Interdisciplinary Congress of African Studies (COAFRO25)
Congrès interdisciplinaire d’études africaines (COAFRO25)
Published on Friday, July 04, 2025
Abstract
This Congress aims to bring together specialists in African studies in order to analyse the political transformations in Africa and the current political and societal dynamics of the continent.
Announcement
Argument
The 4th edition of the Interdisciplinary Congress of African Studies (online/ hybrid in Cluj-Napoca) aims to bring together specialists in African studies in order to analyse the political transformations in Africa and the current political and societal dynamics of the continent. Like the three previous iterations, the proceedings of COAFRO25 will take place in French and in English, with both bilingual and monolingual panels.
This year’s edition will focus (mainly but not exclusively) on three major thematic areas.
Under the Thematic Area (A), we echo the scientific concerns of the Cluster called Water and Land for Wellbeing in Africa (Sustainable Water and Land Resource Management for Human Well-Being - Africa-Europe CoRE) related to the increasingly complex relationship between climate change, the access to water and land resources, and the diversification and the intensification of the social, economic and political conflicts, we invite the interested contributors to submit proposals dealing at large with corresponding topics approached from a mono- or multidisciplinary perspective. A more specific call for papers for this thematic area is attached to this general call.
Thematic Area (B) will group the proposals exploring the way the revolution engendered by the explosion of the new forms of communication and the generalization of the use of the social media has dramatically challenged the political and social frameworks of the African societies. We encourage both the proposals dealing with theoretical and methodological aspects of studying the transformation of communication and of the social media, as well as those focus on one or several case studies.
Thematic Area (C) will consist in a wider exploration of the new wave of democratic challenges that the African societies have been facing in a geopolitical context marked by the return of power politics. The panelists are invited to problematize and analyse phenomena such as illiberalism, populism, autocratisation, coups d’états, secessionism, ethno-religious conflicts etc., with a focus on their particularities in Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Submission guidelines
In function of their specific interests, the contributors are kindly invited to submit their proposals
before 15 July 2025
by an email sent to afro.conference@ubbcluj.ro.
The accepted proponents will be notified by 25 July.
The proposals, consisting in the following elements, are expected to be written in French or in English:
- The title of the proposal
- A 200–250-word abstract
- The academic title and affiliation
- The thematic area where the proposal fits better: A, B, or C.
Like the three previous iterations, the proceedings of COAFRO25 will take place in French and in English, with both bilingual and monolingual panels.
Scientific committee
- Pr Sergiu Mișcoiu et Dr Andreea Bianca Urs (Centre d'études africaines, Université Babeș-Bolyai de Cluj)
- Pr Cristian Preda, Pr Simona Corlan et Dr Domnica Gorovei (Institut d'études africaines, Université de Bucarest)
- Pr Silviu Rogobete et Pr Lucian Vesalon (Centre Ubuntu, Université de l'Ouest de Timișoara)
- Pr Mamadou Timera et Pr Pap Sakho (Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal)
- Pr Hygin Kakaï (Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin)
- Dr Péter Kruzslicz (Université de Szeged, Hongrie)
- Pr Jean-Michel De Waele (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique)
- Dr Codrin Taut (Commission National de Roumanie pou l’UNESCO)
Subjects
- Africa (Main category)
- Zones and regions > Africa > North Africa
- Zones and regions > Africa > Sub-Saharan Africa
- Society > Ethnology, anthropology > Political anthropology
- Periods > Modern > Twenty-first century
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural identities
- Society > Geography > Geography: society and territory
- Society > History
Places
- 1 rue Emmanuel de Martonne
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (400090)
Event attendance modalities
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Attached files
Keywords
- congrès, Afrique, études africaines, politique africaine, conflits, ressources
Contact(s)
- Sergiu Miscoiu
courriel : miscoiu [dot] sergiu [at] ubbcluj [dot] ro
Reference Urls
Information source
- Sergiu Miscoiu
courriel : miscoiu [dot] sergiu [at] ubbcluj [dot] ro
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Interdisciplinary Congress of African Studies (COAFRO25) », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, July 04, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/14a8c
