ECAS 2011 - 4th European Conference on African Studies

The programme for ECAS 4 is now available here.

PANEL SCHEDULE ECAS 4
The schedule for the conference's panels is now available.

The International African Institute has named Professor Peter P. Ekeh (State University of New York at Buffalo) the 2011 Lugard lecturer. The lecture, to be given during the 4th European Conference on African Studies, is entitled “Basil Davidson and the Culture of the African State”. In the lecture, Peter P. Ekeh will play tribute to Basil Davidson's scholarship of the African state and at the same time examine its limitations. Peter P. Ekeh argues that Davidson misunderstood key points in the evolution of the African state, particularly the role played by Muslim Arabs in re-directing the character of the African state. The lecture attempts to offer an historical perspective on the difficulties that have plagued the history and culture of the African state.

Professor Issa G. Shivji (Dept. of Law, University of Dar es Salaam) and Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi (Dept. of Sociology, Stony Brook University, USA) have been announced as the keynote speakers for the conference. Additionally, the International African Institute has named Professor Peter P. Ekeh (State University of New York at Buffalo) the 2011 Lugard lecturer.

Read more about Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi.

Read more about Professor Issa Shivji.

Find out more about Professor  Issa Shivji’s publications.

The Call for Papers is closed and no further submissions will be accepted. Please note that only those abstracts which have been confirmed as received by the conference organizers have been taken into consideration in the review process. Notifications to authors on results of the review have been sent out in February 2011. For questions on notification of results please contact the Conference Organisers.

A list of the accepted panels and short panel descriptions can be found here

The 4th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) will be convened in Uppsala on 15-18 June 2011. ECAS 2011 is co-organised by NAI and the African Studies in Europe (AEGIS).