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Scolma 2015 conference

The call for papers for Scolma’s 2015 conference ‘”There came a darkness”: Africa, Africans and World War I‘ is now closed. We have had an excellent response, and this year promises to be very exciting and interesting. It will be held on 17th July at the British Library, and you can stay up to date here –

http://scolma.org/events/.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Empire Needs Men: Workshop, Holborn Library

Two million Africans fought in World War I. These troops came from the Caribbean Islands, Africa, America and Africans in Britain. They fought gallantly and heroically as many European soldiers. This workshop is part of the Empire Needs Men Exhibition, will explore how African troops from worldwide were involved in World War I. It will bring to live some of the heroic stories of the African soldiers who joined in the fight. It will discuss what happened to them before, during and after the war.
Saturday 7th February 2015
11.30am- 1.00pm
@ Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre,
Holborn Library,
32-38 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PA
Book your place call: 020 7974 6342 or email: localstudies@camden.gov.uk

Yorkshire African Studies Network Call for Papers

Yorkshire African Studies Network Conference 2015
Family, Community and Livelihoods: Perspectives from Africa
19 May 2015, University of Sheffield

Recent years have seen impressive levels of economic growth in many parts of Africa, with a new discourse of ‘Africa Rising’ coming to displace the widespread pessimism of the late twentieth century. 2015 is also the year in which countries across the continent will be scrutinised regarding their achievements or failures in relation to the ‘Milliennium Development Goals’. In this one-day conference, we seek to go beyond statistics and national indicators to understand contemporary African societies in rich detail and at the local level. In particular, the conference will explore community and neighbourhood dynamics, family relations, parent-child relations, intergenerational relations, child rearing practices, work opportunities and livelihood choices, and how these are evolving in the context of changing socio-economic and political conditions. This agenda speaks to a wide range of contemporary concerns prevalent across much of Africa, including (but not limited to) the following: job creation and unemployment, fertility rates and demographic change, ‘youth bulges’, education, gender relations, children’s rights, the changing nature of family relations, labour relations, community participation, violence and crime, and the need for improved systems for urban and neighbourhood planning.We welcome applications from PhD students, researchers and academics focusing on the above issues in any part of the African continent from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds: Sociology, Anthropology, Urban Studies and Planning, Geography, History, Politics, Social Policy, Economics, amongst others. Please submit 300-word abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference to Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh    a.twum-danso@sheffield.ac.uk   by 31st March 2015. We will let you know as soon as possible after the deadline whether your paper proposal has been accepted.This call for papers is open to all academics, researchers and postgraduate students (PGT or PGR)–whether they are based in Yorkshire or elsewhere .Times and schedules will be confirmed in due course.