News, Events and Opportunities


Image: ECAS Conference in Leiden, Jos Damen 2007

The extent of the AEGIS network allows us to capture – and post – a wide range of news items, events and opportunities relevant to both our internal and external constituencies.  This includes postings from the AEGIS Board, from AEGIS members, and from the Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs). It also includes items of general relevance from non-AEGIS member institutions. 

Besides these pages, AEGIS hosts a closed curated Discussion List, where any individual attached to any of the AEGIS member institutions may post relevant news, events, opportunities, views, and so on. To subscribe (and contribute) to the Discussion List, please contact Jos Damen: jdamen@ascleiden.nl

See all recent news below. An archive of past AEGIS news can be found here.

 

From the AEGIS President

Positively, 2024 has been another active year in African Studies arenas within Europe, Africa and globally. There are countless spaces, including in AEGIS members’ websites and newsletters, where this can be observed. So in spite of uneven support for Africa-centred research, publishing and education, there are countless vibrant activities and initiatives everywhere that are generating a rich array of knowledge encounters and outputs, gatherings and conversations, network-building and collaborations. AEGIS is proud to be a significant actor – and facilitator – within this global space, in among other ways, through the biennial ECAS conferences. Please note the call for funding for participants at ECAS 2025 in Prague (25-28 June 2025) has opened and is closing 15 February.

https://www.ecasconference.org/2025/call-for-funding/

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Memory and Resources in African Studies

AEGIS-Brill Series No 35 just published

The Politics of the Past in Zimbabwe, co-edited by Astrid Rasch, Minna Joahnna Niemi and Amanda Hammar. The anthology addresses the many ways pasts are experienced, remembered, claimed, denied or contested by differently positioned actors, and how this in turn shapes the politics of the present. Click here for more details (web).

Ghent symposium on resources in Africa

The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) at Ghent University is hosting its 18th Annual Symposium (GAPSYM18) on December 4, 2025, in Ghent, Belgium, exploring resources in Africa from multidisciplinary perspectives. Submit an abstract (max. 500 words) by June 1, 2025. Click here (pdf) for further information.

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Call for Applications: MAPS PhD Scholarships & African Politics Summer School

The University of Barcelona invites young researchers from sub-Saharan Africa to apply for 40 scholarships under the EU co-funded MAPS project on migration and forced displacement. Research focuses include climate change, vulnerability, and socio-political dynamics across 10 African countries. Application deadline: 25 May 2025. Click here for more information (web).
Join the School in African Politics at ISCTE – Lisbon from 30 June to 2 July 2025 for an intensive, multidisciplinary summer course on political research and analysis in Africa. Open to postgraduate students and professionals. Application deadline: 25 June 2025.
Click here for more information (web).

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