The Annual UT Austin Africa Conference convened by Prof. Toyin Falola under the Departmentof History of the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites abstractsfor posters in any area of the history of migration, borders,immigration, movements, displacements, refugee crisis, and labor paradigms for the25th annual conference and its SILVER JUBILEE, to be held in Austin, Texas,USA, between April 1-5, 2026. If you are planning on attending the conference,we strongly encourage you to submit a poster andencourage students, undergraduates and graduates, to submit posters too.
The UT Austin Africa 2026 Conference as part of its events marking theanniversary celebration for its SILVER JUBILEE welcomes posters forits call for submissions of papers in the humanities, social sciences,sciences, health, medicine, pharmacy and other disciplines on the multifacetednature of African Movements, Migrations, Labor & Displacements and same forthose of the Diaspora. The objective of this conference is to encourageconversations rooted in the rich and diverse knowledge of the African people,focusing on African epistemologies, ontologies, and concepts that have shapedthe continent's worldviews on Labor, Movements, (im)migration, and wellbeing.This conference will provide a platform to critically examine the construction,imagination, and conceptualization of African labor and Immigration paradigms;as well as with the history of peoples' experiences of these and movements andcrisis. We invite posters that engage with systems and traditions in all eras andregions of the world. We particularly encourage poster proposals examining relations and historical processes of powerin (im)migration, refugee movement, labor, displacement and wellbeing. Wewelcome proposals that address the role of policy in reinforcing andchallenging social hierarchies of race, gender, empire/nation, ability, andmore; that build connections between the history of migration/displacement andrelated fields and disciplines; and that expand the methodological, thematic,chronological, and geographic diversity of the history of these fields and areaof thematic concerns.
Posters will be displayed during the poster sessionPARTICULARLY on Thursday April 2 and Saturday, April 4 , 2025,from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM and from 9:30 AM to 11:00 PMrespectively. Presenters should be prepared to give a five-minute elevator talkcovering their research. Posters should be no larger than 48 x 36 inches. Materials shouldbe easily read at a distance of six feet. Each poster shouldinclude the title of the presentation (104-point size), the author(s) and affiliation(s)(72-point size). A point size of 18 or larger is recommended for any text onthe poster. Many universities offer printing services. The UT AustinAfrica 2026 Conference Committee particularly encourages posters that utilize creative means of engaging in public historyand that can inspire conversations about the poster as amedium of historical engagement.
To submit an abstract for a poster, please notify us by completing yourexpression of interest by November 1st, 2025 by sending your detailsvia the official conference email at: utaustinafrica@gmail.com
All accepted poster presenters are expected to attend the poster session in person and register for the annual conference.There are no virtual options for posters.
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