The African Studies Association Italy (Italian: Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia, ASAI) is an Italian learned society of about 100 Africanists and is based both at the University of Urbino and Roma Tre University.[1] ASAI was founded in 2010[2] and is an associated member of the AEGIS network of African studies centres in Europe.[3]

Conferences

ASAI organises a biennial national conference on African studies:[1]

  • 2010, ASAI I: Studi italiani sull’Africa a 50 anni dall’indipendenza (Italian African studies 50 years since independence), University of Naples "L'Orientale", 30 September-2 October 2010
  • 2012, ASAI II: Convegno di Studi Africani (African studies meeting), University of Pavia, 18-20 September 2012
  • 2014, ASAI III: Africa in movimento (Africa in motion), University of Macerata, 17-20 September 2014
  • 2016, ASAI IV: Africa in fermento. Conflitti, modernità, religioni (Africa in ferment. Conflicts, modernity, religions), University of Catania, 22-24 September 2016[4]
  • 2018, ASAI V: Plural Africa: politiche, saperi e dinamiche sociali (Plural Africa, politics, knowledge and social dynamics), University of Bologna, 5-7 September 2018
  • 2020, ASAI VI: AFRICA. IN, OUT, ABOUT. Prospettive storiche, politiche e culturali dal continente e dalle diaspore (Historical, political and social prospects of the continent and the diaspora), University of Milan, 16-18 September 2020 (cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • 2022, ASAI VI: Afriche del terzo millennio nel mondo globale: sfide, riconfigurazioni e opportunità. Third millennium Africas in the global world. Challenges, reconfigurations, and opportunities, University of Urbino, 29 June-1 July 2022[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "ASAI". asaiafrica.org/ (in Italian). Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Assemblea dei soci di ASAI. Verbale" (PDF). asaiafrica.org (in Italian). Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "AEGIS African Studies in Europe". aegis-eu.org. AEGIS. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "IV Conferenza ASAI Africa in fermento: conflitti, modernità, religioni 22-24 settembre 2016". dsps.unict.it (in Italian). University of Catania. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "L'Università di Urbino si apre all' Africa: aperta la call for papers alla conferenza ASAI del 29 giugno - 1 luglio 2022". uniurb.it (in Italian). University of Urbino. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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