AEGIS is a vibrant Europe-wide African Studies association, connecting Europe-based member institutions focusing on research and education on and in Africa and African Studies.
The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Symposium (GAPSYM19), themed "Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa". This 19th multidisciplinary conference will be co-organised by Ghent University’s Human Rights Research Network and Conflict Research Group. Voices, Rights & Justice in Africa remain highly relevant today due to ongoing challenges related to human rights, environmental rights, rights to health & education, access to legal systems, etc. across the continent.
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Professor position in Art History, specializing in the art history of Africa and/or Afro-Diaspora traditions (inclusive of Black, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean or other African diasporic traditions from antiquity to the present).
Application Deadline: 12 November 2026
Start date: 17 August 2027 (fall semester)
Trust and Trust-Making in Africa’s Global Connections is the latest publication in the AEGIS-Brill Series. It is a thought-provoking book contributing to both African Studies and the study of trust in society. The volume provides rich ethnographic insights into the ways trust and trust-making shape Africans’ global encounters.