A network in excellence
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.
African Studies: ECAS 2023 ("Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus") will be held from May 31 to June 3, 2023 in Cologne, Germany. Call for Papers is now open until 9 January 2023: https://ecasconference.org/2023/cfp
The AEGIS Series now holds 27 publications, from 2005 up to 2022. The titles of the books tell a story of their own: no. 1 (2005) was called Is Violence Inevitable in Africa? Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention, and was edited by Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel and Anna-Maria Gentili. No 27 (2022), edited by Clemens Greiner, Steven Van Wolputte, and Michael Bollig, and has the optimistic title African Futures. 23 out of 27 books from the AEGIS series are available open access online, via https://www.aegis-eu.org/aegis-series-brill-open-access
Africa Yearbook volume 17 (Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020) was just published. Editors of this volume were: Albert K. Awedoba, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu. The Africa Yearbook gives a comprehensive view on major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa. Volume 17 can be found at the website of Brill Publishers.