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CFP -Can I sing my song? African Perspectives on Musical Arts Education

September 25, 2021September 27, 2021

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK PROPOSAL The arts are a gift. Dance, drama, music, literature, media, and visual arts practice in Africa have much to offer. Yet, scholarship is lacking on African musical arts’; contribution to education. The assumption that Africans share Read More …

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UC Davis – Assistant Professor – Global Black Literatures

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021

Position description The University of California, Davis, Department of English invites applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor in global Black literatures in English of any historical period. Applicants should have research and teaching interests in one or more of the Read More …

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UCLA – Edward W. Said Professor in Comparative Literature

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021

  POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Professor of Comparative Literature and Edward W. Said Professor   APPLICATION WINDOW Open date: September 23rd, 2021 Next review date: Monday, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)Apply by this date to ensure full consideration Read More …

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Associate Professor/Full Professor in African Literature – Wits University

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

SCHOOL OF LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND MEDIA Associate Professor/Full Professor in African Literature The Department of African Literature seeks to appoint an Associate Professor/Full Professor to take forward and expand its distinguished record. The Department was established in 1983 under the Read More …

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CFP – Journal of Multilingualism

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

Call for Papers Special Issue:Literary Multilingualism Studies: The Future of theField   Literary multilingualism studies is a relatively new but burgeoning area of research. With the impact of translation studies, the ‘transnational turn’ within literary studies, and the growing relevance of Read More …

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CFP – Aesthetics of the Future: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Bekolo

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS(African Studies, Film Studies) Title: Aesthetics of the Future: The Cinema of Jean-Pierre Bekolo Editor: P. Julie Papaioannou, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Instruction in Frenchand Francophone StudiesFrench Language CoordinatorModern Languages and CulturesLattimore 427University of RochesterRochester, NY 14627julie.papaioannou@rochester.edu Aesthetics Read More …

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Concordia College – Instructor – French Immersion

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

Concordia Language Villages Language Training Center is seeking Instructors of French and Francophone language and culture as well as a Lead Instructor in the same field for a teaching team that will deliver a three-week isolated immersion program from January Read More …

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Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (Critical Race Studies) -Gustavus Adolphus College

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

Position Details: Gustavus Adolphus College invites applications for a tenure-track position ofAssistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of ModernLanguages, Literatures, and Cultures to begin September 1, 2022. Gustavus is currently in thesecond year of a multiyear, Read More …

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CFP: SECURING THE AFRICAN FAMILY: OUR SOUL, OUR HEALTH, OUR WEALTH.

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

PANAFEST FOUNDATION GHANA NATIONAL PANAFEST PLANNING COMMITTEE AND UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COASTPROUDLY ANNOUNCE:PANAFEST INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM 2021 DATE: Monday July 26 — Wednesday July 28, 2021VENUE: University of Cape Coast, Ghana, & in Virtual Space CALL FOR PAPERSTheme: SECURING THE AFRICAN Read More …

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Postdoctoral Fellowship – University of Virginia

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

The Department of French at the University of Virginia invites applications for a Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship BLACK FRANCE: Race and the Global Francophone Diaspora In consort with the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored by the Graduate School of Read More …

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