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Last updated: Friday, April 12, 2024

Institute of African Studies Emerging Scholar Conference

Call for Volunteers

Dear Members of the Institute of African Studies Community,
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is excited to announce our upcoming Emerging Scholar Conference, scheduled to take place in a hybrid format this year. As we prepare to host this prestigious event, we are seeking dedicated volunteers to assist us in ensuring its success, both in-person and virtually.

Conference Overview:

Event: Institute of African Studies Emerging Scholar Conference
Theme: Phambili Lubuntu: Co-Creating African and African Diaspora Futures
Date: May 17, 2024
Location: Dunton Tower 2017 and Zoom
Format: Hybrid (In-person and Virtual)

If you are interested in volunteering for the Institute of African Studies Emerging Scholar Conference, please fill out the volunteer application form linked below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RlNBPYw6BVTvpKEGkS1qFv_66t0cQImIbp1w-oJ4CQk/edit

Deadline for Volunteer Applications:
Please submit your volunteer application by April 14, 2024.
Click here for more details.

Coptic Culture and Community: A Virtual Book Discussion

Join us on On Tuesday, April 16^thfor a virtual book discussion of Coptic Culture and Community: Daily Lives, Changing Times, edited by Mariam F. Ayad, a volume that brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to examine aspects of the daily lived experiences of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority from late Antiquity to the present.
Book editor, Mariam F. Ayad, Associate Professor of Egyptology, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, will be in conversation with contributors, Carolyn Ramzy, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at Carleton University, ON, Canada, and Helene Moussa, Volunteer Curator, Coptic Museum of Canada.