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Collaborative Research Group Africa in the Indian Ocean and Conference | Until December 20th, 2023


In partnership with the Center for International Studies of Lisbon, the University of Urbino (Italy) organizes the Conference “A Passage to/from Africa: rhythmic exchanges in the Western Indian Ocean”. This conference calls for papers on issues concerning Africa and the Indian Ocean, bringing together researchers interested in discussing the following topics:

– Interpretations and representations of cultural encounters

– Mobility as a way of life, and its local impacts

– Diversification of religious ideas and practices

– Hegemonic powers and the dialectics of dependence and resistance

– Social asymmetries, economic exchanges, and political reconstructions

– Popular culture, oral and written literary traditions

– Colonialisms and decolonizing perspectives

The Conference will be held at the University of Urbino in Italy on the 4 – 5 of April 2024.

Deadline for sending abstracts is the 20th of December 2023.

Please send your abstract to our secretariat at: crg.wio.urbino@gmail.com

Please visit the conference site at this link for more information.


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