AEGIS is a vibrant Europe-wide African Studies association, connecting Europe-based member institutions focusing on research and education on and in Africa and African Studies.
On 25 March 2026, as part of the 2026 Sahel Symposium at Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies, the new AEGIS Collaborative Research Group Le monde du Sahel: Promoting Academic Collaborations and Spaces (Sahel/PAX) will be officially launched in a hybrid session.
Please find below the Call for Papers of the annual conference organised by the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association, themed Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa.
Trust and Trust-Making in Africa’s Global Connections is the latest publication in the AEGIS-Brill Series. It is a thought-provoking book contributing to both African Studies and the study of trust in society. The volume provides rich ethnographic insights into the ways trust and trust-making shape Africans’ global encounters.
At ECAS 2025 in Prague, Michael Bollig succeeded Amanda Hammar as AEGIS President, marking the official transfer of the presidency to the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) in Cologne.