The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art, hosted by the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies (IAS) will be held on the University of Ghana, Legon campus from August 8 – 13, 2017 . The symposium will begin with Museum Day on August 8, followed by panels and roundtable discussions from August 9 –13.

Deadline for panel proposals (seeking participants): November 1, 2016
Deadline for individual papers: January 16, 2017
Deadline for submission of fully formed panels: February 15, 2017

The program committee encourages the submission of panels with four twenty-minute papers plus a discussant, and roundtables with a maximum of eight ten-minute presentations. Participants may present only one paper, but may serve as a discussant on another panel or serve as a presenter on a roundtable.

Proposals for individual papers for panels and roundtables seeking participants must include the following:

•Title

•An abstract not to exceed 250 words describing the theme and scope of your paper

•A short abstract not to exceed 100 words to be published in the ACASA Newsletter, the H-AfrArts website, and on the ACASA Triennial website

•Contact information including address, phone, fax, and e-mail

Fully formed panel proposals must include the following:

•Title

•A short abstract not to exceed 100 words to be published in the ACASA Newsletter, the H-AfrArts website, and on the ACASA Triennial website

•Contact information including address, phone, fax, and e-mail for the panel/ roundtable chair(s)

•Individual papers abstract not to exceed 250 words describing the theme and scope of each paper

•Individual paper’s abstract not to exceed 100 words to be published in the ACASA Newsletter, the H-AfrArts website, and on the ACASA Triennial website

•Participants’ Contact information including address, phone, fax, and e-mail

Submission Requirements
Panel/roundtable proposals may be open (consisting solely of a proposed panel/ roundtable topic without the panelists/participants having been selected) or they may be submitted fully constituted with all proposed panelists or roundtable participants identified.

ACASA membership is required to submit a proposal, and all participants must register for the conference. Visit www.acasaonline.org for information on ACASA membership and to join.

Important Dates

•December 15, 2016: Panel and roundtable proposals approved by the Program Committee (Daniel Avorgbedor, Christine Mullen Kreamer, Ugochukwu- Smooth Nzewi, Ciraj Rasool, Ray Silverman) will be posted on the ACASA Triennial website by and publicized via H-AfrArts and the ACASA Newsletter.

•January 16, 2017: Deadline for paper proposals for open panels and for participation on open roundtables (to be submitted directly to panel/roundtable chairs)

•February 15, 2017: Deadline for panel/roundtable chairs’ submission of fully constituted panels and roundtables to the Program Committee.

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