CONFERENCES

Past Conferences

Repatriating African Studies

ASWAD 12th Biennial Conference
Accra, Ghana (University of Ghana-Legon)
August 2-5, 2023

Rising for Survival: Black Resistance, Political Projects and Democracy in Times of "Crisis"
ASWAD Virtual Symposium & 11th Biennial Conference

November 4-6, 2021

Remembrance, Renaissance, Revolution: The Meaning of Freedom in the African World Over Time and Space
ASWAD 10th Biennial Conference

Williamsburg, Virginia
November 5-9, 2019

African/Diasporic Futures: Re-Envisioning Power, Interventions, Imaginations and Belonging

ASWAD 9th Biennial Conference
Seville, Spain
November 7-11, 2017

African Diaspora Circularities: Forging Communities, Cultures, and Politics

ASWAD 8th Biennial Conference
Charleston, South Carolina
November 4-7, 2015

Transformative Visions: Confronting Change and Creating Opportunity in Africa and the African Diaspora

ASWAD 7th Biennial Conference
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
October 30-November 2, 2013

African Liberation and Black Power: The Challenges of Diasporic Encounters Across Time, Space, and Imagination

ASWAD 6th Biennial Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
November 3-6, 2011

Africa, Diaspora, and Pan-African Agendas

ASWAD 5th Biennial Conference
Accra, Ghana
August 2-6, 2009

Interrogations of Freedom: Memories, Meanings, Migrations

ASWAD 4th Biennial Conference
Bridgetown, Barbados
October 9-12, 2007

Diasporic Encounters and Collaborations

ASWAD 3rd Biennial Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 5-7, 2005

Affirmations and Contestations: Interrogating the Connections Between Africa and the Diaspora

ASWAD 2nd Biennial Conference
Evanston, Illinois (Northwestern University)
October 2-4, 2003

Crossing Boundaries: The African Diaspora in the New Millennium

ASWAD 1st Biennial Conference
New York, NY (New York University and the Schomburg Research Center)
September 20-23, 2001