{"id":8856,"date":"2016-03-30T13:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=8856"},"modified":"2016-06-07T15:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:49:07","slug":"second-annual-institute-african-studies-undergraduate-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/conferences\/second-annual-institute-african-studies-undergraduate-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Second IAS Undergraduate Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call for Papers 2nd Annual Institute of African Studies Undergraduate Research Conference <\/strong>
\n15 October 2016 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ottawa, Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Theme: Africa after Africa Rising: Politics, Development, Youth and Innovation in an Era of Globalization<\/p>\n

Calling all undergraduate students with a passion for African Studies! The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University (carleton.ca\/africanstudies<\/a>) is hosting its second international undergraduate research conference, organized by the Institute of African Studies Students Association (IASSA). The goal of this one-day interdisciplinary conference is to provide a platform for emerging researchers in the field of African Studies. It is understood that this may be a student\u2019s first time completing a scholarly paper, therefore this conference has been timed to allow students the summer to work on their research papers and present at Carleton University in mid-October.
\nThis year\u2019s theme, Africa after Africa Rising: Politics, Development, Youth and Innovation in an Era of Globalization,<\/strong> seeks to encourage interdisciplinary engagement with a new generation of continental and diasporic Africans confronting questions such as: Is Africa really rising? What is the future of the continent\u2014politically, economically, and culturally? Are \u201cAfropolitans\u201d the new face of the Diaspora? In what ways are African youth using technology and innovation? What are the new directions for political participation and development? In a time of political, developmental and innovative transition, we ask: Which Way Africa? This conference encourages students not to simply replicate the usual discourses of victimhood or reproduce information obtained from a variety of sources, but to generate new and innovative ideas that address the challenges and opportunities for the new generation as well as provoke further research.
\nPapers which must remain within the scope of African Studies, may address the following necessarily inexhaustive subtopics:<\/p>\n