Conference
Global Africa: Past, Present, and Future
University of Kansas - Lawrence, Kansas
April 24-26, 2025
This hybrid, interdisciplinary conference is dedicated to exploring the diverse dimensions of Global African heritage and presence. The conference seeks to facilitate a dialogue that explores the multifaceted African perspectives on historical and contemporary global dynamics, with particular attention to the history and state of African diasporic communities, transnational networks, and imagined futures.
Hosted by these units at the University of Kansas:
Center for Global and International Studies
Kansas African Studies Center
Department of African and African-American Studies
This conference is a hybrid event.
All sessions will take place online using Zoom.
The keynote speeches will take place in person and online.
Dates:
Thurs, Apr 24: Keynote speaker will open the conference in the evening.
Fri, Apr 25: Sessions will take place all day with a keynote speaker mid-day.
Sat, Apr 26: Sessions will take place in the morning with a keynote speaker mid-day.
Contact Information:
Luciano Tosta, lucianotosta@ku.edu
Director, Center for Global & International Studies; Assoc Prof, Dept of Spanish & Portuguese
Glenn Adams, adamsg@ku.edu
Director, Kansas African Studies Center; Prof, Dept of Psychology
Shawn Alexander, shawnalexander@ku.edu
Prof & Chair, Dept of African & African-American Studies; Director, Langston Hughes Center