The African Studies Association is a US-based 501(c)3 organization which aims to cultivate a better understanding of Africa and its diasporas through the production and dissemination of knowledge. Throughout the last ten years, the ASA has had the privilege to collaborate with numerous partners to host collaborative meetings and events outside the US. These meetings have created unique and engaging interdisciplinary spaces essential to the inclusive and equitable development of the field. We are proud to continue these collaborative satellite meetings, in addition to our US-based or online Annual Meetings, to help build more inclusive spaces of knowledge production and foster global communities of diverse constituents.
Please note: The list below is not inclusive of all ASA’s annual coordinate organization meetings outside the US. Coordinate meetings are typically under 150 attendees and more thematically and/or regionally specific.
Future Meetings
Civil Society and Philanthropy in a Changing World: A Dialogue on Civic Innovations in Development and Democracy
September 13-16, 2027 in Durban, South Africa
In Collaboration with: International Society for Third Sector Research and University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Past Meetings
The 6th International Congress of African and African Diaspora Studies (ICAADS)
August 2-5, 2023 in Accra, Ghana
October 25-28, 2023 in Lubumbashi, DRC
November 30 – December 2, 2023 in San Francisco, US
In Collaboration with: African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA), the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), and Africa is a Country.
Pipeline for Emerging African Studies Scholars Workshops
October 23, 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
In Collaboration with: African Studies Review and African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA).
Africa in the World: Shifting Boundaries and Knowledge Production
May 25-28, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa
In Collaboration with: American Anthropological Association (AAA), Wits City Institute, Anthropology Southern Africa, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI), and University of Pretoria’s Political Sciences Department.
Innovation, Transformation and Sustainable Futures in Africa
June 1-4, 2016 in Dakar, Senegal
In Collaboration with: American Anthropological Association (AAA), Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and the West African Research Center (WARC).