CFP – Interdisciplinary Research in African Studies

The following one-day meeting will be of interest to Africanists in the USA. Unfortunately there is no funding available. Comments are closed for this post. Please email the organisers for further information or look at the website.

Fall 2009 Meeting of the Southeast Regional Seminar for African Studies
Virginia Tech University
October 3, 2009

The Southeast Regional Seminar on African Studies (SERSAS), an
organization dedicated to promoting research on Africa since 1973, has
chosen to examine interdisciplinary work in African Studies as our main
theme. Virginia Tech University has graciously agreed to host this meeting
on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Naturally, presentations that cross and
challenge disciplinary divides will be particularly welcome, although any
topics that deal with Africa will be considered. We pride ourselves as an
interdisciplinary group, and presenters have come in recent years from a
wide variety of disciplines, including art history, architecture, botany,
anthropology, modern languages, and history. All scholars are invited to
attend and to present their research at the meeting, either as individual
papers or as a panel. Participants should be aware that SERSAS cannot
provide financial assistance for travel or lodging. To participate,
presenters must join SERSAS and pay registration fees ($20.00 for faculty
and independent scholars, $10.00 for graduate students). The fee is waived
for all undergraduates.

Graduate students and advanced undergraduates are strongly encouraged to
attend and present, and there will be a prize awarded to the best paper by
a student at the conference. We are also open to holding workshops of
interest to students, on issues ranging from navigating the challenges of
the job market and publishing to considering applying for graduate school.
Abstracts will be accepted until August 15, 2009. Please send abstracts
of roughly 200 words and any questions regarding the meeting to the
following SERSAS coordinators:

Kea Gorden, Department of Political Science, College of Charleston,
GorenK@cofc.edu

Aran MacKinnon, Department of History, State University of West Georgia,
amackinn@westga.edu

Jeremy Rich, Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University,
jrich@mtsu.edu

SERSAS webpage: http://www.ecu.edu/african/sersas/homepage.htm.