Category: AFSAAP
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AFSAAP 43rd Annual Conference – University of New England – 03-05 Dec 2020
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC 43rd Annual Conference “Youthful Optimism for Africa” University of New England, Armidale, NSW 03-05 December 2020 Call for Papers The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) calls for proposals for preorganized panels, roundtables, thematic conversations, and individual papers for its 43rd annual meeting…
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AFSAAP 2019
AFSAAP Conference 2019 “Africa: Diversity and Development”, 26 – 27 November 2019 University of Otago campus Sessions in the draft program include: Historical Perspectives, Education, Conservation and Inclusivity, African Migrants in Australia, Politics, Literacy and Language, Livelihoods and Food, Security, Health, Geopolitics, Culture, Art and Literature, Peace and Conflict, Migration and Health, Mining, Development Issues;…
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Cherry Gertzel Bursary: September deadline for applications
The Cherry Gertzel Bursary Award is an annual award to assist female post-graduate students to complete study or research in African Studies. The information below is selected from the AFSAAP website https://afsaap.org.au/ which should be consulted for more detail. About Professor Cherry Gertzel AM (1928 – 2015) She spent over twenty years researching and teaching…
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2019 AFSAAP Conference and Student Travel Grants
42nd AFSAAP Annual Conference Africa: Diversity and Development 26-27 November 2019, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) invites submissions for its 2019 conference from academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers, and the diaspora community, with interests in African studies, both on the African continent…
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ANU Healthcare in Africa Seminar – Recap by Margaret O’Callaghan
Canberra members of AFSAAP were delighted to have the subject of Africa appear on the ANU agenda on the 6th May – an uncommon occurrence given the prevailing bias towards Asia and the Pacific. In order to promote discussion on maternal and sexual health, access to healthcare and education and Female Genital Mutilation the ANU…
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Emeritus Professor Donald Anthony Low AO (1927-2015)
We regret to announce the death of Anthony Low, one of the ANU’s most distinguished Africanists, in Canberra. Appropriately for the first President of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Anthony Low announced his retirement from African Studies at the 2012 AFSAAP conference at Burgmann College, ANU. He had thus spent over…
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38th AFSAAP Conference – Deakin University 2015
38th AFSAAP Conference Deakin University, Melbourne CBD 28 – 30 October 2015 See https://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-20 ‘The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific welcomes to its 2015 conference, papers from academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers with interests in African studies, both on the African continent and in the Australasia and Pacific region. Papers from all…
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Africa-Australia Dialogue 1st Symposium – June 28th La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
AFSAAP is a co-sponsor of the forthcoming 1st Africa Australia Dialogue Symposium to be held at La Trobe University on June 28th 2014. The Key Note Speaker, Former Zimbabwean Ambassador Jaqueline Zwambila, will join a host of other speakers to discuss the key issues. This will be a great event, and AFSAAP hopes that many…
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2014 AFSAAP Conference
Registration and Payment is now open for the 37th Annual African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference 25 – 26 November 2014 – University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. www.afsaap.org.au
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Executive Producer, Half of a Yellow Sun
YEWANDE SADIKU, is a Nigerian investment banker who was keynote speaker at the 2013 African Studies Association conference in Perth (see https://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-2013 ) As Executive Producer of the film Half of a Yellow Sun, she helped to raise financing for the film adaptation of the best selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, directed by Nigerian…