Category: 2018 Panel CFPs

SOUNDINGS Session type: PERFORMANCE READINGSOrganized by: Pamela J Olubunmi Smith Send abstracts or inquiries to: pamelasmith@unomaha.eduSOUNDINGS: AN EVENING OF READINGS IN MOTHER TONGUE AFRICAN LANGUAGES (with English translations). Submitted by Pamela J. Olúbùnmi Smith & Joyce Ashuntantang, Co-Chairs For the Read More …

Old and New Directions in Francophone Studies Session type: PanelOrganized by: Edgard Sankara Send abstracts or inquiries to: esankara@udel.eduThis panel is intended as a forum for the discussion of the various trends in Francophone African literatures. We will attend to Read More …

Roundtable on Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́’s Philip Quaque’s Letters to London, 1765-1811 Session type: RoundtableOrganized by: Ato Quayson Send abstracts or inquiries to: aquayson05@gmail.comThis roundtable will have Wendy Belcher (Princeton), Kwaku Korang (Ohio State University) and Ato Quayson (NYU) as discussants and Read More …

Surviving the Odds: Storytelling About War and Migration in East Africa Session type: PanelOrganized by: Joya Uraizee Send abstracts or inquiries to: joya.uraizee@slu.eduWar and migration in eastern Africa often produce remarkable narratives from both adults and children alike. This panel Read More …

African Literature and Critical University Studies Session type: PanelOrganized by: Anne W. Gulick Send abstracts or inquiries to: agulick@mailbox.sc.eduThis panel welcomes papers exploring intersections between the fields of African literature and Critical University Studies. Papers might consider topics such as: Read More …

Human Cargoes: The Migrant Crisis in African Literature and Cinem Session type: PanelOrganized by: Emilie Diouf Send abstracts or inquiries to: diouf@brandeis.eduBoats loaded with youth fleeing harsh socio-economic and political conditions have smuggled through the most treacherous point of the Read More …

Deadline Extended! Environmental Remediation: Genre, Visibility, and Ecological Crisis in African Literatures Session type: PanelOrganized by: Katherine Hummel Send abstracts or inquiries to: hummel@umich.eduRemediation has emerged as a keyword in both new media studies and sustainability discourses. While Bolter and Read More …

Celebrating Eldred Durosimi Jones and Eustace Palmer: Reading Contemporary Sierra Leonean Literature. Session type: PanelOrganized by: Abioseh Michael Porter Send abstracts or inquiries to: abiosehp@drexel.eduKnown in the world of letters for their ability not only to undermine the validity of Read More …

South African Women Session type: Panel: The intersection of gender, time, and politics in the South African novelOrganized by: Thelma Pinto Send abstracts or inquiries to: Pinto@hws.eduThe panel will address the importance of the intersection of place; class;time; cultural group;gender Read More …

African Literature and the Landscape of the Academy Session type: roundtableOrganized by: Thelma Pinto Send abstracts or inquiries to: pinto@hws.eduIn what way(s) are the landscapes of the academy conducive for the literary and critical production of African literature? How do Read More …