The Center for African Studies invites you to our yearly Spring Conference! This year's theme is "Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization."

Friday, May 5th, the conference will be held in the William Pitt Union. Registration is in the Assembly Room!

Saturday, May 6th, the conference will be held in Posvar Hall. Registration is in the Global Hub!

Both across and beyond the university, our decolonial moment offers a pivotal opportunity for Africanist thinkers, researchers, and teachers. As the African continent grows in both population and global influence, how can these shifts be reflected in our practices of presenting knowledge? What colonial, imperialist, or elitist mindsets persist, and how might university structures be reworked to destabilize them? Most concretely of all, what is the role of the classroom and those entrusted to lead it? This year’s conference will convene a conversation around these timely questions, as well as foster a community of mutual support that cuts across lines of discipline, geography, and institutionality. Through paper presentations, a keynote address, roundtable discussions, and a syllabus workshop, conference attendees will both benefit from and contribute to a reconsideration of Africa in the classroom.

We invite all scholars and practitioners who work on Africa-related topics—including those based in our regional academic networks in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Appalachian regions—to participate in the conference.

Find the full conference schedule and register here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/spring-conference-1