Events, calls for papers, job opportunities, etc.

Here you will news from other African Studies centres, insitutes, libraries, associations, and conferences world-wide. These have been collected via RSS-Feeds as well as manually curated. The aim is to have a one-stop place for infomation on calls for papers, conferences, webinars and job opportunities in Africa-related research areas.

News

11th Namibia Research Day
Oct. 16, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)
Conference: "Green colonialism: Lithium, the energy transition and its costs"
Sept. 20, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)
Summer School: "Honouring Mudimbe: Rethinking Research through African Thought"
Sept. 7, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)
Conference: "The African Genome at the Disciplinary Crossroads: how to widen the scope of genomics’ methods across the humanities and social sciences"
Aug. 31, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)
The BRICS Expanded: Shaped by – or Shaping – the Global Order?
June 27, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development and Economic Resilience
June 26, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
Africa Data Summit: Building Trust Through Transparency
June 19, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
From Pit to Power: Pathways to Sovereign Value Chains in Africa
June 18, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
Unlocking Climate and Development Finance: The Potential of Global Solidarity Levies
June 12, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
Anticipatory Ways of Thinking and Acting for Change in East and Southern Africa
May 28, 2025, The South African Institute of International Affairs: SAIIA
Meet the 2025 Undergraduate Research Award Winners
May 22, 2025, Columbia University (Conferences & Other Events on Africa)
Columbia University Libraries Announces 2025 Outstanding Student Worker Award Winners
May 15, 2025, Columbia University (Conferences & Other Events on Africa)
“My First Step into Academic Library Work Was at an Ivy League School”: Reflections from Ask a Librarian Intern Sam Ward
May 15, 2025, Columbia University (Conferences & Other Events on Africa)

Job: Assistant Professor in African and Caribbean Modern and Contemporary Art
June 11, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)
Job: Postdoctoral Researcher (100 %)
June 11, 2025, Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel (ZASB)

Carmakers invest directly in mines to secure mineral supply
July 15, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Growing demand for high quality research in era of disinformation
July 15, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
NAI researchers engaged and shared their knowledge at ECAS 2025
July 8, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
2026 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu”
June 30, 2025, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom
The Nordic Africa strategies and how to enhance collective impact
June 23, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Talking about the Nordic's new Africa strategies — distinct but not incompatible
June 23, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
FUTURE WAVES: Afrofuturism 2.0 and The World
June 19, 2025, African Studies Association of the United Kingdom
Arbitrary taxation in informal sector erodes citizens' trust
June 18, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
“Big mining doesn’t benefit local communities”
June 17, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Challenge: how to digitise smallholder farming
June 11, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
The Nordic Africa strategies – distinct but not incompatible
May 22, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Visions of pan-Africanism overshadow repressive rule in Burkina Faso
May 21, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
NAI experience made her work more policy-oriented
May 21, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Zimbabwean battery minerals - critical for whom?
May 20, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute
Researcher on mining in Zimbabwe: “Currently, we see lithium mines just exporting to China”
May 20, 2025, The Nordic Africa Institute

Les formes contemporaines de l'argent
Oct. 15, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Catalogage d'ouvrages sur les musiques africaines
Sept. 30, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Allez savoir 2025 - "S'informer, vraiment ?!"
Sept. 25, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Accueil en résidence dans les musées
Sept. 15, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
« L'Atlantique noir » du texte à la scène
Sept. 10, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Dans les coulisses des revues en études africaines // Behind the scenes of journals in African studies
Sept. 5, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Diplomates et diplomaties en révolutions (XXe-XXIe siècles)
Sept. 1, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Géographies de la vulnérabilité. Évaluation de la protection dans le cadre de la sélection et de la réinstallation des réfugiés
Sept. 1, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Archives sonores, pour qui ? Pourquoi ?
Sept. 1, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Approches féministes du droit. Perspectives francophones
Aug. 30, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Prix Ariane Deluz
Aug. 29, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Programme Point Sud 2026
Aug. 15, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Contrats doctoraux 2025-2028 - EHESS
July 31, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
La renaissance de l'art oratoire en Afrique contemporaine
July 30, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Archives nationales (AN)
July 25, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Prix de thèse 2025 - GESTES
July 15, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Luxembourgish Traces in Kinshasa – Part 2
July 11, 2025, Congo research network
Bilan d'Émissions de Gaz à Effet de Serre (BEGES) 2024 de l'IMAF
July 11, 2025, Institut des mondes africains (IMAF)
Camille TRAORE est Docteure en Science politique
July 9, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
Thinking Africa with V.Y. Mudimbe
July 7, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
Histoire de l’Afrique Lusophone – Michel Cahen et Armelle Enders
July 7, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
CFP: 4th CRN PhD Days (15–16 January 2026)
July 5, 2025, Congo research network
Luxembourgish Traces in Kinshasa – Part 1
July 4, 2025, Congo research network
Lettre de LAM – été 2025 (juin, juillet, août, septembre)
June 19, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
LAM at ECAS 2025 Conference
June 15, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
IFRA Nairobi recruting – Internship : project management, communication and editorial activities, possibly research
June 10, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
Recrutement : Contrat postdoctoral « Gouverner le djihad en Afrique : économie politique »
June 3, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
Recrutement : Contrat postdoctoral : Gouverner le djihad en Afrique : usages et régulations de la violence djihadiste et contre-insurrectionnelle
June 3, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
LAM accueille Ganel Ferol NDE OKOUROBEKO, doctorant à l’Université de Kinshasa
June 2, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)
UN COUPLE PANAFRICAIN – Miriam Makeba et Stokely Carmichael en Guinée – Elara Bertho
May 25, 2025, Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM)