Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2018: (i) Vice President (ii) Treasurer (iv) Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) The instructions for submitting nominations are contained in Appendix I (amended Read More …
Author: Matthew Brown
CFP: ‘Women Write Now’
Call for Papers: ‘Women Write Now’ Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings You are invited to submit papers for ‘Women Write Now’, an issue of Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings which seeks to engage with the work Read More …
JOB: Assistant Professor of French, Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College – Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Assistant Professor of French Beginning Fall 2018 Lake Forest College, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in French Language and Literature to begin August 2018. Read More …
CFP: “Translation and Cultural Mobility” – International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies Conference
The deadline for submissions for the 2018 conference of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies Conference is July 15, 2017. Please follow this link for more details.
2017 Award Nominations
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. The awards will be presented at the ALA Conference from May 23-27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Fonlon-Nichols Award (Deadline Extended: November 15, 2017) For excellence in creative writing Read More …
JOB: Head of School – Literature, Language and Media, University of the Witwatersrand
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand invites applications for the Headship of the School of Literature, Language and Media. The appointment is for a fixed period of five years, though this period may be shortened by Read More …
POSTDOC: Sexualities and Textualities at Stellenbosch
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Stellenbosch University, Department of English (R200 000/annum for a 12-month duration, mid 2017 – mid 2018) Host: Professor Sally Ann Murray, Department of English, Stellenbosch University Project Title: Sexualities and Textualities in/relation to Africa Scope of Research: Read More …
PhD Scholarship at SOAS
PhD scholarship available at SOAS on the Literatures of the Horn of Africa starting from September 2017. All the details are here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/-erc-phd-studentship-literature-in-the-horn-of-africa.html Overseas students are eligible, and Ethiopian, Eritrean, Djiboutian and Somali nationals are particularly welcome to apply. The Read More …
CFP: RAL Special Issue on Biafra and the Literary Imagination
Research in African Literatures Special Issue Guest Editors: Cilas Kemedjio and Anthonia Kalu On May 30, 1967, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwumeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the South Eastern Region’s military governor, proclaimed the creation of the Republic of Biafra at a champagne party Read More …
CFP: La Bande dessinée africaine francophone. Musée(s) du Contemporain.
Revue en ligne : Mouvances francophones http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/mf/ Numéro spécial : La Bande dessinée africaine francophone. Musée(s) du Contemporain. Existe-t-il une bande dessinée africaine, qui plus est francophone ? Poser une telle énigme revient à indexer deux notions qui s’avèrent également Read More …