Streams for ASAUK26 Conference

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Convenor: Ian Caistor-Parker ? University of Warwick Ian.Caistor-parker@warwick.ac.uk Abstract While debates about decolonisation and restitution unfold in academia and beyond, it is crucial to maintain focus on the fact that […]

Convenor: Dr Faith Ben-Daniels newwritersinafrica@gmail.com In recent times, a new group of African writers, theatre practitioners, artists, and film makers have emerged. By new, we refer to creatives whose works date […]

The Journal of African Cultural Studies will be organising a stream at the ASAUK2026 conference. The stream will include panels that extend and develop the conversations from previous ASAUK conferences (ASAUK2018 in […]

Organisers: Nicholas McGee nicholas.mcgee@durham.ac.ukYaru Yang yaru.yang-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk  The contemporary relationship between African nations and China has caught the world’s attention. The ever-increasing presence of Chinese capital, goods, projects, and migrants on the […]

Stream conveners: Ana Lucia Araujo aaraujo@howard.edu (Department of History, Howard University) Mariana P. Candido (Department of History, Emory University) Rui Gomes Coelho (Department of Archaeology, Durham University) The study of […]

Stream Convenor: Nick Mdika Tembo, University of Malawi, ntembo@unima.ac.mw Call for Papers How do African communities articulate lived experiences amid intensifying climate change, ecological degradation, and environmental precarity? As climatic […]

Convenors: Dr Innocent Batsani-Ncube, Dr Anna Mwaba, Dr Maureen Lifongo and Bella Nininahazwe This stream invites critical exploration of the narratives and power dynamics shaping electoral integrity peer review mechanisms […]

Stream convenor: Dr Njoki Wamai nwamai@usiu.ac.ke and njokiwamai@gmail.com   This stream interrogates the contested terrains of transitional justice and memory-making in post-violence African contexts. Across the continent, official narratives of […]

Convenor: Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, University of Sussex U.Kufakurinani@sussex.ac.uk This stream invites scholars, practitioners, and interdisciplinary researchers to engage with the dynamic and multifaceted world of traditional medicines. Our aim is to […]

Stream Organisers: Adriaan van Klinken A.VanKlinken@leeds.ac.uk; and Megan Robertson M.A.Robertson@leeds.ac.uk This stream invites papers that critically engage with the role of queer narratives in shaping African worlds. This stream foregrounds […]

Stream Convenor: Prof Saheed Aderinto     This stream builds on the long-standing professional and collegial relationship between the LSA and the ASAUK. In opening up new terrains in African […]

The Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK (AHRC), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG), National Research Fund Kenya (NRFK) and National Research Foundation South Africa (NRFSA) propose to deliver a […]

Convenors: Tanja Dittfeld DittfeldT@ukzn.ac.za and Shauna Mottiar Mottiar@ukzn.ac.za Connell (2020, p. 50) observed that ‘most theoretical texts in the social sciences are written in the global North, and most proceed on […]

Convenor: Henry Brefo henry.brefo@kcl.ac.uk Decolonial interventions across multiple disciplines (history, anthropology, politics, literature) demand the dismantling of colonial legacies in education and advocate the inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems and […]