Version française ci-dessous Call for participation 4th Congo Research Network PhD Days 15–16 January 2026, UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) and online The Congo Research Network (CRN) is pleased to announce its fourth PhD workshop, which will feature a broadened regional focus on Central Africa. As scientific research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the wider … Continue reading
Call for PapersThe Financial History of (De)Colonisation in the 19th and 20th CenturiesUniversity of Antwerp, 16-17 May, 2025 The University of Antwerp and University of Groningen welcome applications from scholars at all career stages to present their papers during a workshop at the University of Antwerp in May 2025 dedicated to exploring the financial dimensions … Continue reading
6th Congo Research Network Conference “Congolese Horizons: Weaving Temporalities in Congo Studies“ 29-31 Jan 2025 The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (GSU) Sharjah, UAE The Congo Research Network (CRN) is organizing its sixth international conference themed, “Congolese Horizons: Weaving Temporalities in Congo Studies,” to be held at The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (GSU), Sharjah, … Continue reading
Call for abstracts Interdisciplinary Conference “Exploring Intersections: Decolonization,Diasporas and the African Food System“, 2nd – 3rd July 2024, Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgium Submit abstracts by 1st April 2024 Appel à résumésConférence interdisciplinaire “Explorer les intersections : Décolonisation, diasporas et système alimentaire Africain“, 2 – 3 juillet 2024, Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgique Soumettre avant le 1er … Continue reading
[Version française en-dessous] Call for Contributions The Congo Research Network (CRN) invites researchers at all levels to contribute to the “Field Notes” section of its website. We are seeking a series of four blog posts (maximum 1000 words each, in English or French) recounting your fieldwork experiences in Congo. These posts will be published online … Continue reading
Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to nominate texts for the Central African Studies Association’s first awarding of the “CASA Prize for the Best Published Article by a Junior Scholar.” As decided at our annual meeting in 2014 in Indianapolis, we will use part of our money to award a junior researcher’s work, … Continue reading
*** Call for Papers *** Congo Research Network (CRN) Stream Panels at CFP CRN ASAUK PANELS African Studies Association Biennial Conference (ASAUK) 7-9 September 2016 in Cambridge, UK Conference details: http://www.asauk.net/asauk-biennial-conference-2016/ Please send abstracts of maximum 250 words to the convenors of the panels below by 26 March 2016. Social Value, Political Economy and Mimicry in Congolese Popular Politics … Continue reading
La constitution du 18 février 2006 instaure un Etat régionalisé et décentralisé. Celui-ci peine à prendre son envol à cause des jeux et enjeux des acteurs aux niveaux national et local malgré l’optimisme affiché des gouvernants congolais dont le président de la république. Ces acteurs se positionnent selon deux logiques : changer ou maintenir la gouvernance … Continue reading
Demande de papiers “Afrique des Grands Lacs” L’Afrique des Grands Lacs Annuaire 2013 – 2014 « L’Afrique des Grands Lacs » est une publication annuelle à comité de lecture. Cet Annuaire publie des articles « d’histoire immédiate » axée sur l’économie politique de la région qui englobe le Rwanda, le Burundi, l’est de la République Démocratique … Continue reading
We are inviting panel proposals for the ASAUK 2014 conference taking place in Sussex on September 11 2014. following the success of the Congo stream at the ASAUK conference in Leeds (Sept 2012), the CongoResearchNetwork has been requested to organize a new stream of Congo-related panels. There is a limit of 9 panels, as to … Continue reading