The West African Research Association and the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley invite paper proposals addressing West Africa-focused research from faculty and graduate students in all disciplines who are located in the west of North America. We also encourage papers and panels that consider curriculum on West Africa. This will be the second edition of this West Coast Regional Conference with the first being in 2021. Submit here: https://forms.gle/D6JLdv57A4GfETQX8
The conference will take place on Monday, 10 June and Tuesday, 11 June 2024. Presenters will be organized into thematic panels of 3-4 presentations. All sessions will take place on Zoom. The conference will take place during business hours Pacific Daylight Time. The 2024 conference website is linked here and on the Center's Conferences & Symposia page.
Please submit a paper or panel abstract of up to 200 words through this form. The deadline is Friday, 12 April 2024 by 11:59 PM (PT). Conference registration is free. A registration link and schedule will be made available on the conference website by 1 June 2024. Participants will be able to register to present or attend when the registration link becomes available.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please email the Center at asc@berkeley.edu