The Department of English and Writing within the College of Arts and Letters at The University of Tampa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Black Studies position to begin in August 2024. The University of Tampa is a Read More …
Author: Matthew Brown
Associate Professor of African American and African Diasporic Literature, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for the position of Associate Professor of African American and African Diasporic Literature with tenure, to begin August 2024. Applicants with research and teaching interests Read More …
Associate Professorship, Department of African Literature, WITS
Associate Professor, African Literature – School of Literature, Language and Media Department The Department of African Literature seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Associate Professor. The department offers an undergraduate major in the literatures of Africa and Read More …
2025 Elections
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in June, 2025: Vice President Three Executive Council members Instructions for submitting nominations are contained in Appendix 1 (amended in June 2015) of the Read More …
2025 Award Nominations
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. The awards will be presented at the ALA Conference, held on June 26-28, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. Graduate Student Best Essay Award (Deadline: September 15, 2024):For an outstanding Read More …
Literacy Curriculum Developer – The Gambia Academy
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 …
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 ⎻ Concordia Language Villages Language Training Center
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 …