ASAUK Conference 2024

 

 

 

This 60th anniversary year of the ASAUK’s existence, we have adopted a theme that invites reflection on the changes in knowledge production about and from Africa. Generational divides and inter-generational disappointment are critical themes in the understanding of contemporary African cultural, social, and political dynamics, and they feature in many scholarly works about and from the continent. These same generational divides also feature in academic environments. The generational focus of the conference acknowledges the centre of gravity for knowledge production as necessarily led from the African continent and also places emphasis on a future-oriented date stamp for knowledge production. 

 

The ASAUK Conference will be held from 29 to 31 August 2024 at Oxford Brookes University.

 

 

 

ASAUK2024 Programme 

 

There have been some last minute room changes, and we have additional information about check-in time (a generous 10 am). This programme is not very different from the previous version, but it is the one with the correct room allocations. Here is the full programme, with all information about the keynote speakers, book launches, film screenings, prize winners, as well as arrival instructions:

 

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This older version remains correct, apart from some room allocation changes (which will also be advertised in the building).

 

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Here is a link to the programme of the hybrid panels, which will be free to attend. Please note that some of the streams are hybrid for speakers, but not open to audience. 

 

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Policy on refunds: Registration costs will be refunded to any speaker who is refused a visa. We shall also try to accommodate such speakers in hybrid panels, but this may not be possible in all cases. We thank our colleagues applying for visas, for the time and commitment completing all the administrative tasks involved. We hope to see you in Oxford. No other refunds are possible as there are now fewer than 14 days to the conference and we have made financial commitments we cannot cancel. 

 

Accommodation can be booked until 20 August, after which the booking link will stop working. Accommodation cancellations must be made using the same link through which the room was originally booked. Anyone seeking to cancel a room will be reimbursed to the card used to pay for it.

 

 

Register for the ASAUK24 Conference

 

ASAUK AGM 31 August 2024  

 

Conference Registration Rates Explained  

 

Travel and Accommodation Information For more detailed arrival instructions, see the conference book.

 

Arrange a Book Launch  ***To apply to launch your book, please email ASAUK24Conference@gmail.com***

 

ASAUK 2024 Prize-winners

 

 

Information for Exhibitors

 

ASAUK Membership Option

 

Book your Optional Excursion and City Tour 

 

Uncomfortable Oxford tours have created two tours for ASAUK delegates wishing to see something of the city of dreaming spires. Their tours provide newcomers with a good introduction to the city while going beyond the traditional narratives. Their tours highlight histories of race, gender, class, and disability, while raising uncomfortable questions about the lasting legacies of empire.​ All their guides are university researchers who are knowledgeable about the city, its people, and its diverse history.

 

Booking Link:     https://www.tickettailor.com/events/uncomfortableoxford
Dates:  Sat 31 Aug 2024 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM 
             Sun 1 Sep 2024 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 
Tour Meeting Point: Carfax Tower, Queen St, Oxford OX1 1ET

 

Tickets for the tour are £18 per person and the tour lasts around 90 minutes. 

Uncomfortable Oxford Tours

 

Pamela Roberts, the author of Black Oxford: The Untold Stories of Oxford University’s Black Scholars, hosts Black history city tours. See more information here and links to book a tour:

Black Oxford Untold Stories

 

 

 

Call for Conference Stream Proposals

 

Lubaina Himid
Her Print on Me, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
183 x 122 x 2 cm
Private collection
© Lubaina Himid. Image courtesy the artist, Hollybush Gardens, London.
Photo: Andy Keate

ASAUK conferences have established a reputation as supportive and collaborative events. Our conferences bring together scholars of Africa from a broad range of disciplines and from around the world, and are attended by scholars at all stages of their careers. The conference theme is Generation and Regeneration, but we do not require that all proposals respond to this theme.

ASAUK conferences are organised around thematic streams. These streams can include between two and eleven panels. We will do our best to timetable these successively so that all those interested in a particular stream can attend all its panels.

Stream organisers are responsible for organising at least two thematically linked panels, with a panel normally consisting of a minimum of three paper presenters and one chair. Stream organisers are expected to respond to, and in some cases to recommend changes to, proposals from colleagues who wish to contribute panels or individual papers to their stream. We prefer proposals that bring together multi-located and inter-generational groups of speakers. We shall not accept proposals where all speakers are from the same institution. Stream organisers may also be expected to follow up with participants on the progress of their visa applications, and to relay this information to Carli Coetzee.

If you are interested in organising a thematic stream, please contact Carli Coetzee on the following email: asaofuk@gmail.com. Please write “ASAUK24 Stream Proposal” in the subject line.

 

The closing date for streams is provisionally 31 October 2023, but we shall evaluate stream proposals on an ongoing basis. The reason for this is to enable colleagues who need to apply for visas to have sufficient time to do so. We intend to send out visa invitation letters as soon as panels are accepted.

Your email should include a paragraph of up to 300 words describing your proposed stream and why you think it will make an interesting contribution to ASAUK24.

 

Lubaina Himid
Stir Until Melted (The Fortune Teller), 2019
Acrylic on canvas
183 x 122 x 2 cm
Private collection
© Lubaina Himid. Image courtesy the artist, Hollybush Gardens, London.
Photo: Andy Keate

Please note:

  • ASAUK conferences do not limit participants’ contributions, and conference participants are allowed to present as many papers as are accepted by the organisers. However, it is advisable to limit each person to 5 panels for the sake of time-tabling. Participants are allowed to take on multiple duties as chairs and discussants.
  • We are not yet able to provide the final prices for conference attendance but we expect to publish an indicative price list in early 2024 and expect prices to be similar to previous ASAUK conferences.
  • The officers of the ASAUK are not remunerated and all income from the conference is used to cover the costs of organisation, to offer subsidies and bursaries, and to continue the Association’s flagship Writing Workshops and Teaching Fellowships.
  • Calls for single panels and individual papers will be published no later than 31 October 2023, and in some cases we shall suggest that you join a panel that is organised by one of the streams.