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

- **Type:** Workshop
- **Date:** 24 March 2026
- **Tags:** Digital Humanities, AI, African Studies, Call for Papers, Workshop, DFG
- **Web page:** https://www.frederickmadore.com/activities/dh-ai-african-studies-stias-workshop

*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](https://www.dfg.de/en) (DFG) programme [Point Sud](https://pointsud.org/), [Vincent Hiribarren](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/vincent-hiribarren), Emmanuel Ngué Um, [Menno van Zaanen](https://menno.abstractcow.com/), and I are organising a four-day [workshop](https://fmadore.github.io/stias-dh-ai-workshop-2026/) at the [Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study](https://stias.ac.za/) (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*](https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa) (JDHASA).

Full details and submission guidelines are available [here](https://fmadore.github.io/stias-dh-ai-workshop-2026/call-for-papers).