CFP: African Languages in the Disciplines Conference at Harvard

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From: Chambi Chachage <chambi78 at yahoo.com>
Subject: CFP: African Languages in the Disciplines Conference at Harvard
Date: February 28, 2014 at 11:16:52 AM MST
To: Chambi Chachage <chambichachage at fas.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: Chambi Chachage <chambi78 at yahoo.com>


CALL FOR PAPERS: THE 5TH AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN THE DISCIPLINES CONFERENCE
ABSTRACTS DUE MARCH 21, 2014
AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN THE DISCIPLINES (ALD)
Conference Dates: April 24 2014

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Please join us on April 24, 2014 for the fifth annual ALD conference, which will 
build on the important conversations of the previous four years as we continue 
to engage scholars and African heritage communities in serious discussion about 
the contributions of African languages to the disciplines.

Indigenous African languages are vital to comprehending how Africans understand, 
organize, and transmit essential knowledge to successive generations, both 
through oral and written traditions and through aesthetic practices. African 
languages also serve as road maps for identifying how social, political, and 
economic institutions change over time, and should therefore play a critical 
role in how we approach and interpret our research.

This conference aims to bring together a diverse range of scholars across a 
variety of disciplines. Possible themes include, but are not limited to, the 
contribution of African languages to the study of literature, music, film, 
performance, visual arts, media studies, history, philosophy, religion, 
anthropology, sociology, gender studies, political science, psychology, 
economics, development studies, education, geography, environmental science, 
legal studies, and public health.

Please apply online via our website www.alp.fas.harvard.edu/ald by March 21, 
2014. We ask for a 250-word abstract outlining a 15-minute presentation as well 
as a brief biography.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Department of African and African 
American Studies and the Harvard Committee on African Studies.
Please contact the conference organizers with any questions at 
alp at fas.harvard.edu.

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