to:
· Africana Education
· Africana Social Science Research
· Africana Studies in the Digital World
· Africana Gender and Identity Studies
· Africana Religious Studies
· Africana Health and Wellness
· Africana Family Studies
· Moving the Field Forward
If you are interested in contributing, please send a 400–500-word abstract that indicates your intended topic area to me at: cledwards@sfsu.edu . Abstracts will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 31st, 2023.
Upon acceptance, full drafts of articles (4,000 to 6,000 words) in APA 7th edition formatting are due September 4th, 2023.
Inquiries and questions can be sent to: cledwards@sfsu.edu or apitre@sfsu.edu .
Contact Info:
Crystal Edwards, PhD.
San Francisco State University- Africana Studies
Contact Email:
cledwards@sfsu.edu
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Journal of West African History
by Bernard C. Moore
Call for Manuscripts: Journal of West African History
Founding Editor-in-chief: Nwando Achebe Editors: Trevor Getz, Saheed Aderinto, Harry Odamtten, and Vincent Hiribarren Book Review Editors: Mark Deets and Ndubueze Mbah
The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that publishes the highest quality articles on West African history. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of West Africa, JWAH fills a representational gap by providing a forum for serious scholarship and debate on women and gender, sexuality, slavery, oral history, popular and public culture, and religion. The editorial board encourages authors to explore a wide range of topical, theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives in new and exciting ways. The journal is committed to rigorous thinking and analysis; is international in scope; and offers a critical intervention about knowledge production. Scholarly reviews of current books in the field appear in every issue. And the publication is in both English and French; an abstract in both languages is provided. Michigan State University Press publishes JWAH.
The editorial board invites scholars to submit original article-length manuscripts (not exceeding 10,000 words including endnotes, 35 pages in length) accompanied by an abstract that summarizes the argument and significance of the work (not exceeding 150 words). Please see submission guidelines for detailed expectations. Review essays (not exceeding 1,000 words) should engage the interpretation, meaning, or importance of an author’s argument for a wider scholarly audience. See what we have available for review on our Book Reviews page. Please contact our Book Review editors Mark Deets mark.deets@aucegypt.edu and Ndubueze Mbah ndubueze@buffalo.edu for more information.
Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of West African History should be submitted online at http://ojs.msupress.msu.edu/index.php/JWAH/about/submissions. In order to submit an article, you will have to create an account. The site will guide you through this process.
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Call for application 2023 - Grant-Fellowship programme - PhD - AILCT
Purpose of the programme
This programme aims to foster the development of doctoral theses on terrorism and counterterrorism issues (in their broadest definition).
In addition to an annual financial support, the programme aims to :
Accompany the recipient doctoral students in the development of their research projects, through the organisation of seminars on methods and methodologies;
Give PhD students the opportunity to discover the work of recognised researchers and discuss with them via the organisation of conferences and workshops;
Provide awardees with the opportunity to broaden their scope of analysis by connecting them with practitioners trained at the Academy ;
Support PhD candidates throughout their professional integration into the academic world, by offering professional development seminars ;
Support awardees in the development of a professional network and reputation in their field of research, through the promotion of their work at events organised by the Académie
Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (AILCT) or through the publications issued by its Strategic Research Institute (IRS).
The programme offers one-year renewable grants. For PhD candidates in the final stages of their thesis, support is available for a shorter time frame.
Eligility requirements
The applicant has been registered in a full-time PhD programme for at least six months;
The thesis project must be related to the research themes developed within the Strategic Research Institute ( IRS) of the AILCT;
The applicant must have an excellent command of either French or English (level C1/C2), and an intermediate level (level B1/B2 minimum) in the other language.
Money
The grant amounts to 7 500€ per year (from June 2023 to May 2024).
For PhD students in the final stages of their degree, a pro rata will be applied.
Main themes
Drones and the fight against terrorism in Africa
The use of drones by African armies in the fight against terrorism: strategic and ethical issues.
The resources and strategies employed by armed terrorist groups to counter the use of drones by state security forces
Relations between security forces and various security actors in Africa: militias, vigilantes and auxiliary forces
A critical approach to African armies' counter-terrorism doctrines
Terrorism and Territoriality in Africa
Including the issue of governance
Terrorisms in Africa: doctrines and ideologies
Preventing terrorism in Africa: current situation, assessment, good practices and prospective
Including :
Prevention of radicalisation
Prevention of attacks
Prevention of political violence
Roles of government and civil society
Use of technology
Location-based approach, people-based approach, community-based approach
Relationships between security forces and civil society in the fight against terrorism in Africa
Financing of terrorism in Africa
Women and terrorism in Africa
Information landscapes and the treatment of terrorism in the African media
African victims of terrorism
African states, civil society and the refugees of terrorism
Comparative approaches are welcomed.
The application
Submit an apllication (1 single file in PDF format) including :
A cover letter specifying the interest and relevance of the project and of the applicant's project in relation to the research themes prioritised by the Academy (2 pages max);
A presentation of the thesis (5 pages max), including :
Context and state of the Art
The aim of the project
Method and methodology
Duration and planning of the thesis
Steps already taken and goals already achieved
Communication and promotion strategy
Chronogram or timetable
Grants already secured (if applicable)
An example of academic writing (article, dissertation, research paper);
A transcript of grades earned in the current programme;
Un CV (2 pages max) ;
A certificate of enrolment in a PhD programme;
A letter of support from a researcher;
A letter of support from the thesis supervisor;
A copy of your ID.
Dealine : 7 May 2023
The application must be sent by email to : candidature.bourse@ailct-irs.org
More information : Call for application 2023 - Grant-Fellowship programme - PhD - AILCT
Any question, contact : question.bourse@ailct-irs.org
Contact Info:
Amel Larivière
Academic Coordinator, Académie Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme
Contact Email:
question.bourse@ailct-irs.org
URL:
https://issuu.com/ailct-irs/docs/2023-ailct-strategic_research_institute-call_for_a
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Call for application 2023 - Grant-Fellowship programme - PhD - AILCT
Purpose of the programme
This programme aims to foster the development of doctoral theses on terrorism and counterterrorism issues (in their broadest definition).
In addition to an annual financial support, the programme aims to :
Accompany the recipient doctoral students in the development of their research projects, through the organisation of seminars on methods and methodologies;
Give PhD students the opportunity to discover the work of recognised researchers and discuss with them via the organisation of conferences and workshops;
Provide awardees with the opportunity to broaden their scope of analysis by connecting them with practitioners trained at the Academy ;
Support PhD candidates throughout their professional integration into the academic world, by offering professional development seminars ;
Support awardees in the development of a professional network and reputation in their field of research, through the promotion of their work at events organised by the Académie
Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (AILCT) or through the publications issued by its Strategic Research Institute (IRS).
The programme offers one-year renewable grants. For PhD candidates in the final stages of their thesis, support is available for a shorter time frame.
Eligility requirements
The applicant has been registered in a full-time PhD programme for at least six months;
The thesis project must be related to the research themes developed within the Strategic Research Institute ( IRS) of the AILCT;
The applicant must have an excellent command of either French or English (level C1/C2), and an intermediate level (level B1/B2 minimum) in the other language.
Money
The grant amounts to 7 500€ per year (from June 2023 to May 2024).
For PhD students in the final stages of their degree, a pro rata will be applied.
Main themes
Drones and the fight against terrorism in Africa
The use of drones by African armies in the fight against terrorism: strategic and ethical issues.
The resources and strategies employed by armed terrorist groups to counter the use of drones by state security forces
Relations between security forces and various security actors in Africa: militias, vigilantes and auxiliary forces
A critical approach to African armies' counter-terrorism doctrines
Terrorism and Territoriality in Africa
Including the issue of governance
Terrorisms in Africa: doctrines and ideologies
Preventing terrorism in Africa: current situation, assessment, good practices and prospective
Including :
Prevention of radicalisation
Prevention of attacks
Prevention of political violence
Roles of government and civil society
Use of technology
Location-based approach, people-based approach, community-based approach
Relationships between security forces and civil society in the fight against terrorism in Africa
Financing of terrorism in Africa
Women and terrorism in Africa
Information landscapes and the treatment of terrorism in the African media
African victims of terrorism
African states, civil society and the refugees of terrorism
Comparative approaches are welcomed.
The application
Submit an apllication (1 single file in PDF format) including :
A cover letter specifying the interest and relevance of the project and of the applicant's project in relation to the research themes prioritised by the Academy (2 pages max);
A presentation of the thesis (5 pages max), including :
Context and state of the Art
The aim of the project
Method and methodology
Duration and planning of the thesis
Steps already taken and goals already achieved
Communication and promotion strategy
Chronogram or timetable
Grants already secured (if applicable)
An example of academic writing (article, dissertation, research paper);
A transcript of grades earned in the current programme;
Un CV (2 pages max) ;
A certificate of enrolment in a PhD programme;
A letter of support from a researcher;
A letter of support from the thesis supervisor;
A copy of your ID.
Dealine : 7 May 2023
The application must be sent by email to : candidature.bourse@ailct-irs.org
More information : Call for application 2023 - Grant-Fellowship programme - PhD - AILCT
Any question, contact : question.bourse@ailct-irs.org
Contact Info:
Amel Larivière
Academic Coordinator, Académie Internationale de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme
Contact Email:
question.bourse@ailct-irs.org
URL:
https://issuu.com/ailct-irs/docs/2023-ailct-strategic_research_institute-call_for_a
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Call for Paper, Panel and Roundtable Proposals: ‘‘New Theories of Africa: Diversities, Divergences,
Call for Paper, Panel and Roundtable Proposals
(On-site and Virtual)
July 16-20, 2023
Faculty of Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Confirmed Speakers
Prof. Karin Barber
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Prof. Carole Boyce Davies
Cornell University, USA
Prof. Tunde Bewaji
University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
‘‘New Theories of Africa: Diversities, Divergences, Dreams"
How has theory advanced critical discourse in Africa? Is a unified theory of Africa possible or desirable? Should the reticence toward theory in African Studies be validated now that the age of theory is receding? These are some of the questions that have prompted and necessitated this conference. Theoretical approaches to understanding Africa have ranged from the holistic to the metonymic, seeking knowledge as a whole or partially and incrementally. Perhaps, the significance of Mudimbe’s The Invention of Africa was identifying precisely how anthropology functioned as the first producer of systematic and totalizing grand récits of Africa. Anticolonial discourses had dispensed critiques of anthropological and ethnological truths by this time. In the decades since its less acclaimed sequel, The Idea of Africa, a long and eminent list of scholars, have attempted to compress and capture Africa as an object of knowledge outside the “idea” constructed by the Western world.
In his charge against Conrad, Achebe teased an imperative that aims “[to] suggest from my privileged position in African and Western cultures some advantages the West might derive… to look at Africa [with open minds].” More recently, about a decade into the twenty-first century, Wole Soyinka stated in Of Africa that Africa is a “continent yet waiting to be truly discovered.” How could Africa be so familiar but yet unknown? As Christopher Miller posits in Theories of Africans, can we have theories, philosophies, and representations of Africa that do not appreciate or are not entangled by the question of Africa’s opacity, différance, and differences? The relationship between difference and knowledge on the one hand and difference, otherness, and alterity on the other constituted a basis for the dispute between Ken Harrow and Simon Gikandi in the aftermath of Miller’s provocation. This conference attempts to resurrect these debates taking into account the daunting and elusive nature of theorizing Africa. We ask delegates to ponder these challenges from historical, ethical, and futuristic perspectives. What are the current attempts to characterize intellectual trends, name practices, define identities, produce understandings, rediscover genealogies, and enunciate African futures?
Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following:
The theory question in African studies
• African Gnosis and sacred knowledges
• Divination, Fractals, and the new computer age
• Demographic change, youth population, and the future of Africa
• The resurgence of theories of Decolonization
• Conflict and African humanism
• Epidemiology and global narratives of Africa
• Deviant skills, cyber warfare, and criminality
• Africa in the age of disinformation
• African Political economy in the 21st century
• Impact of the rise of global neo-nationalism and ultranationalism in Africa
• Englishness, Francophonie, and other specters of colonialism
• Afrobarometer: the pendulum of democracy vs. autocracy
• The form vs. content, theory vs. practice dichotomy
• New Fusion energy and climate change: the post-fossil fuel ecology and African economies
We invite scholars and graduate students to submit abstracts for individual paper presentations, panels or round tables. Panels and roundtables are to accommodate a maximum of four participants and those proposing them are to make proposals after constituting them. Panel and round table abstracts are not to exceed 350 words, while individual paper abstracts are not to exceed 250 words.
Send all proposals to: artsconference@oauife.edu.ng by May 13, 2023. The covering letter should state the institutional affiliation and contact email of the scholar making the proposal.
The conference organisers plan to publish selected papers from the conference, some in special issues of Scopus-indexed journals and others as chapters in a book.
Conference Registration Fees:
Participants from Nigeria – N25,000.00 (Early bird: N20,000.00)
Graduate students from Nigeria – N15,000.00 (Early bird: N12,500.00)
Participants from Africa – $80.00 (Early bird: $75.00)
International participants - $120.00 (Early bird: $100.00)
For enquiries, contact: artsconference@oauife.edu.ng
‘
Contact Info:
Obafemi Awolowo University Faculty of Arts, , Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Contact Email:
Oyeniyi Okunoye - ookunoye@oauife.edu.ng
Professor of English & Dean of Arts
Department of English
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, 220005
Osun State, Nigeria
Editor, Nigerian Journal of Oral Literatures
Section Editor, Anglophone African Literature, Postcolonial Text
Alternate emails:
ookunoye@yahoo.com, ookunoye@gmail.com
By:
Raquel Acosta
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Call for Paper, Panel and Roundtable Proposals: ‘‘New Theories of Africa: Diversities, Divergences,
Call for Paper, Panel and Roundtable Proposals
(On-site and Virtual)
July 16-20, 2023
Faculty of Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Confirmed Speakers
Prof. Karin Barber
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Prof. Carole Boyce Davies
Cornell University, USA
Prof. Tunde Bewaji
University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
‘‘New Theories of Africa: Diversities, Divergences, Dreams"
How has theory advanced critical discourse in Africa? Is a unified theory of Africa possible or desirable? Should the reticence toward theory in African Studies be validated now that the age of theory is receding? These are some of the questions that have prompted and necessitated this conference. Theoretical approaches to understanding Africa have ranged from the holistic to the metonymic, seeking knowledge as a whole or partially and incrementally. Perhaps, the significance of Mudimbe’s The Invention of Africa was identifying precisely how anthropology functioned as the first producer of systematic and totalizing grand récits of Africa. Anticolonial discourses had dispensed critiques of anthropological and ethnological truths by this time. In the decades since its less acclaimed sequel, The Idea of Africa, a long and eminent list of scholars, have attempted to compress and capture Africa as an object of knowledge outside the “idea” constructed by the Western world.
In his charge against Conrad, Achebe teased an imperative that aims “[to] suggest from my privileged position in African and Western cultures some advantages the West might derive… to look at Africa [with open minds].” More recently, about a decade into the twenty-first century, Wole Soyinka stated in Of Africa that Africa is a “continent yet waiting to be truly discovered.” How could Africa be so familiar but yet unknown? As Christopher Miller posits in Theories of Africans, can we have theories, philosophies, and representations of Africa that do not appreciate or are not entangled by the question of Africa’s opacity, différance, and differences? The relationship between difference and knowledge on the one hand and difference, otherness, and alterity on the other constituted a basis for the dispute between Ken Harrow and Simon Gikandi in the aftermath of Miller’s provocation. This conference attempts to resurrect these debates taking into account the daunting and elusive nature of theorizing Africa. We ask delegates to ponder these challenges from historical, ethical, and futuristic perspectives. What are the current attempts to characterize intellectual trends, name practices, define identities, produce understandings, rediscover genealogies, and enunciate African futures?
Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following:
The theory question in African studies
• African Gnosis and sacred knowledges
• Divination, Fractals, and the new computer age
• Demographic change, youth population, and the future of Africa
• The resurgence of theories of Decolonization
• Conflict and African humanism
• Epidemiology and global narratives of Africa
• Deviant skills, cyber warfare, and criminality
• Africa in the age of disinformation
• African Political economy in the 21st century
• Impact of the rise of global neo-nationalism and ultranationalism in Africa
• Englishness, Francophonie, and other specters of colonialism
• Afrobarometer: the pendulum of democracy vs. autocracy
• The form vs. content, theory vs. practice dichotomy
• New Fusion energy and climate change: the post-fossil fuel ecology and African economies
We invite scholars and graduate students to submit abstracts for individual paper presentations, panels or round tables. Panels and roundtables are to accommodate a maximum of four participants and those proposing them are to make proposals after constituting them. Panel and round table abstracts are not to exceed 350 words, while individual paper abstracts are not to exceed 250 words.
Send all proposals to: artsconference@oauife.edu.ng by May 13, 2023. The covering letter should state the institutional affiliation and contact email of the scholar making the proposal.
The conference organisers plan to publish selected papers from the conference, some in special issues of Scopus-indexed journals and others as chapters in a book.
Conference Registration Fees:
Participants from Nigeria – N25,000.00 (Early bird: N20,000.00)
Graduate students from Nigeria – N15,000.00 (Early bird: N12,500.00)
Participants from Africa – $80.00 (Early bird: $75.00)
International participants - $120.00 (Early bird: $100.00)
For enquiries, contact: artsconference@oauife.edu.ng
‘
Contact Info:
Obafemi Awolowo University Faculty of Arts, , Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Contact Email:
Oyeniyi Okunoye - ookunoye@oauife.edu.ng
Professor of English & Dean of Arts
Department of English
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, 220005
Osun State, Nigeria
Editor, Nigerian Journal of Oral Literatures
Section Editor, Anglophone African Literature, Postcolonial Text
Alternate emails:
ookunoye@yahoo.com, ookunoye@gmail.com
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Raquel Acosta
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CALL FOR APPLICANTS: Sport, Leisure, and the Body in African History Writing Workshop
Publishing in highly ranked international academic journals is increasingly seen as a marker in personal career advancement and development, as is citation, which is more common from higher ranked journals. These journals are usually linked to institutions in, and normally dominated by scholars from, the Global North, resulting in significant barriers to publication for scholars from the Global South. This intentional and unintentional silencing of scholars and perspectives from the Global South perpetuates the dominance of outlooks and understandings grounded in the Global North across most subject areas.
With a goal to increase publication of African sports histories by scholars in Africa within The International Journal of the History of Sport and Sport in History, the editors of the two journals, with support from the British Academy, are organizing a writing workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The writing workshop on History of Sport, Leisure, and the Body in Africa would take place over two years. This writing workshop invites Early Career Scholars based in Central and Southern Africa who are working on sport history broadly conceived to transform their research into articles that will be published in special issues of The International Journal of the History of Sport and Sport in History. Individuals selected will participate in a series of three workshops held in November 2023, April 2024, and January 2025.
The workshop aims to bring the emerging African sport historians together, have their articles workshopped, prepare scholarship for English-language publications in top sport history journals, and build potential collaborations among an engaging group of sports scholars. The workshop is intended to be practice-based with a view to developing high quality outputs and facilitate publication. It is our hoped that this will provide the basis of an enduring scholarly network.
This workshop will support up to 12 scholars who reside in the 23 countries of Central and Southern Africa (please see the list of eligible countries below) who work on sport history conceived broadly, including the histories of physical education, leisure, and the body.
Selected participants will be expected to submit a 5,000-word draft of an article by 1 October, 2023. The draft will be workshopped at the three-day workshop in Johannesburg in November 2023, with participants reading another participant’s article prior to the workshop. The organisers will work with the participants to develop their articles at this workshop with time allocated to discuss, reflect, write, and revise with their peers. The organisers will also devote time to developing future publication and funding opportunities for participants to further advance their careers.
The second workshop will be a one-day online event in April 2024 will present their near complete manuscripts and will receive comments on how to get them ready to submit to the journals in the summer of 2024. The final event will be a 1.5-day workshop in Johannesburg to discuss the writing, editing, peer-review and publication process and future publication opportunities for participants.
All travel, accommodation, subsistence, and visa costs for the two trips to Johannesburg will be covered for all participants. To support scholars with caring responsibilities, the organisers are also able to pay for childcare (either in the participant’s home country or on site in Johannesburg) for up to five participants. The organisers are also able to support up to two scholars for whom English is not their primary working language with the full editing service from Taylor and Francis.
Applicant requirements:--must be late stage doctoral student or have received the PhD within the previous five years (from 2018-2023)--must reside in one of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Applicants should email the following by 15 June 2023:• 1 page abstract of research for proposed article• 2 page curriculum vitae• if residing outside of South Africa, please note the passport held and whether a visa for South Africa is required, along with the preferred airport departure• please note in application if childcare is needed
Timeline:Application submission deadline: 15 June 2023Announcement of selection: late June 20235000 words First Draft due: 1 October 2023Workshop #1 (Johannesburg): 20-23 November 2023Workshop #2 (online): April 2024 (date tbc)Workshop #3 (Johannesburg): January 2025 (dates tbc)
Any questions should be directed to Dr. Heather Dichter at heather.dichter@dmu.ac.uk
Organisers:Dr. Heather Dichter, De Montfort UniversityDr. Tarminder Kaur, University of JohannesburgDr. Malcolm MacLean, University of Gibraltar and De Montfort UniversityProfessor Kay Schiller, Durham University
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Raquel Acosta
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CALL FOR APPLICANTS: Sport, Leisure, and the Body in African History Writing Workshop
Publishing in highly ranked international academic journals is increasingly seen as a marker in personal career advancement and development, as is citation, which is more common from higher ranked journals. These journals are usually linked to institutions in, and normally dominated by scholars from, the Global North, resulting in significant barriers to publication for scholars from the Global South. This intentional and unintentional silencing of scholars and perspectives from the Global South perpetuates the dominance of outlooks and understandings grounded in the Global North across most subject areas.
With a goal to increase publication of African sports histories by scholars in Africa within The International Journal of the History of Sport and Sport in History, the editors of the two journals, with support from the British Academy, are organizing a writing workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The writing workshop on History of Sport, Leisure, and the Body in Africa would take place over two years. This writing workshop invites Early Career Scholars based in Central and Southern Africa who are working on sport history broadly conceived to transform their research into articles that will be published in special issues of The International Journal of the History of Sport and Sport in History. Individuals selected will participate in a series of three workshops held in November 2023, April 2024, and January 2025.
The workshop aims to bring the emerging African sport historians together, have their articles workshopped, prepare scholarship for English-language publications in top sport history journals, and build potential collaborations among an engaging group of sports scholars. The workshop is intended to be practice-based with a view to developing high quality outputs and facilitate publication. It is our hoped that this will provide the basis of an enduring scholarly network.
This workshop will support up to 12 scholars who reside in the 23 countries of Central and Southern Africa (please see the list of eligible countries below) who work on sport history conceived broadly, including the histories of physical education, leisure, and the body.
Selected participants will be expected to submit a 5,000-word draft of an article by 1 October, 2023. The draft will be workshopped at the three-day workshop in Johannesburg in November 2023, with participants reading another participant’s article prior to the workshop. The organisers will work with the participants to develop their articles at this workshop with time allocated to discuss, reflect, write, and revise with their peers. The organisers will also devote time to developing future publication and funding opportunities for participants to further advance their careers.
The second workshop will be a one-day online event in April 2024 will present their near complete manuscripts and will receive comments on how to get them ready to submit to the journals in the summer of 2024. The final event will be a 1.5-day workshop in Johannesburg to discuss the writing, editing, peer-review and publication process and future publication opportunities for participants.
All travel, accommodation, subsistence, and visa costs for the two trips to Johannesburg will be covered for all participants. To support scholars with caring responsibilities, the organisers are also able to pay for childcare (either in the participant’s home country or on site in Johannesburg) for up to five participants. The organisers are also able to support up to two scholars for whom English is not their primary working language with the full editing service from Taylor and Francis.
Applicant requirements:--must be late stage doctoral student or have received the PhD within the previous five years (from 2018-2023)--must reside in one of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Applicants should email the following by 15 June 2023:• 1 page abstract of research for proposed article• 2 page curriculum vitae• if residing outside of South Africa, please note the passport held and whether a visa for South Africa is required, along with the preferred airport departure• please note in application if childcare is needed
Timeline:Application submission deadline: 15 June 2023Announcement of selection: late June 20235000 words First Draft due: 1 October 2023Workshop #1 (Johannesburg): 20-23 November 2023Workshop #2 (online): April 2024 (date tbc)Workshop #3 (Johannesburg): January 2025 (dates tbc)
Any questions should be directed to Dr. Heather Dichter at heather.dichter@dmu.ac.uk
Organisers:Dr. Heather Dichter, De Montfort UniversityDr. Tarminder Kaur, University of JohannesburgDr. Malcolm MacLean, University of Gibraltar and De Montfort UniversityProfessor Kay Schiller, Durham University
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We hope this email finds you all well. We are writing to remind you of the opportunity to publish your writing through the Association for Feminist Anthropology in Anthropology News. We are looking for essays, interviews, or photo essays for our section's column in AN from all subfields of anthropology written in an accessible, journalistic style that draw on your scholarly sensibility and expertise as feminist anthropologists. Pieces may focus on, but certainly be not limited to, interesting research, fieldwork experiences, current events, career advice, or hot topics in the profession. Essays and interviews should have a maximum length of 1,600 words and be accompanied by 1-3 images. Photo essays should have a maximum length of 750 words for the introductory text and be accompanied by 6-8 images.
We publish four columns per calendar year, one per quarter. We will accept pieces from current AFA members on a first come, first serve basis by the following deadlines:
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #3 2023 (July-September): May 1st 2023
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #4 2023 (October-December): August 1st 2023
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #1 2024 (January-March): January 7th 2024
Please send us your pitch for your piece at least 1 month prior to the deadline for the quarter in which you intend to publish with us at mlbaiocchi@flacso.org.ar or at lsavloff@elon.edu. For more information about publishing with us, please refer to the AN Guidelines for Section Authors.
We look forward to receiving your ideas for contributions to our section's column in AN.
Thank you for your consideration and best wishes,
María Lis Baiocchi and Leyla Savloff
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Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Tucumán 1966 (C1050AAN)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina
(+ 54 11) 5238-9300 – Interno: 441
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Publication in AFA column in Anthropology News
We hope this email finds you all well. We are writing to remind you of the opportunity to publish your writing through the Association for Feminist Anthropology in Anthropology News. We are looking for essays, interviews, or photo essays for our section's column in AN from all subfields of anthropology written in an accessible, journalistic style that draw on your scholarly sensibility and expertise as feminist anthropologists. Pieces may focus on, but certainly be not limited to, interesting research, fieldwork experiences, current events, career advice, or hot topics in the profession. Essays and interviews should have a maximum length of 1,600 words and be accompanied by 1-3 images. Photo essays should have a maximum length of 750 words for the introductory text and be accompanied by 6-8 images.
We publish four columns per calendar year, one per quarter. We will accept pieces from current AFA members on a first come, first serve basis by the following deadlines:
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #3 2023 (July-September): May 1st 2023
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #4 2023 (October-December): August 1st 2023
Submission deadline for publication in Quarter #1 2024 (January-March): January 7th 2024
Please send us your pitch for your piece at least 1 month prior to the deadline for the quarter in which you intend to publish with us at mlbaiocchi@flacso.org.ar or at lsavloff@elon.edu. For more information about publishing with us, please refer to the AN Guidelines for Section Authors.
We look forward to receiving your ideas for contributions to our section's column in AN.
Thank you for your consideration and best wishes,
María Lis Baiocchi and Leyla Savloff
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Dra. María Lis Baiocchi
Becaria Postdoctoral
Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Tucumán 1966 (C1050AAN)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina
(+ 54 11) 5238-9300 – Interno: 441
mlbaiocchi@flacso.org.ar
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