Event Details

End: May 30, 2016

Thursday-Sunday, 6-9 October 2016

Hilton Rosemont Chicago O’Hare

5550 N. River Rd., Rosemont, IL 60018

Deadline: April 30, 2016

We desire papers that examine any aspect of African studies and culture, from any time period, using any scholarly method.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Western news/entertainment media representations of Africa and/or African responses to Western representation
• Comparative approaches to African and other cultures
• Technology use in Africa
• Social media and life in Africa, connections between Africa and other continents
• Impact of (popular) culture on politics in Africa and politics of Africa in other places
• Tourism/urbanization and culture in Africa
• Geographical concepts concerning Africa
• Cross-cultural influences among Africans and diaspora Africans and their descendants in politics, art, music etc.

To submit a paper, register at submissions.mpcaaca.org. Include a 250 word abstract or a panel proposal (abstracts and titles of each paper) and the name, affiliation, address, and email of each person. Specify special AV/scheduling needs when submitting. MPCA can provide projectors. Do not submit the same item to more than one Area.

For graduate student travel grants, see http://mpcaaca.org/info/travel-grants/. Full funding for travel fees is not available.

Amy Harth Union Institute & University

Questions? Email: amy.harth@email.myunion.eduhttp://mpcaaca.org/