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VAD 2020

Africa challenges is a conference of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD e.V.) organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF) at Goethe-University.

Due to the current corona pandemic, the conference of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD) planned for September 2020 in Frankfurt will be organized mainly as a virtual conference taking place from 7 to 11 June 2021.

Stay tuned for more informations.

Registration will be free -and start on 15 April 21

We are delighted to announce that conference fees will be waived for all participants due to a generous financial support of DFG, Freunde und Förderer der Goethe-Universität, Stiftung zur Förderung de...

Partial Reopening of Call for Papers

The postponed VAD conference 2020 which will be organised in a hybrid format reopens the call for papers for selected panels only which will take place in a virtual conference from 7 to 11 June 2021. ...

Finally: conference will be (mainly) virtual

The conference will take place online from 7 to 11 June 2021. The panels posted on this website have agreed thier participation. For some of the panels there will be a re-opening of the Call for Paper...