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.
As Europe’s largest international conference with an African focus, ECAS2027 – the 11th European Conference of African Studies – will be held as a face-to-face event from 30 June-3 July 2027 in Lisbon, Portugal. The theme of the conference, hosted by AEGIS and organized locally by AEGIS member institution Centre for International Studies - Lisbon (CEI-Iscte), is “African Prisms”.
This conference takes place from 14 - 15 December 2026 at the University of Messina in Italy. It is the final event of the research project "Planning for Food Security in the 1960s: FAO and the Freedom from Hunger Campaign in Africa”. The conference organizers welcome individual original contributions in the field of history (or social sciences with a historical approach), on topics including, but not limited to (see link below for more details):
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.
The Centre for International Studies (CEI) is a Research Centre of Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. CEI-Iscte is the successor of the Centre for African Studies, which was founded in 1981 and became a leading institution for African Studies in Portuguese-speaking countries.
CEI's research provides insights and potential solutions to critical issues in the fields of political systems, sustainability, citizenship and security. The centre is structured into three core research groups: