CAAS 2010 CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS

"AFRICA MATTERS": Celebrating 40 years of the Canadian Association of African Studies

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

5-7 May 2010

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) extends a special welcome to scholars working on all aspects of African studies at its next annual conference in
Ottawa on May 5-7, 2010. The Institute of African Studies at Carleton University is hosting the conference with support from the African Studies Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. The Ottawa area, of course, is bilingual. Our aim is to attract both Anglophone and francophone scholars from Canada as well as an international group of specialists and, in so doing, facilitate discussion and dialogue across disciplines and among scholars based in both the North and South. This Call for Papers intends to provide a forum for addressing and presenting academic research and policy proposals that examine the histories, debates, policy issues, and current practices related to African matters.

CAAS contributes expertise, research, and informed debate concerning a wide range of African "matter" related to sociocultural issues, the arts, political economy, the environment and transnationalism, among others. Since 1970, CAAS has demonstrated how African issues matter to a wide range of Canadian and international publics in academic, policy-making, programming, and many other circles. Although the interest of these different publics in African matters has waxed and waned over time, the expanding recognition of African contexts and initiatives to a growing range of transnational practices (from humanitarianism to peace-building; markets to social movements; climate change to food security; religious dynamism to health and education policies; sports to music and cinema; migration and diasporas to the forging of the Atlantic world) means that the continent is becoming more prominent in the attention, imagination, and actions of more and more publics.

Beyond the growing interest in Africa in Canada, however, this conference welcomes investigation and discussion on the vast array of other topics of interest in African Studies. For example, Africa Matters provides participants with the opportunity for sharing research and debate concerning the study of issues related to Africa and African diaspora from events as wide-reaching as the slave-trade, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and current conflicts to the minutiae of everyday life, such as schooling practices, religiosity, and media consumption, etc.. We encourage the submission of research papers in English or French in these and other areas.

Closing date for submitting paper and panel abstracts is: January 31, 2010

Conference Fees:

Regular Scholars: $200

Scholars coming from Africa: $100

Students: $100

We hope to have the on-line payment option available by December.

For further information about the conference and CFP, please see the CAAS website: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~caas/en/2010call_for_papers.htm

For information on submitting paper and panel abstracts (Form A), registration (Form B) and Graduate Student Financial Assistance (Form C), click on 'forms' to the left.

If you have any questions concerning abstracts, registration, or payments, please contact caas@ualberta.ca

If you require other information concerning the conference, please contact caas2010carleton@gmail.com

Accommodations: Information about registering for accommodations in Ottawa will be posted on the CAAS website as soon as it becomes available.

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