Swarthmore College: Black Studies Program Location Swarthmore, PA Open Date May 26, 2021 Description The Black Studies Program at Swarthmore College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of assistant or associate professor in the Black Studies Read More …
Author: Matthew Brown
2022 Elections
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2022: Vice President Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) Treasurer According to the ALA Bylaws, “Any two paid-up members of the organization can nominate Read More …
2022 Award Nominations
Nominations are open for the following 2022 ALA awards: Graduate Student Best Essay Award For an outstanding paper in African literary studies by a graduate student. Book of the Year Award—Creative Writing For an outstanding book of African literature (novel, Read More …
CFP: Feminist Africa 2021 -Gender and Sexuality in African Futurism
Call for Submissions: Feminist Africa 2021Gender and Sexuality in African FuturismVolume 3, Issue 1 New Deadline for Submissions: 15 September 2020 All submissions and enquiries should be emailed to: info@feministafrica.net Guest Editor: Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué How does the African Futurist genre Read More …
2021 Elections
Nominations are hereby invited for the following positions to be filled by the next ALA conference in spring 2021: (i) Vice President (ii) Executive Councilors (2 vacancies) (iii) Treasurer According to the ALA Bylaws, “Any two paid-up members of the Read More …
ALA Members and Friends who passed: May 2019-May 2020
Pius Adesanmi Edward Kamau Brathwaite Jean Michael Dash Manu Dibango Sandile Dikeni Harry Garuba Chukwuemeka Ike Eldred Durosimi Jones Sarah Maldoror Paule Marshall Wanjiku Matenjwa Albert Memmi Toni Morrison Molara Ogundipe Tejumola Olaniyan Binyavanga Wainaina Ken Walibora Lifungo J. Vetinde
Forging a New Path Together
2020 President’s Incoming Address Dear Colleagues, It is a great honor to take the mantle of ALA Presidency. I thank everyone who participated and worked to make the 2020-2021 ALA annual elections timely and successful. I am humbled by the Read More …
Carole Boyce Davies Named Chair at Cornell
ALA Member, Prof. Carole Boyce Davies, of Africana Studies and English at Cornell, Past-President of ALA, has been named to the Frank H.T. Rhodes Chair of Humane Letters. Rhodes was president of Cornell, 1977-95. “During his tenure as president, the Read More …
CFP: Violence, identité et construction de la Nation
Faculté des Lettres et Sciences HumainesUniversité de Lubumbashi, RDCongoColloque internationalLubumbashi, 28-30 octobre 2020 Appel à communicationViolence, identité et construction de la Nation ArgumentaireLa violence est, aujourd’hui, un sujet qui suscite bien des débats. Michela Marzano, Séverine Autesserre, Nancy Rose Hunt, Read More …
JOB: Part-Time Lecturer in French Language, Swarthmore
The French and Francophone Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a Lecturer position in French language, beginning Fall 2020. Applicants should have prior university-level French language teaching experience, a minimum of Read More …