Call for Papers: Africana Studies-University of Maryland, Baltimore County (AFST-UMBC) Biennial International Conference

The Africana Studies Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, USA, Announces its Second Biennial International Conference on “African Women, Civil Wars, and Peacebuilding,” to be held at the UMBC Main Campus, May 17-18, 2023.

See details about the conference and on submitting panel and individual paper proposals in this pdf.

Brenda Randolph Receives the Distinguished Africanist Award

We are honored to announce that Howard University’s Center for African Studies Outreach Director Brenda Randolph has been selected to receive the 2022 Distinguished Africanist Award by the African Studies Association (ASA). For the first time, the ASA expanded its selection criteria beyond those who hold Ph.D.s and who have written significant academic texts to acknowledge the exceptional value of scholarship often relegated to the margins as ‘service’.

Howard Participation at ASA 2022

What panels are Howard faculty presenting on at the 65th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting? Here is the list!

The ASA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world and is the flagship event of the association.

This year's theme is "African Urbanities: Mobility, Creativity, and Challenges"

USIP Peace Scholar Fellowship Awarded to Clinical Psychology Student

Written by Clinical Psychology PhD Student, Christine Kindler

Photo: Christine Kindler, founder of CARSA - Christophe Mbonyingabo, Dr. Ezer Kang

Dr. Mnyandu on BBC Newsday on China-South Africa Relations

Listen to Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu of Howard University on BBC Newsday on China's Relationship with South Africa. Forward to 36 min 55 sec. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yf8rg5db4wh

Apply for Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program

Deadline: November 15, 2022

The application for the U. S. Department of State’s 2023 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is now open!

Thank you for joining us at the Open House!

Thank you for joining us at the Center for African Studies Open House yesterday, Tuesday, October 11!

The director of the Center, Dr. Krista Johnson shared opportunities such as language fellowships for students and faculty grants and our new Affiliated Faculty program. Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu's Zulu class turned choir performed and many HU students and faculty make connections with others interested in all things Africa-related.

We hope that you will join us for our events through out the year and take advantage of opportunities at the Center.

Congratulations to Tiffany Thames Copeland for the Fulbright Scholar Grant!

Tiffany Thames Copeland, PhD, a Howard University alumna, was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. The Fulbright grant is a prestigious award offered by the United States Department of State. The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board members--appointed by the President of the United States--selected Dr. Copeland as a grant recipient. 

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)-BPIA Mentorship Program for graduate students

Deadline: September 12, 2022

Are you in search of professional development opportunities in the field of conflict resolution or peacebuilding? We are excited to continue our second year of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)-BPIA Mentorship Program!

Congratulations to Christine Kindler for Peace Scholar Fellowship

Congratulations to Christine Kindler who has been awarded a Peace Scholar Fellowship from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) for her outstanding dissertation “Peace Conversation Circles: Promoting Agonistic Historical Dialogue in Post-Genocide Rwanda.” We also congratulate Professor Ezer Kang as advisor and affiliate faculty of the Center for African Studies.