REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL JUNE 1, 2026 00:00 (PARIS TIME) - A REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION REQUEST WILL BE SENT.
* Registration is mandatory as a presenter or as an auditor, we don't ask registration fees so you are responsible for your own accommodation and meals.
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One the main activities of the French Academic Network on African Studies (GIS) is the organization, every two years, of a Convention (REAF) that reinforces and widens connections between scholars and research institutions working on Africa, from various disciplines of social sciences and humanities, literature, philosophy, ecological sciences and economics.
These conferences are aimed at academics including Phd students.
The 9th Edition, will be for the first time held the Campus Condorcet from June 29 to July 2, 2026 and will gathered experts of these fields.
These meetings are an invitation to overcome institutionnal and disciplinary boundaries. They provide a forum to share and discuss around research topics while comparing approaches, historical periods and various geography areas across the continent. By gathering scholars from a broad range of research fields to meet and interact in person, REAF offers a wonderful space to enhance the visibility of research about Africa anddisseminate it to a wider public audience.
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Important dates :
1- Call for contributions: 06 May 2025 to 06 July 2025
2- Approval of workshops proposals : 16 September 2025
3- Call for communications : 16 September to 16 November 2025.
4- Publication of the workshops content : 15 January 2026.
5- Publication of the program : 30 January 2026.
6- Online registration to the 9th Convention of African Studies in France (REAF) on https://reaf2026.sciencesconf.org before 1st june 2026.