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Immigration History (Assistant/Associate Professor) – Ohio State University

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022

  https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22680   The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) and the Department of History at The Ohio State University invite applications for a position in the history of Black migrations. The Department seeks a scholar at the Read More …

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Political Economy of Race/Racism (Assistant Professor) – Ohio State University

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22682   The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) at The Ohio State University invites applications for a position in Political Economy of Race/Racism. We are looking for a scholar whose research combines quantitative and qualitative approaches to Read More …

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Department Chair (Associate/Full Professor) – Ohio State University

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22516 Rank: Advanced Associate Professor or Professor The Ohio State University seeks a chair who will provide ambitious and innovative leadership for its Department of African American and African Studies. Anticipated start date is July 1, 2023. The chair will Read More …

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CFP: JALA Special Issue on Afro-Hispanism and the Arts in and beyond Africa

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

  Founded in 1974, the African Literature Association (ALA) works to promote literary and cultural studies related to, and about, Africa and its diasporic populations. The ALA’s goals are to facilitate an appreciation and an understanding of the works of Read More …

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CFP: Neoliberalism and Alternative Narrative Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

CFP: Neoliberalism and Alternative Narrative Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction   short description: This panel analyzes the various representational strategies diverse African and African diasporic authors have brought to bear in using fiction as a cultural medium for imagining alternatives Read More …

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CFP – Afrophone Social Media Literatures

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Social Media as New Canvas, Space and Channel for Afrophone Literatures   Organized by Uta Reuster-Jahn (Hamburg University), Umma Aliyu Musa (Hamburg University), Abdalla Uba Adamu (Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria), Stephanie Bosch Santana (UCLA, USA)   The increasing growth and Read More …

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CFP: AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY (ALT) 41: African Literature in African Languages

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP) AFRICAN LITERATURE TODAY (ALT) 41: African Literature in African Languages Guest Editors: Nduka Otiono (Carleton University) and Chiji Akoma (Villanova University) A year after the much-celebrated Conference of African Writers of English Expression which took place Read More …

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CFP: Celebrating the Work and Thought of Bhekizizwe Peterson

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation6th NEST International Conference, 29th Sept – 1 Oct 2022, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg   The Life of the Arts & the Art of Life Celebrating the Work and Thought of Bhekizizwe Peterson   In Read More …

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Professor/Associate Professor of African literature – Duke University

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Professor/Associate Professor of African literature and/or Cultural Studies Duke University, English Department Link to full Job Ad The Duke University English Department, located in Durham, North Carolina, USA, invites nominations and applications for a tenure track position in African literature Read More …

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Assistant Professor of French – Oglethorpe University

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

  Assistant Professor of French Oglethorpe University, a small liberal arts institution located in Atlanta, GA, seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor of French to begin in August 2022. The hire will teach undergraduate French language, culture, and literature Read More …

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