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CAAS Elections 2024: Nominee Bios

CAAS Elections 2024: Nominee Bios

Nominations for Vice-President Dr Michael Akinpelu Biography My name is Michael Akinpelu. I am an associate professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Regina, in...

Update | Conference 2024 @ McGill University

Update | Conference 2024 @ McGill University

Over the past few weeks, there has been a student-led encampment and labour dispute (Faculty of Law) at McGill University (The site of CAAS Conference 2024). CAAS stands in...

CAAS Elections 2022: Nominee Bios

CAAS Elections 2022: Nominee Bios

Nominations for Vice-President Dr Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin Biography My name is Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin. I am an Assistant Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Youth...

CAAS Elections 2021: Results

CAAS Elections 2021: Results

Vice-President - Elect Dr. Nduka Otiono Biography Nduka Otiono is a writer, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton...

CAAS welcomes the new members of the executive!

CAAS welcomes the new members of the executive!

CAAS Elections 2019 : New Members of the CAAS Executive President: Uwafiokun Idemudia Department of Social Science Associate Professor Program Coordinator, International...

Inaugural Keynote Speech for the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, Montreal 2019!

Inaugural Keynote Speech for the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, Montreal 2019!

Curiosity transcends boundaries and foments African epistemologies Professor Michael P.K. Okyerefo University of Ghana (Nelson Mandela University) Abstract: The global...

Call for Nominations for the CAAS Executive - deadline 30 April!

Call for Nominations for the CAAS Executive - deadline 30 April!

1) The Canadian Association of African Studies invites nominations for the position of Vice-President. This position is a one-year commitment that automatically transitions...

Mount Saint Vincent University is searching for a Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science!

Mount Saint Vincent University is searching for a Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science!

Mount Saint Vincent University is searching for a Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science! Mount Saint Vincent University is searching for a Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science!...

CAAS Call for Papers, Panels and Roundtables EXTENDED until December 17

CAAS Call for Papers, Panels and Roundtables EXTENDED until December 17

CAAS Call for Papers, Panels and Roundtables EXTENDED until December 17 CAAS Call for Papers, Panels and Roundtables EXTENDED until December 17 We thank those of you who have...

Visa Refusal Media Coverage Links

Visa Refusal Media Coverage Links

Visa Refusal Media Coverage Links Canada English McLeod Group No Entry: Visas for international meetings in Canada Globe and Mail The Canadian visa process is broken. And it...

Reminder: Proposals for Papers, Panels, and Roundtables for CAAS 2019 Due December 1st!

Reminder: Proposals for Papers, Panels, and Roundtables for CAAS 2019 Due December 1st!

Reminder: Proposals for Papers, Panels, and Roundtables for CAAS 2019 Due December 1st! Reminder : p roposals for papers, panels and roundtable submissions for the 2019 CAAS...

CAAS Conference 2019 Call for Papers Now Available!

CAAS Conference 2019 Call for Papers Now Available!

CAAS Conference 2019 Call for Papers Now Available! The Call for Panels/Papers/Roundtables is now available on the conference section of our website here:...

Welcome to the 2018-2019 CAAS Board of Directors and returning Canadian Journal of African Studies (CJAS) team!

Welcome to the 2018-2019 CAAS Board of Directors and returning Canadian Journal of African Studies (CJAS) team!

Welcome to the 2018-2019 CAAS Board of Directors and returning Canadian Journal of African Studies (CJAS) team! Board of Directors: President – Meredith Terretta, University...

Ryerson University seeks an Assistant Professor, Department of History, in the history of Indigenous peoples

Ryerson University seeks an Assistant Professor, Department of History, in the history of Indigenous peoples

Ryerson University seeks an Assistant Professor, Department of History, in the history of Indigenous peoples The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson...

CAAS Statement on Visa Refusals

CAAS Statement on Visa Refusals

CAAS Statement on Visa Refusals 29 August 2018. In light of recent media attention to Canada’s broken system for allocating visas to international scholars, the Canadian...

2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2016 Canada’s Intellectual Engagement With Africa : Reflections and Projections...

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) - Call for Panels

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) - Call for Panels

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) - Call for Panels Conference Theme 2017 – Call for Panels From Far and Wide : The Next 150 Date:...

2009 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2009 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2009 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2009 Communities and Transformations in Africa and African Studies Queens...

2010 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2010 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2010 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2010 Africa Matters: Celebrating 40 years of the Canadian Association of African...

2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2011 Africa Here; Africa There York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 5-7 May...

2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2012 Africa in transformation: Africa of individuals, Africa of generations...

2013 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2013 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2013 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2013 Africa Communicating: Digital Technologies, Representation, Power Institute...

2014 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2014 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2014 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2014 The Social Sciences and African Studies: The Fluidity of Disciplinary...

2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2015 Ideas on Africa Date: June 3 – 5, 2015 Place: University of Ottawa, 75...

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)

2017 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference Theme 2017 From Far and Wide : The Next 150 Date: 31 May – 2 June 2017 Location: The...