The Gambia Academy announces a search for a skilled Literacy Curriculum Developer to launch our new curriculum initiative. Details on this unique opportunity are provided below, and in this PDF file. The ideal candidate will create a series of core Read More …
Author: Matthew Brown
Panel on African genre “rewritings,” European Conference on African Studies
The European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2023 will take place from May 31 to June 3, 2023 in Cologne, Germany. The conference theme is African futures. We are pleased to organize a panel entitled Bad genre: “counter literature”, generic Read More …
Instructor of French and Francophone Language and Culture
Instructor – French Immersion Concordia Language Villages Language Training Center is seeking Instructors of French and Francophone language and culture for a teaching team that will deliver a three-week isolated immersion program from January 23 – February 10, 2023 on Read More …
JALA: Handling and Mishandling African-Language Texts
The Journal of African Literature Association invites essays for a special issue on literature and film in African languages. Building on the premise that the African continent and its islands and diasporas have been multilingual since antiquity and have produced Read More …
CFP ⎻ Sindiwe Magona Conference
Sindiwe Magona 2023 Conference (a hybrid, international conference) April 12-14, 2023 Conference website: https://www.cas.gsu.edu/conferences/sindiwe-magona-2023/ The Sindiwe Magona 2023 Planning Committee and Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) are pleased to announce the Sindiwe Magona 2023 conference, a celebration of Read More …
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, UVA
Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies Pre-doctoral Fellow Click here to apply The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites applications from scholars whose research focuses broadly on Read More …
African Studies Postdoc, Carter G. Woodson Institute, UVA
African Studies Postdoctoral Research Associate Click here to apply The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia invites applications from scholars whose research focuses broadly on Africa and the African Diaspora, including Read More …
CFP: Submission for English in Africa
Call for submissions: English in Africa English in Africa was founded in 1974 to provide a forum for the study of African literature in English. It is published three times a year by the Institute for the Study of the Read More …
CFP: Bessie Head, a special issue of English in Africa
Call for papers: Bessie Head, a special issue of English in Africa, vol. 50, no. 3 (November 2023) Guest Editor: Sandile Ngidi English in Africa will be hosting a special issue on the works of Bessie Head to commemorate what Read More …
CFP: Feminisms and South African literatures
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde: A journal for African literature (https://letterkunde.africa/about) Tydskrif vir Letterkunde (est. 1936) is a premier open access African literature journal, housed at the University of Pretoria, publishing research and reviews in Afrikaans, Dutch, English and French. CALL FOR Read More …