Deadline: Aug 31, 2025 Donor: Konrad Adenauer Foundation Kenya Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: Kenya Area: Civil Society Development, Social Justice, Corruption, Youth & Adolescents The Konrad Adenauer Foundation Kenya is looking for applications for the 2nd Round of Financial Support to Third Parties for “CSOs’ Integrity Clubs” Program under the Strengthening capacities of local Civil Society to fight Corruption: Tupigane na Ufisadi (TUNU) Project. For more information, visit https://www.kas.de/en/web/kenia/single-title/-/content/call-for-applications-24 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/applications-open-for-csos-integrity-clubs-program-kenya Read more

JAMH Call for Papers Journal of African Military History - Special Issue: New Histories of the Southern African Liberation Struggles The intertwined wars to bring majority-rule to the Southern African states are rightfully understood in African history both as the triumphs of pan-African solidarity and complex events that interwove both local struggles for authority and global ideological competition. Initial nationalist histories traced the rise and political activities of the liberation fronts while more global views explored the cooperation of African actors with international patrons such as Russia, China, and Cuba in their attempts to leverage Cold War dynamics in an effort to attain their freedom. These often ultimately proved to be more official histories that played up the successes of the liberation struggles against the white redoubt countries as well as the international and Pan-African cooperation that allowed these successes  However, the past decade has seen the continued expansion of historical inquiry into these conflicts. Both on the continent and abroad, critical archives have been opened and their documentation being woven into the historical narratives of the conflicts, such as the emergent work on the ALCORA exercises by Robert McNamara and Felipe Rebeiro de Meneses. Access to a plethora of previously unreachable or forgotten interview subjects has established new narratives of the struggles themselves, such as in the works of Joanne MacGregor, Joceylyn Alexander, Christian Williams, or Marc Thomas Howard. Topics that had not previous been studied in a systemic way, such as African participation in the struggles against the liberation fronts or the logistics of sustaining the far-flung struggles, have been explored, establishing new bodies of knowledge about these complex conflicts. Simply put, while there have been published historical narratives and knowledge about these struggles since the days of their waging, newer work has both enhanced and expanded on these early publications and there remains more new scholarship emerging. The intent of this special issue is continuing these efforts and publishing new scholarly perspectives on the planning, waging, and inherited narratives of the struggles for the final liberation of Africa while at the same time uncovering varied aspects of these intertwined conflicts which have received little or no previous scholarly attention We are particularly interested in contributions exploring the following topics regarding either side of the conflict: - Internal alliances and military cooperation; - Operational planning and direct military engagements; - Recruitment, mobilization and manpower; - Veterans and demobilization; - Labor, industry and sustainment of the struggles; - Gender, masculinity, and the role of women; - Resistance, political activism and interment; - Propaganda, espionage and counterintelligence; - External connections and interactions; - Legacy, commemoration and historical memory; The special issue will consider articles submitted in English. If you are interested in proposing a paper on these or any other topics, please contact Dr Charles Thomas (charles.thomas.40@au.af.edu) or Dr. Bafumiki Mocheregwa (bafumiki.mocheregwa@usm.edu).  Abstracts should be submitted by 30 November 2025, with completed essays due by 31 April 2026. Scholars interested in editing future special issues should contact the journal’s managing editors, Roy Doron and Charles G Thomas at doronrs@wssu.edu and charles.thomas.40@au.af.edu Contact Information Dr Charles Thomas (charles.thomas.40@au.af.edu) or Dr. Bafumiki Mocheregwa (bafumiki.mocheregwa@usm.edu) Contact Email charles.thomas.40@au.af.edu URL: https://brill.com/view/journals/jamh/jamh-overview.xml?contents=editorialcontent-62994  Read more

Call for Presentation Abstracts:Towards the CAA 114th Annual Conference (18-21 Feb. 2026), we now welcome the submission of presentation abstracts for the session “Methodological Approaches to Researching Modern Art by African Women Artists.” —Session convened remotely—Session Chairs:Nomusa Makhubu (Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town), and Claudia Marion Stemberger (Department of Art History at the University of Delaware)Session Abstract:The rise of the contemporary in both research and exhibitions of African visual art and material culture has gained significant traction, placing the historically marginalized study of women artists in twentieth-century Africa at a crossroads. The recent growth in online resources pertaining to global modern art, such as biographical notes by AWARE and contextual essays from the MoMA, has helped to reevaluate the narratives surrounding African women artists of the twentieth century. Surveys on African women artists have proposed that gendered practices are multifaceted (Blackmun Visonà 2021), while also underlining the challenges posed by “incongruent methodological approaches to how that gendered history is constructed” (Makhubu 2020). This has opened opportunities to transform research methodologies and fieldwork strategies. In moving forward, however, despite ongoing reflections on the current state of the field (African Arts 2017 & 2024) and revised trajectories of African modernisms (Critical Interventions 2019), there remains a paucity of directions in the analysis of modern art by individual African women artists. The panel discusses methodological innovations and case studies that underpin novel scholarship on women’s artistic production among twentieth-century African art historiography. The scope encompasses accounts of recent shifts and envisioning future inquiry, especially in respect of Africa-centered perspectives. By engaging in debates about the de/canonization of art historical knowledges, this panel illuminates the previously underrepresented histories of African women artists. Timeline:Proposal submission deadline: 29 August 2025Notification of acceptance: 16 September 2025 Submission Guidelines:Prepare your presentation title and abstract (250 words), in addition to your shortened CV (~2 pages). Presenters will submit through CAA's online forms via this link: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2026/webprogrampreliminary/meeting.htmlFor technical issues, kindly reach out to caa@confex.com About the CAA Annual Conference:The CAA Annual Conference by the College Art Association (https://www.collegeart.org/) is the largest convening of art historians, artists, designers, curators, and visual art professionals in North America. Each year, CAA offers sessions submitted by members, committees, and affiliated societies offering a wide range of content. As an organization, CAA emphasizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Most sessions and events will be held on location in Chicago only, while a portion of the program will be convened remotely.    Contact Email cmst@udel.edu URL https://caa.confex.com/caa/2026/webprogrampreliminary/meeting.html Read more

Translation Networks in the Decolonising World, 1950s–1970sKing's College, University of Cambridge | 24–25 April 2026 The 1950s to the 1970s was a transformative period marked by anticolonial struggles, national independences, and non-aligned solidarities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These groundbreaking political shifts went hand-in-hand with profound cultural and ideological exchanges across continents. Central to these exchanges were translation networks—dynamic, often informal systems through which ideas filtered across linguistic and national boundaries. These networks not only facilitated the dissemination of anticolonial and more broadly revolutionary thought, but also helped forge new identities and solidarities in a bipolarised world. From clandestine literature, revolutionary manifestos, political speeches, to broadcasting and print journalism, translation operated as an essential tool for decolonisation. Yet, despite their significance, these translation networks remain underexplored. This conference seeks to shed light on the multifaceted role of translation in the decolonising world between the 1950s and 1970s. It seeks to examine how translation—whether cultural or linguistic, diplomatic or political—served as a bridge for ideas, theories, and strategies that fueled anticolonial struggles, fostered regional solidarities, and contributed to the dissemination of counterhegemonic discourses. This conference seeks to redress narratives that often overlook translation’s role in shaping political and cultural transformation by foregrounding the networks of translation that enabled dialogue between communities, intellectuals, and revolutionary movements. It aims to explore how translation practices facilitated the circulation of anti-colonial ideas, shaped notions of identity and sovereignty, and influenced the formation of new political and cultural realities in the decolonising world. We invite proposals for papers of relevance to the subject of the conference, which might include considerations of: The role of translation in the dissemination of anticolonial thought; The translation of revolutionary texts (e.g., manifestos, poetry, political speeches, print journalism) as well as oral traditions and indigenous knowledge that supported anticolonial narratives; The role of translation as a tool for transnational and transcontinental solidarity; The role of transnational and transcontinental alliances (e.g., the Non-Aligned Movement) in facilitating ideological exchanges and collaborations; The role of translation in national, transnational, and transcontinental conferences, festivals, and organisations; The translation and/or adaptation, reinterpretation, and dissemination of Afro-Asianism, Marxism, nationalism, Pan-Africanism, and/or Pan-Arabism; The influence of radio, print, and emerging broadcasting or recording technologies in spreading anticolonial ideas in translation; The role and agency of individual translators in establishing transnational and transcontinental connections; Comparative perspectives on the intersection of translation and decolonisation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The conference will be in-person at King’s College, University of Cambridge. To submit a proposal, please include in one document the following information: proposals for 20-minute papers (300 words), paper title, and participant(s) biography (100 words). Please submit proposals by e-mail to Georgia Nasseh (gsn25 [at] cam.ac.uk). The deadline for submissions is 15 October 2025. Contact Information Dr Georgia NassehResearch Fellow in the Literatures of the Global SouthKing's College, University of Cambridge Contact Email gsn25@cam.ac.ukRead more: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20122618/cfp-translation-networks-decolonising-world-1950s-1970s  Read more

Book Series Title: Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and LiteraturePublisher: HJ Verlag Maurer – Maurer Press, Frankfurt, GermanyWebsite: www.maurer.press We invite contributions for the next volume of our series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume is dedicated to exploring feminist perspectives in literature and culture, providing a platform for work that highlights the diverse ways feminism continues to shape literary scholarship. We welcome chapters that examine women’s and gender-diverse voices in literature, challenge patriarchal structures, and consider how feminist approaches intersect with race, class, sexuality, disability, ecology, and postcolonial contexts. Submissions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, oral traditions, or interdisciplinary forms. Possible Areas of Inquiry (not limited to): Feminist literary criticism and theory Postcolonial and decolonial feminism Ecofeminism and environmental justice Queer feminism and sexuality in literature Disability feminism and embodiment Re-reading canons and genres through feminist lenses Feminist experimentation with form and narrative Other feminist and intersectional approaches to literature are also welcome. Submission Guidelines Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the author) Full Chapter: Minimum 4,000 words Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th edition, justified text, 1.15 spacing Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Plagiarism and Similarity Policy All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% cannot be considered. Important Dates Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 Estimated Publication Date: January / February 2026 There will also be publication fees charged Submission Emails Please send abstracts and full chapters (once accepted) to all of the following: Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr Read more: https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20122592/edited-volume-feminism-and-literary-studies  Read more

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts/Chapters for the third volume of our book series, Contemporary Literary Studies on Language and Literature. This volume invites scholars, researchers, and academics to contribute high-quality chapters focused on ecocritical approaches to literary inquiry. We encourage submissions that engage with the relationship between literature, environment, and ecology, and that interrogate how texts represent, critique, or reshape human–nature relationships. Contributions may focus on novels, poetry, drama, life writing, speculative fiction, and interdisciplinary or comparative literary studies. The volume welcomes submissions in English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani. Suggested (but not limited to) Research Areas: Ecocritical Literary AnalysisContributions are invited across all literary genres—novels, poetry, drama, life writing, and experimental forms—addressing topics such as environmental ethics, ecological consciousness, climate change, urban ecologies, multispecies relations, and representations of nature in literature. Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Exploring how environmental concerns intersect with colonial and neocolonial histories. Submissions may consider extractivism, land dispossession, ecological imperialism, and indigenous or Global South perspectives on sustainability, resistance, and resilience. Ecofeminism and Gendered Ecologies: Examining how gender, ecology, and power are intertwined in literary texts. Topics may include women’s relationship to land, reproductive justice in ecological crises, care labor, and feminist engagements with environmental justice. Queer Ecologies in Literature: Investigating how nonnormative sexualities and genders intersect with environmental thought. Contributions may address queer kinship, environmental belonging, speculative futures, and critiques of heteronormative environmental narratives. Ecology, Disability, and the Body: Analyzing how literature portrays disabled bodies in relation to environmental contexts—such as climate vulnerability, accessibility, survival, and resilience in times of ecological crisis. Ecocriticism and Genre Studies: Re-examining established genres (such as pastoral, science fiction, climate fiction, horror, or utopia/dystopia) through ecocritical lenses. Focus may include the emergence of “cli-fi” and other forms of speculative eco-literature. Indigenous and Decolonial Ecologies: Engaging with indigenous storytelling traditions and decolonial literary practices that foreground ecological knowledge, land rights, spiritual ecologies, and cultural resilience in the face of colonial and ecological violence. Other ecocritical, intersectional, and interdisciplinary literary research is also welcome. Submission Guidelines: Abstract: Minimum 250 words (including a short bio of the scholar) Full Chapter Length: Minimum 4,000 words Formatting: Times New Roman, APA 6th Edition citation style, justified texts, 1.15-line spacing Languages Accepted: English, German, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Plagiarism and Similarity Policy: All submissions will be screened using Turnitin. Works with a similarity index above 20% will not be considered. Authors are advised to pre-check their work for originality. Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 September 2025 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025 Estimated Publication Date: January / February 2026 There will also be publication fees charged Submission Emails: Please submit your abstract and full article (once accepted) by attaching it in an email sent to all of the following addresses: Dr. Gülşah Kıran Elkoca (Editor): gulsah.k@adu.edu.tr Kanan Aghasiyev (Editor, M.A.): kaasiyev@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Habib Tekin (Editor): habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr You may reach the publication history of the series at the following link:https://www.maurer.press/kategorie/bucher/contemporary-studies-on-language-and-literature/ Read more

he George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum is pleased to announce a new research fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year. The yearlong Textile Museum Curatorial Fellowship offers a rare opportunity to pursue intensive, collections-based textile research in one of the world’s most significant textile collections, within the distinctive setting of an academic museum. The Fellowship aims to support the quality, vitality, and diversity of research in textile studies while strengthening curators’ intellectual stewardship of The Textile Museum Collection. This opportunity is ideal for an advanced doctoral student or a postdoctoral researcher who earned their Ph.D. within the past two years and whose research interests align with The Textile Museum Collection and its current research priorities. For further information and to apply, please visit: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/121582.   Contact Information TM Curatorial Department Contact Email museumcuratorial@gwu.edu Read more

This is a call for papers and discussants for the first annual Workshop on Southern Africa (WOZA!) Conference, to be held Friday May 1 - Sunday May 3, 2026. In 2024, the organization formerly known as North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa (NEWSA) changed its name to WOZA! to acknowledge that it is no longer composed only of scholars based in the northeastern part of North America. With our new name, we hope to carry on NEWSA’s long-established spirit of community, intellectual seriousness, and warm engagement with new scholarship. For more information, please see our website:  https://sites.google.com/view/workshoponsouthernafrica/home  Submission deadline, October 1, 2025 About the Conference: WOZA! is an interdisciplinary conference open to scholars at all stages of their careers. We encourage scholars from all disciplines who are currently working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, the Indian Ocean Islands, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to submit proposals. WOZA! is organized around intensive discussion of pre-circulated papers. There are also many opportunities for informal conversation about work in progress. This workshop model is designed to give southern Africanists the opportunity for close discussion of work across a wide variety of scholarly fields. We aim to prioritize scholarship, regardless of discipline or topic, that is evidence-based and grounded in analysis of African discourses and concepts. The program committee encourages submissions from advanced graduate students and junior faculty. We especially encourage participation from African professionals, scholars and graduate students, including those currently based outside the continent.  Participants may: (a) present a paper (b) propose a panel of three or four papers, or (c) serve as a discussant. Because of the high demand for participation relative to the size of the conference facility, and our desire to maintain the workshop atmosphere, we can only allow attendees who are presenting papers or serving as discussants, and we expect attendees to be present for the majority/all of the sessions.  Logistics: We will host the 2026 meeting, our first in-person gathering as WOZA!, at the Isabella Freedman Center in the Connecticut Berkshires  (https://adamah.org/retreat-centers/isabella-freedman/ ), from May 1-3, 2026. Located on 400 acres with a private lake and a working farm, the Isabella Freedman Center provides an ideal location to continue the NEWSA/WOZA! tradition of a scholarly retreat. Conference registration will include communal meals and on-site accommodation. This venue will also enable us to accept a limited number of virtual/online participants. For conference costs please see website Hybrid/online option: WOZA! hopes to continue NEWSA’s tradition of in-person, retreat-style engagement, where many productive conversations happen informally, in addition to the scheduled sessions. But we also recognize that a variety of barriers can make it challenging for people to attend in person. We have a limited number of spots available for online (remote) participation, which you may request when submitting your abstract/proposal. These spots will be allocated when we accept proposals. Because we need to pay for our venue, we cannot permit last-minute switches to online participation. Submission Instructions: The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2025. We will notify accepted participants by the end of October, and ask that if accepted, you confirm attendance and pay your registration fee by December 15, 2025, so that we may finalize our booking with the conference venue. Please use this submission form to submit: https://forms.gle/GkjzKf1zHySGQZwi9  Individual Paper Submission Instructions: Your abstract should explain the argument you intend to make, the source of your evidence (e.g., archival, fieldwork, survey), and the contribution your paper makes to understanding significant problems in southern Africa, to furthering conceptual debates, and/or to producing new knowledge in Southern African Studies. WOZA! papers should not be previously published, and will ideally be at a stage of preparation that allows for incorporation of the feedback received during the workshop. The maximum length for the abstract is 500 words.  Panel Submission Instructions: If you wish to organize your own three- or four-paper panel, your proposal should include a brief rationale for how the papers fit together  (250-400 words), as well as the abstracts for each individual paper (space is provided in the submission form). The organizers will be happy to negotiate alternative panel formats (such as open discussions of a current issue). We also reserve the right to accept only some papers within a panel. You may choose to include a discussant or leave it to us to provide one.   Discussant Instructions: If you wish to serve as a discussant, please use the online submission form to indicate the areas of southern African studies on which you are most prepared to comment. Once the workshop participants are selected and organized into panels, each panel will be assigned a discussant. Discussants read the pre-circulated papers by the participants in their session and, after authors introduce their papers, give a 10-minute comment on the papers individually and collectively. Discussants also coordinate discussion of the papers amongst those attending the panel. Completed papers, not to exceed 8,000 words, will be due March 15, 2026, so that the papers can be pre-circulated on the conference website ahead of the meeting. Pre-circulating papers is an essential part of the WOZA! experience. Papers are kept confidential among conference participants and will not be circulated beyond attendees. As an intellectual community, WOZA! recognizes that scholarly interpretation can undergird economic, political and social marginalization.  We also recognize that power exists within scholarly communities, and that some members of our community are marginalized due to sex, gender, race, disability, nationality, and/or institutional position.  We are committed to working against such marginalization, and the programming committee has a mandate to create and prioritize panels that help achieve this goal.  For any questions, please contact newsa.workshop@gmail.com  Read more

📅 Date: 3 November 2025📍 Location: Kigali, Rwanda (Pre-conference to the 12th Annual ANAPRI Stakeholders Conference – 4-6 Nov 2025) More and better job creation is at the top of policymakers’ agendas — and the Agrifood System (AFS) is central to that mission. From farms to food services, AFS employs a massive share of the global workforce, especially in low-income countries. But many of these jobs are informal and low-paying. The challenge? Boost productivity, sustainability, and inclusion — especially for youth and women — while harnessing disruptive technologies and climate-smart innovations. 🌱💼 We are inviting academic papers on:🔹 Current AFS job profiles & prospects (on/off farm, rural/urban)🔹 Role & constraints of MSMEs in job creation🔹 Skills for the future AFS workforce🔹 Inclusive value chain models🔹 Mechanization, automation & digital innovations🔹 Sustainable intensification & job outcomes🔹 Youth & women inclusion in AFS jobs🔹 Quality of AFS jobs Benefits:✔️ Opportunity to present your paper in Kigali✔️ Selected papers may be published in a special journal issue✔️ Findings will inform a World Bank flagship study✔️ Travel & lodging covered for one presenter per selected paper 📩 Submission deadline: 15 September 2025📢 Notification of selection: 30 September 2025📧 More info: info@anapri.net 🔗 Submit your full paper here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedQriG880hJqUDf7nyvYXhCuZUAfCcwDV23-C2ZHawDzVTWg/viewform  Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Donor: Catalyst Fund Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan Area: Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Climate Change, Technology Catalyst Fund is seeking innovative, scalable African companies focused on climate adaptation and resilience to partner with. For more information, visit https://www.thecatalystfund.com/pitch-to-us Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/catalyst-fund-resilience-i-pitch-to-us-programme-africa Read more

Deadline: Aug 11, 2025 Donor: The Fashion Academy Abuja Grant Type: Training Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: Nigeria Area: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Entrepreneurship, Innovation The Fashion Academy Abuja Fashion Academy Abuja Training Programme is now open to bridge skill gaps and empower the next generation of fashion innovators with technical expertise and business acumen. For more information, visit https://clap.gov.ng/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/fashion-academy-abuja-training-programme-nigeria Read more

Deadline: Oct 01, 2025 Donor: Kellogg Institute for International Studies Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: Not Available Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Democracy & Good Governance, Individuals, PhD Holder, Research The Kellogg Institute for International Studies is seeking applications for its Kellogg Institute Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships to award newly minted PhDs who conduct research on global democracy. For more information, visit https://kellogg.nd.edu/opportunities/visiting-researchers/about-our-postdoctoral-visiting-fellowships#tab-3426 Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/applications-open-for-postdoctoral-visiting-fellowships Read more