Mid-America Alliance for African Studies Conference
(Day 1 of 2) The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) in collaboration with the Kansas African Studies Center at the University of Kansas, will hold its 2025 conference at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO on October 10-11. Although we invite scholars to submit proposals for individual papers or panels on any topic, we especially welcome contributions that address the conference theme of Democracy and Environmental Justice.
How do struggles for environmental justice intersect with concerns about democracy? Among other intersections, both face threats from the inordinate power that multinational and transnational corporations have exercised over African communities, from representative councils to nation state and regional government bodies. These corporations and neo-colonial governments deploy their power to undermine any regulation, such as environmental protection via democratic process, that would impede their exploitation of natural resources. What are the impacts of and responses to this ongoing attack on Africa and the Diaspora? We invite scholars interested in Africana Studies from all disciplines to participant at this conference.
Oct. 10th Schedule:
8:15 – 9:00: Registration and breakfast table (SUC Ballroom and 2nd Floor Foyer)
9:00 – 9:30: Opening Welcome (SUC Ballroom)
9:40 – 11:00: Dr. Maano Ramutsindela, Keynote Talk: “Settling Africa’s Socioecological Debt: A Demand for Environmental Justice” (Page Library, Room 100) Open to all Blue Tigers and community.
11:00 – 11:10: Break
11:10 – 12:30: First Concurrent Sessions (Lib 100 and SUC ballroom)
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch - LU cafeteria (SUC)
1:30 – 2:50: Second Concurrent Sessions (Lib 100 and SUC ballroom)
3:00: Lincoln University Walking Tour and/or Archive Tour
6:30: Koolruninyardis, 219 Madison Street, Jefferson City, MO