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 2024 international conference of Ghent University’s Africa Platform (GAPSYM17) will take place in Ghent, on 28 & 29 November, co-organized with CliMigHealth, UNU-CRIS and CESSMIR. The conference theme is “Africa at the intersection of Climate, Migration & Health challenges”. Abstract submission deadline: 1 June 2024. Contact and submission: Annelies.Verdoolaege@UGent.be.
The Faculty of History and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), in association with St Antony’s College, propose to appoint to an Associate Professorship in African History. Application deadline: noon (UK time), Monday 22 January 2024.
Ghent University (Belgium) has a strong focus on Africa, with over 450 ongoing projects with African partners, in each of its eleven faculties. Mapping all of these projects, making this expertise available to academic and non-academic stakeholders in Africa and beyond, and facilitating university collaboration between Ghent University and institutions in Africa, are the main objectives of the Africa Platform of Ghent University. Ghent University’s Faculty of Arts & Philosophy also boasts six ERC projects with Africa at its core. Read more here.