A network of excellence IN AFRICAN STUDIES

AEGIS is a research network of European studies centres which aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. With primary emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities, AEGIS' main goal is to improve understanding about contemporary African societies.

9-11 September 2010, Lisbon, 50 years of African independencies
30 September-1 October 2010, Turku - Finland Nordic Africa Days
7-9 October 2010, Basel
Living the African city
5-6 November 2010, Brussels [un]disciplined encounters
24-27 February 2011, Bamako, Mali. Workshop 'Bringing history back'. Call for papers: English - French
15-18 June 2011, Uppsala
ECAS - 4th European Conference on African Studies

ECAS 4 4th European Conference on African Studies (15-18 June 2011, Uppsala) Deadline panel proposals 15 August 2010: Call for panels (PDF) Leaflet prepared for the conference

CIEA7: Lisbon, 9-11 Sept. 2010:
50 Years of African Independencies: challenges to modernity
Please read the call for papers

AEGIS Thematic conference: [un]disciplined encounters: science as terrain of postcolonial interaction between Africa and Europe — past and future. 5-6 November 2010, Brussels. Please read the call for papers. Deadline 31 August 2010

New publication: AEGIS Series no 5: Mediations of Violence in Africa: Fashioning new futures from contested pasts (ed. by Lidwien Kapteijns and Annemiek Richters)

ilissAfrica (Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa): a portal to relevant scientific conventional and digital information resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region