Announcement / Call for Papers - Fluid Networks and Hegemonic Powers in the Western Indian Ocean. 2nd International Thematic Conference on Africa and the Indian Ocean - ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, 9-10 April 2015.
The AEGIS Collaborative Research Group on Africa in the Indian Ocean welcomes applications to participate in the forthcoming Thematic Conference. Please, send an email with your name, proposed title and short abstract to aioconference2015@gmail.com
his 2nd Thematic Conference of the CRG-AIO will take place at ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, in 9th-10th April 2014. It proposes to bring together the CRG members and non-CRG researchers working on Africa in the Indian Ocean and who are interested in bridging disciplinary and regional borders in this field of study. The 2-day Conference will be divided in four panels (on history, anthropology, international relations and security/conflict studies), on the general theme of understanding the complex interactions between Fluid Networks and Hegemonic Powers in the Western Indian Ocean.
As with the 2013 1st International Conference on Africa and the Indian Ocean, we intend to publish the results in a Conference book. The Conference will be an important preparation for the already selected CGR-AIO panel at the coming ECAS 6 – Paris, in July 2015. It will also be an important opportunity to strengthen the existing ties between CRG members, and bring not only East African but also Turkish, Arab and Indian researchers and research centres into closer partnership with AEGIS.
Deadline for submission of abstracts - 31 January 2015
Notification of accepted paper proposals - 15 February 2015