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About the Congress

2nd International

African Congress

The Importance of Africa in Reshaping International Order
Toruń (Poland), February 19-21, 2025

Call for Papers

Center for Eastern and African Studies, and the Association of Asia and the Pacific, under the support of the Department of Political Systems at Faculty of Political Science and Security Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland), have pleasure of presenting a Call for Papers for the 2nd International African Congress. The Congress will take place in Toruń (Poland) on February 19–21, 2025.

During the Congress we are going to address issues related to the historical, political, economic, cultural and social aspects of the African continent and its development. The scope of the conference covers large geographical and thematic area, from Tunisia to South Africa, including Africans in the diaspora. The Congress will be interdisciplinary in nature. Scholars representing (but not limited to) the following fields, are encouraged to submit their applications: cultural and religious sciences, ethnology and cultural anthropology, history, linguistics, literary studies, art sciences, economics and finance, socio-economic geography, security sciences, social communication and media sciences, political and administrative sciences, legal studies, sociology, philosophy and international relations. The combination of multiple perspectives allows a holistic view of the phenomena taking place on the African continent, along with its complexity and diversity.

Important dates

Submitting proposals of panels	November 17, 2024
Submitting proposals of papers:	January 12, 2025
Information about accepting the proposal:	ongoing
DDL for issuing the conference fee:	January 31, 2025
Preliminary conference program:	February 9, 2025
Final conference program:	February 14, 2025
Conference:	February 19–21, 2025
DDL for submitting papers for publication:	June 30, 2025