CfP: Tenth Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa, 19-22 September 2023
/The Organisers of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA) are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Tenth anniversary of the Stellenbosch Annual Seminar on Constitutionalism in Africa (SASCA 2023), which will be held in Stellenbosch (South Africa) from Tuesday 19 September to Friday 22 September 2023. SASCA 2023 will be jointly organised by the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) of the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, the UWC Chair in Constitutional Design for Divided Societies, the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development (SARChI) at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Rule of law Programme Sub-Saharan Africa (Anglophone Countries), based in Nairobi.
The theme for this seminar is “Ethnicity and constitutionalism in Africa”.
The organisers of SASCA invite all scholars and other persons interested in research in this area to submit a proposal on any of the sub-themes indicated in the Call for Papers. Those sub-themes are:
Ethnicity, colonialism and nation-building in Africa: The historical context and its evolution
Ethnicity, constitutionalism and constitutional design
Case studies
Constitutional accommodation of ethnicity and its impact on "the others"
African Union’s and Regional Economic Communities’ role in dealing with challenges of ethnic diversity
The proposal should include:
1. An abstract of the paper of about 1000 words (clearly indicate the sub-theme you want your
abstract to be reviewed under, or if it is general, then say “other”).
2. A C.V. of the author.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 January 2023. Proposals should be sent as e-mailattachment to Dr. Lukman Abdulrauf at abdulrauf.la@unilorin.edu.ng and copy the three
organisers, Prof. Charles M. Fombad, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, Charles.fombad@up.ac.za, Prof. Nico Steytler, SARChI Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, nsteytler@uwc.ac.za and Prof Yonatan Fessha, UWC Research Chair in Constitutional Design for Divided Societies, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape, yfessha@uwc.ac.za. Any questions on this call for papers should be directed to the addresses above.
On acceptance of an abstract by the organisers, the author will be invited to submit a draft paper by 15 May 2023 on the basis of which a final invitation to the conference will be extended.
All authors whose papers are accepted will be provided with a return economy class air ticket and board and lodging in Stellenbosch for the duration of the seminar.
All the papers presented during the seminar will be peer-reviewed for publication in the ninth
volume of the Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law, which is published by Oxford University Press.
For more information on the Call for Papers, including the key questions the Seminar will address, please see this document.