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2020 Call for Panels and Roundtable Proposals

The ACASA 18th Triennial Symposium on African Art will take place at DePaul University and the Art Institute of Chicago, June 17-21, 2020. We invite proposals for panels and roundtables at this time. A call for individual papers for the open panels will follow at the end of November.

The deadline for panel and roundtable proposals has passed.

Submit to:  https://www.acasaonline.org/2020-proposal-submissions/ 

Please note:

  • Proposals for panels and roundtables may be either open where only a topic is suggested, or fully constituted with all proposed participants identified.
  • Panels will be 120 minutes long. We propose either four twenty-minute papers and a discussant, or five twenty-minute papers.
  • Roundtables will be 90 minutes long. We propose a maximum of six ten-minute presentations with a thirty-minute discussion. 
  • Participants may present only one paper, but may serve as a discussant on another panel or serve as a presenter on a roundtable.
  • Panel and roundtable proposals must include the following: 
    • Title
    • A proposal not to exceed 500 words describing the theme and scope 
    • An abstract not to exceed 100 words to be published on the ACASA Triennial website 
    • Contact information of the chair(s), including address, phone, and e-mail
  • ACASA membership is required to take part in the symposium.  Visit https://www.acasaonline.org/join-acasa/  to find information on ACASA membership and to join. 

Further deadlines:

  • 30 November 2019: Approved panel and roundtable proposals posted on the ACASA Triennial website and publicized via H-AfrArts and the ACASA Newsletter. 
  • 30 November 2019: Call for individual papers (to be submitted by January 3, 2020)
  • 3 January 2020: Proposed individual papers submitted directly to chairs.
  • 1 February 2020:  Final panels and roundtables submitted to Program Committee. 

About ACASA

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

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