From 30 June to 3 July 2027, Lisbon will welcome scholars from across the world for the 11th European Conference of African Studies (ECAS2027): African Prisms. 
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Image: ECAS Conference in Leiden, Jos Damen 2007
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The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) is pleased to announce its 19th Annual Symposium (GAPSYM19), themed "Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa". This 19th multidisciplinary conference will be co-organised by Ghent University’s Human Rights Research Network and Conflict Research Group. Voices, Rights & Justice in Africa remain highly relevant today due to ongoing challenges related to human rights, environmental rights, rights to health & education, access to legal systems, etc. across the continent.
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Professor position in Art History, specializing in the art history of Africa and/or Afro-Diaspora traditions (inclusive of Black, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Caribbean or other African diasporic traditions from antiquity to the present).
Application Deadline: 12 November 2026
Start date: 17 August 2027 (fall semester)