BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The 9th Annual Conference of the Lagos Studies AssociationJune 17-21\, 2025Across global African studies\, from the social sciences to th e humanities\, scholars\, writers\, artists\, and commentators\, among oth er knowledge producers have been preoccupied with questions of continuitie s and discontinuities in the societies they study and in their own discipl ines. To understand what changed and what did not about a particular topic \, society\, and idea is to come to terms with major shifts in how communi ties and people understand the complexities of their world. From science t o politics\, from technology to art\, major changes have always been shape d by a strong understanding of what the past gave\, what the present holds \, and what the future promises. Continuities and discontinuities are rela tive. What constitutes a change in a society is always in a state of flux. This is because the idea of change is often based on competing interpreta tions by people occupying different strata within a society and influenced by varying ideologies and have a diverse emotive connection to the subjec t and communities. Also\, what constitutes change is shaped by how events of the past continue to resurface at major turning points. Continuities an d discontinuities are not rigid binaries\, but shades and iterations of ch ange. Consequently\, the overlapping realities of continuities and discont inuities then offer more than an avenue to engage progress and regression\ , but also to reflect on the future. For the 9th edition of its annual con ference\, the LSA welcomes submissions that offer new ways of thinking abo ut continuities and discontinuities in African studies. What practices\, i deologies\, and power regimes shape how ideas about continuities and disco ntinuities are framed? What exactly should be the parameters for measuring transformation?av¸£ÀûÉç members may be interested n the following panels:  \;#13) &ldquo\;The Age of Concrete&rdquo\;: Rethinking Colonial and Transn ational Architecture and Spatial Transformation in the Global South https: //www.lagosstudies.org/s/Isiani.docx #14) Of Streets and Streeters: Bodies \, Expressions\, and Identities in African Urban Space https://www.lagosst udies.org/s/Wright.docx Registration Fee: Local (Nigeria-based) (N10\,000) International (Full-time academics and practitioners) ($150)International Graduate Students ($100) DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250622 DTSTAMP:20250511T213754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250617 LOCATION:Nigeria\,Lagos\,Hybrid (In person\, University of Lagos and Zoom) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Continuities and Discontinuities in African Studies\, 9th Annual Co nference of the Lagos Studies Association UID:RFCALITEM638825962746339114 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 9th Annual Conference of the La gos Studies Association

June 17-21\, 2025

Across glob al African studies\, from the social sciences to the humanities\, scholars \, writers\, artists\, and commentators\, among other knowledge producers have been preoccupied with questions of continuities and discontinuities i n the societies they study and in their own disciplines. To understand wha t changed and what did not about a particular topic\, society\, and idea i s to come to terms with major shifts in how communities and people underst and the complexities of their world. From science to politics\, from techn ology to art\, major changes have always been shaped by a strong understan ding of what the past gave\, what the present holds\, and what the future promises.

Continuities and discontinuities are relative. What const itutes a change in a society is always in a state of flux. This is because the idea of change is often based on competing interpretations by people occupying different strata within a society and influenced by varying ideo logies and have a diverse emotive connection to the subject and communitie s. Also\, what constitutes change is shaped by how events of the past cont inue to resurface at major turning points. Continuities and discontinuitie s are not rigid binaries\, but shades and iterations of change. Consequent ly\, the overlapping realities of continuities and discontinuities then of fer more than an avenue to engage progress and regression\, but also to re flect on the future.

For the 9th edition of its annual conference\, the LSA welcomes submissions that offer new ways of thinking about contin uities and discontinuities in African studies. What practices\, ideologies \, and power regimes shape how ideas about continuities and discontinuitie s are framed? What exactly should be the parameters for measuring transfor mation?

av¸£ÀûÉç members may be interested n the following panels: \;

#13) &ldquo\;The Age of Concrete&rdquo\;: Rethinking Colonial and T ransnational Architecture and Spatial Transformation in the Global South < a href="https://www.lagosstudies.org/s/Isiani.docx">https://www.lagosstudi es.org/s/Isiani.docx

#14) Of Streets and Streeters: Bodies\, Ex pressions\, and Identities in African Urban Space https://www.lagosstudies.org/s/Wright.docx


Registration Fee:

Local (Nigeria-based) (N10 \,000)

International (Full-time academics and practitioners) ($150)< /p>

International Graduate Students ($100)

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