African Studies Association Women's Caucus

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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