Questions of Literary Translation and Translation Infrastructure in Africa
Convenors: Carmen McCain cm74@soas.ac.uk , Ida Hadjivayanis and Wangui wa Goro In the past decade and a half there have been several efforts to promote literary translation into and out […]
Review of African Political Economy Stream: Africa and the World Political Economy (Closed Stream)
The stream explores key themes in the debate about the continents position in the world economy. The first panel raises questions regarding the persistent structural inequalities that shape the continents […]
Then as Now: African Oceans, Narrative, and the Politics of Knowledge and Power
Stream Convenor: Dr Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood. School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Scotland. imoy1@st-andrews.ac.uk Abstract. African oceans have long been more than ecological or economic spaces; they […]
Health, environment, economy: narratives, practices, futures
Convenors: Hannah Brown, Durham UK hannah.brown@durham.ac.uk Justin Willis, Durham UK Ruth Prince, Oslo Norway; Salome Bukachi Nairobi, Kenya Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund, Basel Switzerland Summary: This stream invites panel proposals from […]
The “Chaos” Paradigm: Deconstructing Dehumanising Narratives and Epistemic Injustice in the Horn of Africa
Convenors: Jamal Abdi, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK Mohamed Muse, Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands m.a.muse@fgga.leidenuniv.nl Abdirashid Ahmed, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Abstract Narratives concerning the African continent are often […]
Climate Finance, Resilience and Just Transition in Africa—Power, Geopolitics and the Political Economy of Access and Distribution
Convenors: Philani Moyo, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. pmoyo@ufh.ac.za Mkhokheli Sithole, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe Willice Abuya, Moi University, Kenya. This stream interrogates the political economy of […]
Stories of Africa in Durham, Durham in Africa
Stream Convenor: Durham University Centre for Contemporary African History (DUCCAH) Contact: Dr Rachel E. Johnson Rachel.johnson2@durham.ac.uk This stream explores the deep histories and interconnections between the North-East of England and […]
Enhancing Student Exchange Opportunities for Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Learning and Research
Dr. Seth Feinberg Western Washington University seth.feinberg@wwu.edu This stream invites scholars to share programs, initiatives, and strategies to merge undergraduate student learning across cultures, borders, and disciplines. This includes funding […]
Reimagined pasts and imagined futures from Africa and the African diaspora
Stream Conveners: Kadija George (Independent Researcher; Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2025-2026); blackspecwritingfest@gmail.com Polina Levontin (Imperial; BSFA; co-PI Applied African SF); Onesmus Mwabonje (Imperial; Strathmore; co-PI Applied African SF) vector.submissions@gmail.com The focus on this […]
Former Liberation Movements as Governments in SADC – On the making of post-settler colonial African worlds
Organisers: Roger Southall rogerjsouthall@gmail.com Henning Melber Henning.Melber@nai.uu.se Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are governed by former national liberation movements (FNLMs). Since the end of white minority regimes they have […]