Call for Papers: 9th Annual MSU Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference
Announcing the 9th Annual MSU Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
18-19th March 2016
Call For Papers
The 9th Annual Africanist Graduate Student Research Conference at Michigan State University is soliciting submissions on innovative approaches to the study of Africa and the African Diaspora. The conference will be held at Michigan State University on 18-19 March 2016.
This conference seeks to brings together graduate scholars who study Africa at all stages. In past years the conference has generated intellectually stimulating exchanges across disciplinary lines. The conference aims to generate dialogue and debate about the past, present, and future direction of Africanist scholarship.
As an interdisciplinary conference interested promoting exchanges and connections across departments and fields, we invite proposals based in any disciplinary and methodological framework, both quantitative and qualitative. We particularly encourage the submission of full panels. Examples of potentially successful submissions are those based on dissertation proposals, masters’ theses, dissertation chapters, and papers for potential future article publication.
Possible Panel Topics Include
-Environmental Policies, Histories, & Sciences
-Health, epidemiology, & medical humanities
-Labor & Economics
-Land-use & urban and rural space
-Language & Linguistics
-Literature & African Intellectuals
-Migration, urbanization, & xenophobia
-Nationalism & Decolonization
-Political structures & state formation
-Popular culture & the media
-Religion & Philosophy
-Sport & Leisure
-Women & Gender
Submission Information and Guidelines
The deadline for submission of proposals is February 1, 2016. We will be accepting proposals on a rolling basis, and we encourage early submissions. Send all submissions to msuafricanistconference@gmail.com. Final papers will be due to the conference organizers by March 8, 2016 (approximately 10 double-spaced pages–equivalent of 15 minutes).
For individual submissions, please send an abstract of no more than 250 words and a 1 page CV. Include the paper’s title, your name and school affiliation, and a list of 3-5 keywords which you feel categorize your research.
For panel submissions, please send a single abstract of no more than 500 words, relaying the connections between papers and the individual description of each paper. Send a 1 page CV for each presenter. Include the panel’s name, the names and school affiliations of all presenters, and paper titles of all presentations.
