Call for Papers: UK African Studies Association Biennial
Conference, 09/06
Please contact ASAUK, SOAS directly at asauk@soas.ac.uk
African Studies Association Biennial Conference, 11-13 September 2006: Call
for Convenors.
The 2006 ASAUK Biennial Conference will take place between noon on Monday 11
September and noon on Wednesday, 13 September 2006, at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London. The conference will
consist of 48 panels in six parallel series. Each panel will last 90 minutes
and will usually allow three paper-givers 20 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for discussion each. This call is for people to convene panels
around a theme of their choice within the broad field of African studies.
The conference will be organised in six parallel thematic/subject areas as
follows:
Series A: history, politics, economics and urban studies - 'economic forces
and political change: past and present'
Series B: environment, development and human rights - 'development
intervention: experience and prospects'
Series C: natural and health sciences - 'challenges to human, animal and
plant health'
Series D: anthropology and religious studies - 'dislocation, resilience and
new social formations'
Series E: language, literature, film, and the visual arts - 'eclecticism,
dynamism and innovation'
Series F: education, books, and late-breaking news - 'education, education,
education!'
Please let us have your agreement to convene a panel by 31 October 2005 and
the names of paper-givers with the titles of their papers by 1 January 2006.
Requests to the ASAUK for financial assistance to bring paper-givers from
abroad can then be considered in early 2006 when the Royal African Society
has agreed its allocation of money to the ASAUK for the year.
The ASAUK is happy to consider proposals for panels outside these themes
should the need arise. Convenors from the African Studies community are
invited to indicate the series in which they wish to convene a panel and to
provide a preliminary title for the panel they will organise. Such
information should be sent to the ASAUK Conference organisers by one of the
following ways: ASAUK, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H
0XG; 0207-898-4390 or asauk@soas.ac.uk
Dr. Sara Rich Dorman
Lecturer (African and International Politics)
School of Social and Political Studies
Adam Ferguson Bldg.
George Square
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9LL
Politics Department: www.pol.ed.ac.uk
Centre of African Studies: www.cas.ed.ac.uk
My Archived Publications: www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk
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