Africa Conference

The 24th Annual Africa Conference calls for submissions of papers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health, medicine, pharmacy, and other disciplines on the multifaceted nature of Health and Illnesses in Africa and the African he Diaspora. For complete information about proposal guidelines, paper submissions instructinos, and registration fees, visit: https://utexas.box.com/s/qz8tmwxvimmz2i0s21cj62gu4uu9fjbb.

Proposal Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2024, by midnight.

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A non-refundable registration payment must be made through the TXShop page. To submit an online payment, you must have a VISA or MasterCard. To register through TXShop,  choose the "Quick Checkout/Checkout as a guest " option. Please visit the following link: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/nlogon/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=HIHISTOR.

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To place a reservation at Holiday Inn, 6000 Middle Fiskville Road in Austin, Texas, please call 512-451-5757 or 888-300-6273. When calling, please refer to the group name UT Africa Conference, group block code UTA. Hotel details can be found here. All reservations must be guaranteed by credit card, first night deposit or to your direct bill account. Reservations must be canceled by 4:00pm, 24 hours before the day of arrival, or the first night of the stay will be charged.

Hotel Reservation Deadline: February 23, 2025.

For those staying at our suggested accommodation, we are responsible for mobility between the hotel and the university only. This transportation is free.

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• “’Feeling of Death at All Times and Thinking That This World is Not the Place for Me’: Psychiatry, The Humanities, And My Mid-Career Crisis”
  Speaker: Matthew M. Heaton, Virginia Tech
  Date: March 28, 2025  |  Time: TBA  |  Venue: TBA
  
  Matthew M. Heaton is a Professor in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the history of health and illness, migration, and globalization in Africa with particular emphasis on Nigeria. He is the author of Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry (Ohio University Press, 2013) and Decolonising the Hajj: The Pilgrimage from Nigeria to Mecca under Empire and Independence (Manchester University Press, 2023), as well as the co-editor (with Toyin Falola) of The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History (OUP, 2022).
   
• “State of Human Rights and Constitutionalism in 2025: Is the Abuja Health Declaration Dead?”
  Speaker: Irũngũ Houghton, Amnesty International Kenya
  Date: March 29, 2025  |  Time: TBA  |  Venue: Holiday Inn, 6000 Middle Fiskville Road  |  Strictly by invitation.
  
  Irũngũ Houghton has advised and held national governments, and international and continental multi-lateral processes publicly accountable for the last thirty years. He currently serves as Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director. As Amnesty’s spokesperson and chief strategist in Kenya, he leads a team of committed investigative researchers and campaigners working to end human rights abuses and realize the Constitution of Kenya. His work with Amnesty International Kenya led him to be cited among Kenya's top 100 leaders in 2024. Irũngũ has previously worked with most of the biggest NGOs in the world including Actionaid, Oxfam, Care, GreenPeace, London School of Economics, and WWF among others. He was also the founding Chairperson of the Kilimani Project Foundation, a community foundation committed to creating livability and workability in the local community in which he lives (2012-2020). His public interest campaigns with others have received awards and citations from the African Union, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Nation Media Group, New African, Architectural Association of Kenya, and Sabre Africa Awards over the last decade. Widely known as an inspirational speaker, change facilitator, and skillful moderator, Irũngũ has published a weekly newspaper column for the last seven years and is an analyst of choice on Kenya for the national and international media. He is also the author of the recently published “Dialogue and Dissent: A Constitution in Search of a Country” available on either Amazon. Irũngũ holds two degrees from the University of Dar es Salaam (MA) and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (BA). Learn more about his work at www.irunguhoughton.org and follow him on X at @irunguhoughton.

Keynote: “’Feeling of Death at All Times and Thinking That This World is Not the Place for Me’: Psychiatry, The Humanities, And My Mid-Career Crisis”
Speaker: Matthew M. Heaton, Virginia Tech

Date: March 28, 2025  |  Time: TBA  |  Venue: TBA

Matthew M. Heaton is a Professor in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the history of health and illness, migration, and globalization in Africa with particular emphasis on Nigeria. He is the author of Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry (Ohio University Press, 2013) and Decolonising the Hajj: The Pilgrimage from Nigeria to Mecca under Empire and Independence (Manchester University Press, 2023), as well as the co-editor (with Toyin Falola) of The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History (OUP, 2022).

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Banquet Address: “State of Human Rights and Constitutionalism in 2025: Is the Abuja Health Declaration Dead?”

Speaker: Irũngũ Houghton, Amnesty International Kenya

Date: March 29, 2025  |  Time: TBA  |  Venue: Holiday Inn, 6000 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin, Texas

Strictly by invitation only.

Irũngũ Houghton has advised and held national governments, and international and continental multi-lateral processes publicly accountable for the last thirty years. He currently serves as Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director. As Amnesty’s spokesperson and chief strategist in Kenya, he leads a team of committed investigative researchers and campaigners working to end human rights abuses and realize the Constitution of Kenya. His work with Amnesty International Kenya led him to be cited among Kenya's top 100 leaders in 2024. Irũngũ has previously worked with most of the biggest NGOs in the world including Actionaid, Oxfam, Care, GreenPeace, London School of Economics, and WWF among others. He was also the founding Chairperson of the Kilimani Project Foundation, a community foundation committed to creating livability and workability in the local community in which he lives (2012-2020). His public interest campaigns with others have received awards and citations from the African Union, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Nation Media Group, New African, Architectural Association of Kenya, and Sabre Africa Awards over the last decade. Widely known as an inspirational speaker, change facilitator, and skillful moderator, Irũngũ has published a weekly newspaper column for the last seven years and is an analyst of choice on Kenya for the national and international media. He is also the author of the recently published “Dialogue and Dissent: A Constitution in Search of a Country” available on either Amazon. Irũngũ holds two degrees from the University of Dar es Salaam (MA) and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London (BA). Learn more about his work at www.irunguhoughton.org and follow him on X at @irunguhoughton.

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Organizers:

• Knowledge Grey Moyo Info | Email
• Yahaya Halidu Info | Email
• Chukwuemeka Ohajıonu Info | Email

Convener:

• Toyin Falola Info | Email

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