Call for Papers: AEGIS conference on African studies, 02/04

AEGIS* European Conference on African Studies London, June 29 to July 3,2005

2nd call for panels

An initial call for panels at this conference filled well in excess of half our allocated panel sessions. While not excluding other subjects, we would now particularly welcome further proposals in the arts, history, gender, economics, development and sociology. Panels are expected to consist of four to five papers, with a chair and a discussant. Larger panels may be accommodated over more than one session. Initially, the Steering Committee invites potential panel organisers to provide a title and some of the names of participants to be considered for inclusion in the programme. A 50 word abstract and 250 word description should be included. If the panel can be accommodated, these materials * along with those from the first call for panels * will be posted on a conference website so as to issue a call for papers. Although proposals need not be wholly finalised yet, the materials should be in a form fit to be included in the call for papers. Panels may be organised in any EU language, however, plenary contributions will be in English or French. Translation facilities are not envisaged.

Graduate students interested in Africa are also encouraged by the Steering Committee to submit proposals for panels on subjects across the gamut of the humanities and social sciences applied to Africa.

The second call for panels closes 27 February 2004.

Panel proposals should be submitted to the Centre of African Studies (e-mail:cas@soas.ac.uk), Centre of African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.

E-mail enquiries for further information must be sent to the Centre of African Studies. It will be forwarded to the appropriate member of the AEGIS Conference
Steering Committee.

*AEGIS was founded in 1991 as a network of European Centres of African Studies. Its current membership is Barcelona, Basel, Bayreuth, Bordeaux,Brussels, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Leiden, Lisbon, London, Naples and Uppsala. For further details see http://www.aegis-eu.org.

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