21st Annual BU Graduate Student Conference in African Study-Call for Papers
Continuity, Change, and Adaptation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Africa
Boston University’s Graduate Student Conference in African Studies will be celebrating its 21st consecutive event. This year’s conference will feature the work of emerging graduate scholars engaging Africa from an array of disciplines.
The 2013 conference will be held at Boston University, March 29-30. The early application deadline will be February 1, 2013 (but applications will be accepted for about a week after this date).
We invite rigorous graduate student papers that examine Africa’s past, present and future, exhibit methodological innovation, or yield fresh interpretative insights.
Participation is commonly drawn from across the academic spectrum: Anthropology, Art History, Cultural Studies, Economics, Ecology and Environment, Geography, Global Health, History, International Relations, Law, Literature, Media Studies,
Musicology, Policy, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology. For twenty-one years, masters and doctoral students from across North America have made this conference a valuable opportunity to expand peer-to-peer academic networks and present ongoing research. A $25 conference fee is payable upon on-site registration on March 29 th.
To Apply: Submit an application form and 500-word abstract describing your paper’s topic, methods, and argument via the online application form (see below) by February 1, 2013. More information and the application can be found at the following URL: http://www.bu.edu/africa/forstudents/graduate/annual-graduate-conference/
E-mail: 2013ascgradconference@gmail.com
