From: Eva Branscome
Date: Mar 5, 2026
Subject: CFP: AFRAUHN Nairobi (Nairobi, 8-10 Sep 26)
Kenya, University of Nairobi, Sep 8–10, 2026
Deadline: Apr 3, 2026
The African Architectural and Urban History Network (AFRAUHN), in
collaboration with the Department of Architecture at the University of
Nairobi, invites proposals for papers about emerging discourses and
themes in African architectural and urban practices for a major
international conference being held at the University of Nairobi from
8th September – 10th September 2026.
It will be the second AFRAUHN bi-annual conference, the first having
taken place at the Wits School of Architecture and Planning in South
Africa in July 2024. Recognizing that discourses about African
architecture and urban planning are more complex than the bifurcated
‘traditional’/‘colonial’ or ‘African’/‘Western’ models which still tend
to dominate the research, writing, environmental design and spatial
design practices in the continent, this conference instead welcomes
contributions that critically examine the status quo(s) of these models
and disciplines – be that in terms of academic, practice, national
institutions or regulatory bodies, or as are imagined by policy-makers
in forms of urban development which are then disseminated to the public.
AFRAUHN NAIROBI is organized to coincide with the inaugural Pan-African
Biennale of Architecture, curated by Omar Degan and team, and which is
also being held in September 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya:
https://www.panafricanbiennale.org
AFRAUHN NAIROBI conference sessions include:
SESSION 1: Reclaiming Regional Identity in Kenyan Architecture
SESSION 2: Architectural Education in Africa: When the Curriculum Leans
Towards a Eurocentric Body of Knowledge
SESSION 3: Writing African Architectural History?
SESSION 4: Shifting the Ground for Thinking the Historiographies of
African Architecture and Urbanism
SESSION 5: What happened to Tropical Architecture?
SESSION 6: Constructing Coloniality: Nodes of Imperialism and the East
African Built Environment
SESSION 7: Design Research in African Architectural and Urban History
We invite abstracts of a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 500 words
for this groundbreaking international conference to be hosted at the
University of Nairobi, Kenya. Please submit your details and abstracts
by Friday 3rd April 2026.
For further information on the AFRAUHN NAIROBI conference and how to
submit proposals, please visit this weblink:
https://www.afrauhn.org/items/call-for-papers-afrauhn-nairobi
Reference / Quellennachweis:
CFP: AFRAUHN Nairobi (Nairobi, 8-10 Sep 26). In: ArtHist.net, Mar 5,
2026. <https://arthist.net/archive/51887>.
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