Workshop 24 March 2026

Call for Papers: Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence in African Studies: Towards Sustainable and Equitable Practices

Call for papers for a four-day workshop at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa, 21–24 September 2026, co-organised with Vincent Hiribarren, Emmanuel Ngué Um, and Menno van Zaanen, and funded by the DFG Point Sud programme.

Thanks to the generous funding of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) programme Point Sud, Vincent Hiribarren, Emmanuel Ngué Um, Menno van Zaanen, and I are organising a four-day workshop at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa, 21–24 September 2026.

We are looking for contributions along three axes:

  1. Transforming research methods through AI and digital tools in African Studies
  2. Building sustainable research infrastructures from African perspectives
  3. Centring African knowledge systems in digital research design

Submission details

Deadline: Proposals of up to 500 words (in English or French) are due by 30 April 2026.

Selected papers may be published in a special issue of the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA).

Full details and submission guidelines are available here.