ASA Women's Caucus Events

Oct 24
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Join us in Philadelphia for the ASA Annual Meeting!

Oct 24
1 min

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 Nancy "Penny" Schwartz Student Travel Grant

Abiola Victoria Ayodokun is a PhD candidate in the Gender Studies Program at the Institute of African Studies, at the University of...

Oct 24
1 min

Remembering Dr. Margaret Jean Hay

Dr. Margaret Jean Hay, passed away on July 11, 2022. Jean leaves behind a diverse group of family, friends and colleagues scattered...

Sep 12
3 min

Fabienne Kanor, Winner 2022 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize

Dr. Fabienne Kanor’s Humus (University of Virginia Press, 2020) is this year's winner of the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Creative Work....

Jul 13
1 min

Loubna Serraj to deliver 2022 Luncheon Lecture

Loubna Serraj lives in Casablanca where she is an author, radio columnist, and publisher. She also has a literary, social, and political...

Jul 1
1 min

COVID, Gender, & Academia: A Virtual Roundtable

In June, the African Studies Association and the Women’s Caucus presented a virtual roundtable on the gendered impacts of the pandemic on...

Mar 9
2 min

Meet the 2022 Officers

With 2022 now upon us, we are excited to announce new leadership on the Steering Committee. We are thrilled to welcome Martha Ndakalako...

Feb 16
1 min

Special Event: Migrating while Black in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic with Abosede George

Please join us for a co-sponsored virtual event with the Coordinating Council of Women Historians. On March 11th at 3pm EST/2pm CST/12pm...

Feb 15
1 min

February 2022 Newsletter

UPDATE FROM THE CO-CONVENORS’ DESKS Harmony O’Rourke and Martha Ndakalako New Leaders With 2022 now upon us, we are excited to announce...

Oct 5, 2021
2 min

Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué 2021 Winner of the Aidoo-Snyder Prize

Based on extensive and original research, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon (University of Michigan...

Oct 5, 2021
2 min

Dr. Oluwakemi Balogun, 2021 Aidoo-Snyder Prize Winner

Beauty Diplomacy:Embodying an Emerging Nation (Stanford University Press) is a study of beauty pageants in Nigeria, showing how...

Sep 2, 2021
1 min

Fall 2021 Newsletter

AN UPDATE FROM THE CO-CONVENORS’ DESKS Anita Plummer and Harmony O’Rourke We want to congratulate Oluwakemi Balogun and Jacqueline-Bethel...

Jun 21, 2021
1 min

Book Launch for Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa

You're invited to join us for the launch of, Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa, on Monday, July 12, at 4 PM SAST, 10...

Jun 21, 2021
1 min

2021 Virtual Luncheon Speaker, Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner has accepted our invitation to be our keynote speaker at this year's luncheon. Zukiswa Wanner is a South African...

Feb 5, 2021
1 min

Four Decisive Decades: The Birth and Growth of a Global Women’s Movement

Lecture given by Dr. Margaret Snyder at the 2015 Women's Caucus Annual Luncheon in San Diego.

Feb 4, 2021
5 min

In memoriam: Margaret "Peg" Snyder

“Margaret Snyder knew how to establish institutions for the long haul, beyond the work any of us can do in our own lifetimes.” --Dr....

Feb 4, 2021
4 min

A Tribute to Dr. Margaret Snyder

The ASA Women’s Caucus celebrates the life and work of our sister Dr. Margaret “Peg” Snyder. Dr. Snyder has been an inspiration to our...

Nov 18, 2020
2 min

2020 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize Committee Announces Winners and Finalists

We are happy to announce that the 2020 Book Prize committee has selected Jumoke Verissimo’s A Small Silence (Cassava Republic, 2019) as...

Oct 27, 2020
1 min

The Delusional Dance of Academic Conformity with Fatimah Tuggar

Fatimah Tuggar's mobile device app, Home's Horizons, is available for free: Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/homes-horizons/id14...

Oct 27, 2020
2 min

Fatimah Tuggar 2020 Virtual Luncheon Speaker

For this year’s Women’s Caucus virtual luncheon, Fatimah Tuggar will present a visual essay, The Delusional Dance of Academic Conformity,...

Jun 4, 2020
2 min

Summer 2020 Newsletter: Reflections on the coronavirus

Dear friends and members of the Women's Caucus, As we navigate this global pandemic together, I hope you and your loved ones both in...

Oct 24, 2019
1 min

Beth Ann Williams, Winner of the 2019 Penny Schwartz Travel Grant

Beth Ann Williams researches gender, social change, community building, and religious practices in modern East Africa. Focused on...

Oct 24, 2019
1 min

The winner and finalists of the 2019 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize

We want to formally announce the winner and finalists of the 2019 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize. The task at hand wasn't easy; there were...

Sep 17, 2019
2 min

2019 Sponsored Panels

Gendered Legacies of Colonial Violence/African Women’s Resistance Tentative date/time on THURSDAY: 11/21/2019- 2:00 PM Chair: Judith Van...

Sep 16, 2019
1 min

2019 Luncheon and Lecture

We are excited to share that the tickets for the annual Women's Caucus Luncheon and Lecture are now available here. Tickets for the...

May 16, 2019
1 min

Just Announced! Patricia McFadden, 2019 Luncheon Speaker

The SC has approved Patricia McFadden as this year's Women's Caucus Luncheon speaker. For those of you who do not know her, she is an...

May 16, 2019
1 min

Meet our New Co-Convenor, Maha Marouan

Introducing new co-convenor Maha Marouan, an Associate professor of African American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at...

May 16, 2019
2 min

Spring 2019 Announcements from the Co-convenors' Desks

Welcome to the first co-convenors’ report of 2019! This has been an exciting year for the African Studies Association Women’s Caucus (WC)...

Nov 30, 2018
1 min

Lesley Nneka Arimah, 2018 Aidoo Prize Winner

We are happy to announce that the 2018 Book Prize committee has selected Lesley Nneka Arimah’s What it Means When a Man Falls From the...

Nov 30, 2018
1 min

Congratulations to Halimat Titilola Somotan

The 2018 Penny Schwartz student travel awardee is Halimat Titilola Somotan. Halimat will present a paper at this year's conference: "The...

Nov 30, 2018
1 min

WC 2018 Sponsored Panels

Inspired by this year's theme, "Energies: Power, Creativity, and Afo-Futures," the sponsored panels highlight African women's "energetic"...

Oct 24, 2018
1 min

Upcoming ASA Women’s Caucus Elections

The Women’s Caucus is soliciting nominations for Co-Convenor and three vacancies on the Steering Committee. If you are interested in...

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Minna Salami: 2018 Women’s Caucus Luncheon Speaker

Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer, blogger and speaker. She is the founder of the feminist blog, MsAfropolitan,...

May 16, 2018
2 min

Meet the 2018 WC Officers

Josephine Jarpa Dawuni (top left) WC Co-Convenor, is an assistant professor of political science at Howard University. She received her...

May 16, 2018
2 min

HAPPY 2018 FROM THE CO-CONVENORS’ DESKS

Thus far, this has been an exciting year for the African Studies Women’s Caucus (WC)! We, WC officers, wish the WC community a happy new...

May 7, 2018
3 min

2017 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize

The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize is awarded by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book published by a...

May 7, 2018
1 min

2017 Women’s Caucus Luncheon Speaker

Alondra Nelson “Black Feminist Futures” Alondra Nelson is professor of sociology at Columbia University, where she served as the inagural...

May 7, 2018
3 min

2016 Women’s Caucus Luncheon at ASA

Our 2016 Luncheon Speaker will be noted author Aminatta Forna, winner of the Women’s Caucus Aidoo-Snyder Prize for best creative work in...

May 7, 2018
1 min

2016 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize

This year’s Aidoo-Snyder award in the category of best creative work is being given to Yaa Gyasi for her book Homegoing (published by...

May 7, 2018
1 min

2015 Women’s Caucus Luncheon

The 2015 speaker was Margaret “Peg” Snyder. Her lecture, “Four Decisive Decades: The Birth and Growth of a Global Women’s Movement,”...

May 7, 2018
1 min

2015 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Scholarly Work

Abosede George, Associate Professor of History at Barnard College, received this year’s Aidoo-Snyder Book Award for her book, Making...