A network of excellence IN AFRICAN STUDIES

AEGIS is a research network of European studies centres which aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. With primary emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities, AEGIS' main goal is to improve understanding about contemporary African societies.

5-6 March 2010, Trondheim
Conference programme
Flyer Dialogues with Mozambique
6-8 May 2010, Birmingham
Tuning in to African cities - Call for papers (PDF)
7-13 June 2010, Cortona AEGIS Summer School
30 September-1 October 2010, Turku - Finland Nordic Africa Days
7-9 October 2010, Basel
Living the African city

15-18 June 2011, Uppsala
ECAS - 4th European Conference on African Studies

AEGIS Thematic Conference: Dialogues with Mozambique (March 5 – 6, 2010, Trondheim, Norway). Registration deadline for the conference is 1st February 2010. Read the conference programme

AEGIS Summer School for advanced Ph.D. students: Africa’s transnational relations (June 7-13, 2010, Cortona, Italy) 2nd Call for papers (PDF)

ilissAfrica (Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa): a portal to relevant scientific conventional and digital information resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region

New publication: AEGIS Series no 4: Respacing Africa (ed. by Ulf Engel and Paul Nugent)

New publication: Africa Yearbook no. 5: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2008 (edited by Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber and Klaas van Walraven)

CIEA7: Lisbon, 9-11 Sept. 2010:
50 Years of African Independencies: challenges to modernity