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Call for Papers Theme: Africa-Asia Subtitle: A New Axis of Knowledge Type: 2nd International Conference Institution: International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Association for Asian Studies in Africa (A-Asia) University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Location: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Date: 20.–22.9.2018 Deadline: 1.2.2018 __________________________________________________ Building on the multiple encounters, interactions and dialogues initiated at the 1st Africa-Asia Conference (Accra, Ghana, 2015), the 2nd international Conference ‘Africa-Asia, a New Axis of Knowledge’, to be held from 20-22 September 2018, in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), seeks to deepen the explorations of new realities, and long histories connecting Africa and Asia. The conference aims to solidify an infrastructure of engagement bringing together scholars, artists, intellectuals and educators based in Africa and Asia as well as across the world to think both comparatively and holistically about the challenges and possibilities of cross-continental and trans-regional encounters. Emphasizing an inclusive approach, the conference, modelled after ICAS international conventions, will be organized around a series of broad thematic multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial groupings that highlight multiple flows and mobilities linking the two continents such as: transcontinental connections & interactions, economics & development, intellectual; encounters, arts & culture, migration & diasporas and Asian studies in Africa & African studies in Asia. Specifically, the central unifying theme for the conference is a call to understand the histories and futures of Africa-Asia as simultaneously unfolding, in order to rethink the methodologies and knowledge practices through which we understand Africa in Asia and Asia in Africa, and beyond, Africa, Asia and other world regions as ‘fields of studies’. Submissions We invite proposals for (institutional) panels, roundtables, exhibitions, documentaries, papers, (MA and PhD) dissertations and book presentations in the newly conceptualized field of ‘Asian-African studies’. Proposals should be in English or French. They should be submitted online by 1 February 2018. Find the submission forms on: https://forms.iias.asia Funding Very limited financial support may be made available to some scholars who reside in Africa and Asia and some junior or low-income scholars from other parts of the world. If you would like to be considered for a grant, please submit the Grant Application Form in which you state the motivation for your request: https://forms.iias.asia/grant-application-africa-asia-new-axis-knowledge Please also specify the kind of funding that you will apply for or will receive from other sources. Please note that the conference operates on a limited budget, and will not normally be able to provide more than a partial coverage of the costs of travel. The form should be submitted before 1 February 2018. Requests for funding received after this date will not be taken into consideration. Venue University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Organizers University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM, Tanzania) https://www.udsm.ac.tz Association for Asian Studies in Africa (A-Asia, Accra, Ghana http://www.a-asia.org International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS, Leiden, the Netherlands) https://icas.asia/ Conference website: https://icas.asia/en/africa-asia-new-axis-knowledge-second-edition __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
