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https:\/\/african-futures.koeln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0585A_\u00a9-Herby-Sachs-1-kompr-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/african-futures.koeln\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0585A_\u00a9-Herby-Sachs-1-kompr-2-391x260.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90088e5\" data-id=\"90088e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b7caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91b7caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9888733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9888733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Under the title &#8220;African Futures&#8221;, the 9th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) will take place at the University of Cologne from 31 May &#8211; 03 June 2023. The largest European conference on Africa organized by the <i>Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies<\/i> (AEGIS), an association of Europe&#8217;s major Africa research centers, is held every two years, most recently in Edinburgh (2019), Basel (2017), Paris (2015), and Lisbon (2013). After the 2021 conference had to be cancelled due to a pandemic, we are looking forward to welcoming up to 2000 participants from Europe, Africa and all over the world in Cologne this year.<\/p>\n<p>In about 250 discussion forums, the global interconnections of shaping the future on the African continent as well as socio-political, economic and ecological issues in the past and present are up for debate. The approximately 1900 presentations address transcontinental relations, migration, infrastructure development and economic development as well as sustainability, nature conservation, adaptation to climate change or dealing with pandemics. 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