Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia explained

The African Studies Association Italy (Italian: Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia, ASAI) is an Italian learned society of about 100 Africanists and is based both at the University of Urbino and Roma Tre University.^[1] ASAI was founded in 2010^[2] and is an associated member of the AEGIS network of African studies centres in Europe.^[3]

Conferences

ASAI organises a biennial national conference on African studies:

2010, ASAI I: Studi italiani sull’Africa a 50 anni dall’indipendenza (Italian African studies 50 years since independence), University of Naples "L'Orientale", 30 September-2 October 2010
2012, ASAI II: Convegno di Studi Africani (African studies meeting), University of Pavia, 18-20 September 2012
2014, ASAI III: Africa in movimento (Africa in motion), University of Macerata, 17-20 September 2014
2016, ASAI IV: Africa in fermento. Conflitti, modernità, religioni (Africa in ferment. Conflicts, modernity, religions), University of Catania, 22-24 September 2016^[4]
2018, ASAI V: Plural Africa: politiche, saperi e dinamiche sociali (Plural Africa, politics, knowledge and social dynamics), University of Bologna, 5-7 September 2018
2020, ASAI VI: AFRICA. IN, OUT, ABOUT. Prospettive storiche, politiche e culturali dal continente e dalle diaspore (Historical, political and social prospects of the continent and the diaspora), University of Milan, 16-18 September 2020 (cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
2022, ASAI VI: Afriche del terzo millennio nel mondo globale: sfide, riconfigurazioni e opportunità. Third millennium Africas in the global world. Challenges, reconfigurations, and opportunities, University of Urbino, 29 June-1 July 2022^[5]

External links

- Web site: African Studies Association Italy - Catania - Associated member . AEGIS, network of African studies centres in Europe. . 11 August 2022 . English.

Notes and References

Web site: ASAI . asaiafrica.org/ . Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia . 11 August 2022 . Italian.
Web site: Assemblea dei soci di ASAI. Verbale . 20 September 2012 . asaiafrica.org . Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia . 11 August 2022 . Italian.
Web site: AEGIS African Studies in Europe . aegis-eu.org . AEGIS . 11 August 2022 .
Web site: IV Conferenza ASAI Africa in fermento: conflitti, modernità, religioni 22-24 settembre 2016 . 19 September 2016 . dsps.unict.it . University of Catania . 11 August 2022 . Italian.
Web site: L'Università di Urbino si apre all' Africa: aperta la call for papers alla conferenza ASAI del 29 giugno - 1 luglio 2022 . 10 February 2022 . uniurb.it . University of Urbino . 11 August 2022 . Italian.