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Terms and conditions

PARTICIPATION ROLES:

You can take advantage of the following:

Panel coordination (with or without communication);

communication to Panel (the call will be issued later);

coordination of Other Forms of Participation (which do not require approval of the participants) such as presentation of books and publications, projection of audiovisual materials, workshops, performances, exhibitions… (you can make your own proposal).

In all roles, participants must register for must register when making their proposal, explicitly accepting that their identity, their limited personal information (according to the form) and their participations (texts, images) will be made public through the congress website.

PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES

Certifications of participation (as many as roles) can be obtained directly from the website, once the congress is over. Specific instructions will be sent.

ACTIVITIES PARALLEL TO THE CONGRESS

In order to synchronize or articulate with the congress parallel activities, oriented towards African societies, including the presence at the Africanist Book and Materials Fair, it is necessary to consult with the congress organizers (see Contact). In any case, the ICAE 12 will not finance or collaborate with the organization of these parallel activities, although (subject to the approval of the Organizing Committee) it may publicize and guarantee a space, if deemed necessary.

communications

Communication proposals must be submitted to an approved Panel and must be thematically related to the scope of the panel.

Papers for each panel can be presented in any of the five languages in which the congress will be held: Catalan (CA), Spanish (ES), French (FR), English (EN) and Portuguese (PT).

Previous registration on the website, the proposals for communications must be sent through its specific form by the proposers (communicants).

 

The call for papers runs from June 12 to September 30, 2024.

 

Each proposal should include:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract (300 words)
  3. Name, affiliation and e-mail address of proposers

The Coordinating Persons will accept or reject the proposals through the interface provided by this congress website, before October 11, 2024. They will then be able to organize the panel as the responsible persons see fit.

All the management of the communications will be done through the congress website. The possibility of posting drafts and/or final papers will be considered, which can be openly consulted after the congress.

The Organizing Committee may redirect or merge rejected papers and panels with an insufficient number of paper proposals.

The Organizing Committee will make public, through the web and e-mails, the papers accepted and definitively regrouped by panels on October 30, 2024.

The Organizing Committee will make public the time slots and panel locations, along with the program, on November 15, 2024.

 

Each participant in the Congress may propose a maximum of 2 papers.

Other forms of participation

Proposals should be related to African studies. There is no established limit to the formats that can be proposed: the Organizing Committee will decide if the type of proposal is viable and adequate for the means, resources and objectives of the congress.

Previous registration on this website, proposals for other forms of participation must be submitted through a specificform.

 

The call for proposals for Other Forms of Participation closes on September 30, 2024.

 

Each proposal will have to include:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract (250 words). It is important to make clear the type of activity, its goals and adequacy to the objectives of the congress, the keys of the proposed dynamics.
  3. Coordinators’ data: name and surname, institutional affiliation, e-mail address.
  4. Equipment, infrastructure and resources needed: it is important to make clear what type of space, equipment and, if any, technical support the activity requires.

The Organizing Committee will evaluate the proposals received and will accept those that meet the requirements and conditions of the congress, taking into account the availability of space and the technical specificities of the proposals. The preparation, organization and financing of the activities will be the responsibility of the persons coordinating the proposal.

The Organizing Committee will make public the time slots and locations of the Other Forms of Participation, together with the program, on November 15, 2024.

 

Each participant in the Congress can only coordinate 1 Other Form of Participation (in addition to 1 panel and 2 communications).