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    Meet the 2022 Officers
    • 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...
    Special Event: Migrating while Black in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic with Abosede George
    • 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...
    Dr.  Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué 2021 Winner of the Aidoo-Snyder Prize
    • 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...
    Dr. Oluwakemi Balogun, 2021 Aidoo-Snyder Prize Winner
    • 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...
    Book Launch for Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa
    • 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...
    2021 Virtual Luncheon Speaker, Zukiswa Wanner
    • 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...
    Four Decisive Decades: The Birth and Growth of a Global Women’s Movement
    • 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.
    In memoriam: Margaret "Peg" Snyder
    • 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....
    A Tribute to Dr. Margaret Snyder
    • 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...
    2020 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize Committee Announces Winners and Finalists
    • 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...
    The Delusional Dance of Academic Conformity with Fatimah Tuggar
    • 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...
    Fatimah Tuggar 2020 Virtual Luncheon Speaker
    • 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,...
    Summer 2020 Newsletter: Reflections on the coronavirus
    • 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...
    Beth Ann Williams, Winner of the 2019 Penny Schwartz Travel Grant
    • 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...
    The winner and finalists of the 2019 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize
    • 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...
    2019 Sponsored Panels
    • 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...
    2019 Luncheon and Lecture
    • 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...
    Just Announced! Patricia McFadden, 2019 Luncheon Speaker
    • 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...
    Meet our New Co-Convenor, Maha Marouan
    • 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...
    Spring 2019 Announcements from the Co-convenors' Desks
    • 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)...
    Lesley Nneka Arimah, 2018 Aidoo Prize Winner
    • 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...
    Congratulations to Halimat Titilola Somotan
    • 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...
    WC 2018 Sponsored Panels
    • 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"...
    Upcoming ASA Women’s Caucus Elections
    • 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...
    Minna Salami: 2018 Women’s Caucus Luncheon Speaker
    • 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,...
    Meet the 2018 WC Officers
    • 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...
    HAPPY 2018 FROM THE CO-CONVENORS’ DESKS
    • 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...
    2017 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize
    • 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...
    2017 Women’s Caucus Luncheon Speaker
    • 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...
    2016 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize
    • 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,”...
    2015 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Scholarly Work
    • 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...

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