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Association of African Studies Programs
Spring Meeting
March 21–22, 2024
Howard University
Center for African Studies
Washington, DC
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Mission Statement
The AASP is an organization made up of the deans, directors, chairpersons, committee heads, or other individuals who have the responsibility for organizing or leading the African studies program at their college or university. Members range from directors of large Title VI centers to colleagues who keep the flame of African studies alive in quite isolated settings.
Members may head stand alone African studies programs or carry out their Africanist activity within programs that may include African and African-American Studies, Black Studies, Multicultural Studies, or Global Studies. AASP’s primary concern is to reach out and support all Africanists who shoulder campus responsibility for Africa-related activities. The purpose of AASP is to keep all members informed of major national developments that impact African studies programs.
The AASP accomplishes this communication in several ways, by:
- Maintaining a mailing list to facilitate communication to all African studies programs.
- Meeting twice a year: a fall meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), and a two-day spring meeting (usually held in Washington, DC).
- Organizing other events of interest to the AASP community, including panels and roundtables at the annual ASA meeting.
Boston University—African Studies Center; Harvard University—Center for African Studies; Georgetown University—African Studies Program; Howard University—Center for African Studies; Indiana University—African Studies Program; Madison College; Michigan State University—African Studies Center; Northwestern University; Rutgers University; University of California, Berkeley—Center for African Studies; University of Florida—Center for African Studies; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign—Center for African Studies; University of Kansas—Kansas African Studies Center; University of Michigan—Center for African Studies; University of Minnesota; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill—African Studies Center; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh; University of Wisconsin, Madison—African Studies Program; Yale University
The David Wiley Travel Award is a $500 cash award given to two individuals who are responsible for organizing or leading an African Studies program at their college or university not currently a member of AASP. The annual award is designed to encourage and support new members to attend AASP’s annual Spring meeting.
How to apply: Submissions should include:
- A current CV; and
- A brief description of the following (1-2 pages):
- type of institution (for example, 4 year, 2 year, public, private, HBCU, non-profit, other institution [list all that apply]);
- the state of African studies on applicant’s campus;
- applicant’s current and or expected involvement with his or her institution’s African studies program;
- brief description of how beneficial applicant’s participation at the Spring meeting of AASP will be to home institution;
- estimate of costs of attending.
Application deadline: Please submit your travel award request to the AASP Officers (AfricanStudiesPrograms@gmail.com) by February 28 with the subject “David Wiley Travel Awards.”
Award Notification and reimbursement: A committee of three AASP members, including the former chair, will review the applications and select recipients. Awards recipients will be notified before the spring meeting and award checks will be distributed at the AASP Spring meeting. Failure to attend the spring meeting will forfeit any winner’s claim to the award.
The Francois Manchuelle Award is a $500 cash award given to an individual/organization for their innovative work in expanding the domain of African studies at undergraduate and/or K-12 levels, and for promoting novel and effective outreach initiatives to American communities with an interest in Africa.
How to apply? Nominations for this award should be directed to the AASP officers. Nominations should consist of a short description of the nominee’s project or work, together with any supporting materials. Three judges, none of whom belongs to an institution applying for the award, will review the applications and decide on the winner. Per the AASP Constitution, the AASP Vice-Chair will chair the committee.
Deadline: Please submit your travel award request to the AASP Officers (AfricanStudiesPrograms@gmail.com) by February 28 with the subject “Francois Manchuelle Award.”
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