Call for Participants:
African Studies Association (ASA) Publishing Improvement Pipeline for Emerging Scholars (PIPES) Workshop in Collaboration with the African Studies Review (ASR), History in Africa (HiA), and the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN)
Atlanta, GA on November 19, 2025
The African Studies Association (ASA) convenes the Publishing Improvement Pipeline for Emerging Scholars (PIPES) Workshops in collaboration with the African Studies Review (ASR), History in Africa (HiA) and ASA Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) to stimulate, solicit, and further develop high quality journal submissions from emerging scholars of African studies under the mentorship of senior Africanists. The PIPES workshop will take place at Atlanta Marriott Marquis 265 Peachtree Center Ave, N.E. Atlanta, GA on November 19, 2025. Participants are ideally, post-doctoral researchers, newly minted PhDs with works-in-progress currently underway, or soon-to-submit PhD students. Emerging scholars will have an opportunity to work closely with senior scholars to re-work a pre-circulated draft article.
The broader goals of PIPES Atlanta are to:
Increase submissions from emerging scholars to top-rated journals, especially ASR or HiA;
Improve quality of submissions from emerging scholars;
Increase revise and resubmission rate from emerging scholars;
Improve access to ASR and HiA for emerging scholars;
Improve networking and collaboration opportunities among likeminded scholars; and,
Increase participation of emerging scholars in review process.
Eligibility & Application Criteria:
Complete applications may be submitted in English no later than May 1, 2025 – incomplete applications shall not be considered;
All applicants shall be program participants on the draft program and registered for the 68th ASA Annual Meeting Crossing Boundaries and Recovering Intellectual Traditions [see https://africanstudies.org/annual-meetings/asa-cfp/];
PhD student applicants shall be ABD, and have completed dissertation research;
Early career applicants shall have completed their PhD within the past five years (since August 2020);
Women, African or African descendant scholars, as well as scholars of disciplines underrepresented in ASA publications are encouraged to apply.
Submission Process:
1. Applicants for a PIPES workshop must prepare and submit the following no later than May 1, 2025:
A cover letter stating broad academic goals and interests, and an express commitment to adhere to the expectations of the workshop (participation in entire workshop and reading pre-circulated work), and to revise and submit the product of the workshop to the ASR for peer-review and possible publication;
2. A current curriculum vitae listing all educational qualifications, research funding received, publications, and employment history;
3. A polished draft article of between (minimum 6,000 words), complete with citations;
4. Evidence of good standing as a PhD student, including year in program, or, for early career applicants, a letter from chair of home department indicating rank and title;
5. For early career applicants ONLY, a copy of PhD diploma awarded.
Complete applications shall be compiled as a single PDF file and submitted by email to Tracey Anderson (managingeditor@africanstudiesreview.org) with “ASA-PIPES-Atlanta” in the subject line.
Space will be limited, and decisions will be made with a view to diversity of background, experience, theme, discipline, and other concerns, subject to availability of suitable mentors. Applicants selected for participation will be notified by email within three weeks of the close. A list of alternates will be maintained should vacancies arise. Applicants are responsible for their own travel and meeting attendance costs.
General queries may be directed to Tracey Anderson managingeditor@africanstudiesreview.org or Sebastian Elischer selischer@ufl.edu with “ASA-PIPES-Atlanta” in the subject line.
