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Call for panels: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations" +++Deadline extended+++

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From 26 to 28 August 2026, the ZASB will host the joint conference of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) and the Association for African Studies in Germany e.V. (VAD). The conference connects scholars based in Europe, Africa and beyond and welcomes participants from all career levels. The deadline for panel submissions is extended to 15 August 2025.

The conference theme “African Perspectives on Global Transformations” proposes a framework that responds to increasingly urgent calls for decolonization, epistemic justice, reparations, climate justice and restitution, under the conceptual header of planetary health and cosmopolitan flourishing. Based on this framework, the conference brings together approaches to examine past, present and future global transformations from a broad spectrum of disciplines and thematic areas.

The call for panel is now open until 15 August 2025.

Visit the conference website for further information.

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