Upcoming African Studies Conferences worldwide in 2012

 Compiled by Adrian Morrel, Assistant to the Director, Tshepo Institute

Canada

February 2012

10 Africa Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Conference Edmonton Canada

Website: http://www.politicalscience.ualberta.ca/en/Events%20and%20Conferences/UpcomingConferences/AFSA%202012%20Conference.aspx

March 2012

02 Queer(ing) Crisis: Struggles, Mobilizations & Possibile Futures Ottawa Canada

Website: http://queeringcrisis.wordpress.com/

June 2012

14 10th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities Montréal Canada

Website: http://thehumanities.com/conference-2012/

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United States

February 2012

13 National Association of African American Studies 20th Annual Conference Baton Rouge LA

Website: http://www.naaas.org/call.html

24 52nd Annual Florida Conference of Historians Lake City Florida

Website: http://fch.fiu.edu/

March 2012

10 Art and Exchange - Tufts Art History Graduate Student Conference Medford MA

Website: http://ase.tufts.edu/art/newsevents.asp

30 2012 Africa Conference: Poverty and Empowerment in Africa (University of Texas at Austin)

Website: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=184539

April 2012

12 28th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Children Kent Ohio

Website: http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/conference.html

July 2012

15 44th ABPsi Annual International Convention Los Angeles Clifornia

Website: http://www.a1000words.com/ABPsiConvention/

19 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Cleveland OH

Website: http://sabr.org/malloy

October 2012

11^th & 12^th 2012 Conference on Illinois History Springfield Illinois

Website: http://www.IllinoisHistory.gov/conference.htm

November 2012

12 Sport and the Global South II: Legacies, Possibilities, Transformations Fairfax Virginia

Website: http://rht.gmu.edu/ais

February 2013

01 AAAHRP 2013 Black History Conference seattle Washington

Website: http://www.aaahrp.org/html/aaahrp_2013_black_history_conf.html

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United Kingdom

March 2012

19 Africa Investment Summit 2012 London United Kingdom

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/2012/africa-investment-summit/

April 2012

26 LC Africa Offshore 2012 rainham,london United Kingdom

Website: http://lancasterconferences.com/lc-africa-offshore

May 2012

29 World Mining Investment Congress 2012 London United Kingdom

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/2012/world-mining-investment-congress/

June 2012

22 Africa and the Atlantic World, 1450-1850 Cambridge United Kingdom

Website: http://www.history.ac.uk/events/event/3346

July 2012

Mainland Africa

January 2012

30 2012 International Conference on Emergent Issues in Humanities in Africa in the Third Millennium and Chinua Achebe Annual Lectures Nsukka Nigeria

Website: http://unnartsconference.com/conference.html

February 2012

06 Investing in African Mining Indaba Cape Town South Africa

Website: http://www.miningindaba.com/

28 Africa Roads 2012 Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/2012/africaroads/

March 2012

06 Healthcare in Africa Cape Town South Africa

Website: http://www.economistconferences.com/africahealth

08 6th Annual Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference Cape Town South Africa

Website: http://www.exportagroup.com/events/conferences/6th-Annual-Africa-Trade-&-Export-Finance-Conference_327/

12 Retail World Africa 2012 Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/retail-world-africa/

21 4th Annual International Conference on ICT for Africa Kampala Uganda

Website: http://ictforafrica.jmcub.com/

26 Strategic Agricultural and Food Shortage Solutions for Africa Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania

Website: http://agrisummit.com/

April 2012

02 Black Mediterranean - AFRO-ITALIAN NARRATIVES Lagos Nigeria

Website:http://www.lagosblackheritagefestival.com/2012/symposium.html

05 Cloud Computing Africa Convention Durban South Africa

Website: http://www.cloud-computing.co.za/?page_id=5

11 AFRICA CONFERENCE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES, EMERGENCY RISKS AND TRAVEL MEDICINE (ACIDER-TM 2012) owerri Nigeria

Website: http://www.gwbhealthcare.org

12 Green Africa Banjul Gambia

Website: http://www.greenafricaconference.com

16 4th Annual Maghreb/Middle East Renewable Energy Summit 2012 Casablanca Morocco

Website: http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/MMERenewableEnergy2012/index.php

May 2012

08 Cloud Computing World Forum Africa Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/africa

23 eLearning Africa : 77^th International Conference on ICT for development, Education and Training

Website: http://www.elearning-africa.com/

June 2012

25 Africa Ports and Harbours Show 2012 Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://agrisummit.com/

July 2012

16 The Mine Managers Show Africa Vereeniging South Africa

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/mine-managers-show-africa/index.stm

23 Aviation Outlook Africa 2012 Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/aviation-outlook-africa/index.stm

September 2012

26 World Clean Technology Summit (WCTS) 2012 Kampala Uganda

Website: http://www.pilotinternationalconferences.com/

27 Life Through Movement International Conference (LTMIC) Potchefstroom South Africa

Website: http://www.ltmic.co.za/

OCTOBER

29 - Nov. 2, 2012:   18th International Conference on Ethiopian Studies, Dire Dawa

http://ices18.org/

November

14 & 15^th Annual Africa Com: Advancing Innovation &Profitability for a Digital Africa

Website: http://africa.comworldseries.com/

January 2013

07 Academy of Management Global Conference: South Africa Johannesburg South Africa

Website: http://meeting.aomonline.org/international/southafrica/