Center for African Studies

Women and Gender Studies Collective (WGSC) at Howard University celebrates International Women's Day and the Howard Sesquicentennial by inviting two distinguished global leaders, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (former Managing Director of the World Bank) and Congresswoman Karen Bass of California to discuss the "Internationalization of Black Consciousness and Gender Equity." The event will be marked by a conversation on women's global leadership and student poster displays of women around the world.

The Institute of Reading Development is seeking candidates for summer 2017 teaching positions. They seek applicants with an undergraduate degree or higher from any discipline.

The 2018-19 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition is now open and accepting applications for awards in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A new journal, Vanguard, is calling for papers. The deadline is April 15, 2017.

The 19th annual meeting is themed: “Immigration— People and Societies in Movement: Immigration, Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.” We are especially interested in submissions that address the “Immigration” theme, but as always, welcome panel and paper proposals from any social science discipline (anthropology, economics, gender & sexuality, health, history, international relations, media studies, politics, policy studies, sociology) on any subject.