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Dear LSA Community:

Greetings! The Call for Papers for the 5th edition of our conference is
ready! The conference will hold in Lagos between June 25 and 27, 2020.
Please share with your network.



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*The 5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference*



*Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities=
*



*June 25-27, 2020*

*Lagos, Nigeria*





The concept of postcolonialism is dominant in African studies for one
principal reason=E2=80=94its flexibility at a temporal, theoretical, histor=
ical,
and spatial level. While many thinkers regard the postcolonial as a period
thoroughly disengaged from imperialism, others view it as a series of
responses, contestations, and critiques that throw into sharp relief
colonialism=E2=80=99s most gruesome atrocities. Yet, others consider it an =
unending
circulation of colonial knowledge and practices in postcolonial societies.
Thus, coloniality is deeply implicated in the postcolonial. Serious
attention to comparative postcolonial cities promises to track how
different African urban spaces have evolved from their precolonial and
colonial incarnations. The globalization of urban institutions and
governance, the remaking of the city by urbanites, and the efflorescence of
hybrid identities that borrow from multiple sites of knowledge and power
characterize postcolonial African cities. Yet, the postcolonial African
city defies easy definition, even as African countries enter their 6th
decade of independence in 2020.

This 5th edition of the annual LSA conference seeks to place the
postcolonial at the center the African city, and ask how the concept shapes
our framing of African urban locations in their physical, imaginative,
spatial, and theoretical dimensions. We seek to move beyond the simplistic
dialectic that the city is either a measure of development or decay in
postcolonial Africa; instead, we would like to engage provocative ideas
about people, institutions, narratives, and practices that make each urban
location unique, without ignoring the shared histories and experiences of
African cities.

What is postcolonial about African cities since the 1960s? How have African
cities evolved from their colonial past? Is there any correlation between
decolonization on the one hand, and urban governance, artistic expressions,
identity formations, and countless of other manifestations of daily
existence, on the other? Why might the city form the basis of intellectual
engagements within the expansive narratives of postcolonial state and
nation-building? In what ways can the rhetoric of political, cultural, or
epistemological decolonization improve our knowledge of African cities? How
are cities that emerged since the 1960s different or similar to those with
roots in precolonial and colonial eras? Did the postcolonial state engender
a unique type of city or urbanization process?

            We welcome abstracts from academic and nonacademic
practitioners working on any African urban location and across the
following fields and themes, among others:



African feminisms

African philosophies of urbanism

Afrofuturism, Afropolitanism, and temporalities

Architecture

Arts, musical culture, and performance

Atlantic connections

Childhood and youth identities

Cinema, films, Nollywood

Civil society and activism

Civil war and reconstruction

Conflict resolution, peace-keeping, and security

Cyber culture, social media, and digital representation

Decolonizing the African city

Dictatorship and military rule

Ecocritical readings of African urbanism

Economic and fiscal policies

Education and literacy

Ethnicity and inter-group relations

Globalization and transnationalism

Health and healing

Heritage, archeology, material culture, and museums

Inequality and class conflict

Infrastructure and urban planning

Knowledge systems and philosophy

Labor, employment, business, and entrepreneurship

Language, literature, and orality

Media, popular culture, and self-fashioning

Mobility and transportation

Nature conservation and environment

Oil and mineral extraction

Photography and digital imaging

Politics, electoral process, political parties

Queer studies and African sexualities

Religion and urbanism

Shipping, maritime history, piracy, and port studies

Space and place-making

Spirituality and religious identities

Theorizing African cities

Urban animals and zoocritical perspectives

Urban anthropology and sociology of everyday life

Urban governance and planning

Women, gender, and sexualities

--Among others


*Individual Submission*: Individual proposals should include a 250-word
abstract, a short bio, and email and phone contacts of presenters. Please
do not submit more than one abstract. Abstracts cannot have more than two
presenters. Submit your abstract here: https://bit.ly/2Zc36HV



*Group Submission:* Panel, round-table, and workshop proposals should
comprise a 250-word summary, and email and phone contacts of all panelists.
Please email panel proposals to LSA at lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com



*Submission Deadline*: November 30, 2019. Notification of acceptance of
abstracts by December 15, 2019.



*Registration Fee:* Local (N10,000); International ($100). Registration fee
covers nine full meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) throughout the
conference. Everyone listed on abstracts must pre-register by paying
registration fee after acceptance of abstract.



If you have any question about the conference, contact LSA at:

Email Address: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com

Website: https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LagosStudies





Sincerely,

Saheed Aderinto

--=20


*US Address*

The Lagos Studies Association

C\O Saheed Aderinto
286 Central Drive

History Department

McKee Building

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee NC 28723

Website: https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/

Email Address: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com



*Nigeria Address *

The Lagos Studies Association

C\O Dr. Yetunde Zaid

University of Lagos Library

P.M.B 1012

Akoka, Lagos

Nigeria

Email Address: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com

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t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Greetings!
The Call for Papers for the 5<sup>th</sup> edition of our conference is rea=
dy! The
conference will hold in Lagos between June 25 and 27, 2020. Please share wi=
th
your network.</span></p>

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Association Conference</span></b></p>

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ican Cities at 60:
Continuities and Discontinuities</span></b></p>

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ine-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">The
concept of postcolonialism is dominant in African studies for one principal
reason=E2=80=94its flexibility at a temporal, theoretical, historical, and =
spatial level.
While many thinkers regard the postcolonial as a period thoroughly disengag=
ed
from imperialism, others view it as a series of responses, contestations, a=
nd
critiques that throw into sharp relief colonialism=E2=80=99s most gruesome =
atrocities.
Yet, others consider it an unending circulation of colonial knowledge and
practices in postcolonial societies. Thus, coloniality is deeply implicated=
 in
the postcolonial. Serious attention to comparative postcolonial cities prom=
ises
to track how different African urban spaces have evolved from their precolo=
nial
and colonial incarnations. The globalization of urban institutions and
governance, the remaking of the city by urbanites, and the efflorescence of=
 hybrid
identities that borrow from multiple sites of knowledge and power character=
ize postcolonial
African cities. Yet, the postcolonial African city defies easy definition, =
even
as African countries enter their 6<sup>th</sup> decade of independence in 2=
020.
</span></p>

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ine-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">This
5<sup>th</sup> edition of the annual LSA conference seeks to place the
postcolonial at the center the African city, and ask how the concept shapes=
 our
framing of African urban locations in their physical, imaginative, spatial,=
 and
theoretical dimensions. We seek to move beyond the simplistic dialectic tha=
t the
city is either a measure of development or decay in postcolonial Africa;
instead, we would like to engage provocative ideas about people, institutio=
ns,
narratives, and practices that make each urban location unique, without ign=
oring
the shared histories and experiences of African cities. </span></p>

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ine-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">What
is postcolonial about African cities since the 1960s? How have African citi=
es evolved
from their colonial past? Is there any correlation between decolonization o=
n
the one hand, and urban governance, artistic expressions, identity formatio=
ns,
and countless of other manifestations of daily existence, on the other? Why
might the city form the basis of intellectual engagements within the expans=
ive
narratives of postcolonial state and nation-building? In what ways can the
rhetoric of political, cultural, or epistemological decolonization improve =
our
knowledge of African cities? How are cities that emerged since the 1960s
different or similar to those with roots in precolonial and colonial eras? =
Did the
postcolonial state engender a unique type of city or urbanization process?<=
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 urbanism</span></p>

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l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Afrofuturism, Afropolit=
anism, and
temporalities</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Architecture</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Arts, musical culture, =
and performance
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Atlantic connections</s=
pan></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Childhood and youth ide=
ntities</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Cinema, films, Nollywoo=
d</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Civil society and activ=
ism</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
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al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Civil war and reconstru=
ction</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Conflict resolution, pe=
ace-keeping,
and security</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Cyber culture, social m=
edia, and
digital representation</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Decolonizing the Africa=
n city</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Dictatorship and milita=
ry rule</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ecocritical readings of=
 African
urbanism</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Economic and fiscal pol=
icies</span></p>

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background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Education and literacy<=
/span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Ethnicity and inter-gro=
up relations</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Globalization and trans=
nationalism </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Health and healing </sp=
an></p>

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background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Heritage, archeology, m=
aterial
culture, and museums </span></p>

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background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Inequality and class co=
nflict</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Infrastructure and urba=
n planning</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Knowledge systems and p=
hilosophy </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Labor, employment, busi=
ness, and
entrepreneurship </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Language, literature, a=
nd orality </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Media, popular culture,=
 and self-fashioning</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Mobility and transporta=
tion</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Nature conservation and=
 environment </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Oil and mineral extract=
ion</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Photography and digital=
 imaging</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Politics, electoral pro=
cess,
political parties </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Queer studies and Afric=
an
sexualities </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Religion and urbanism</=
span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Shipping, maritime hist=
ory, piracy,
and port studies</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Space and place-making<=
/span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Spirituality and religi=
ous
identities </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Theorizing African citi=
es </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Urban animals and zoocr=
itical
perspectives</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Urban anthropology and =
sociology of
everyday life </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Urban governance and pl=
anning</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Women, gender, and sexu=
alities</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">--Among others</span></=
p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;=
background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initia=
l;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initi=
al;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><br>
</span><u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&q=
uot;,serif">Individual
Submission</span></u><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;,serif">:
Individual proposals should include a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and e=
mail
and phone contacts of presenters. Please do not submit more than one abstra=
ct. Abstracts
cannot have more than two presenters. Submit your abstract here: </span><a =
href=3D"https://bit.ly/2Zc36HV" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:blue"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,143=
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New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0</p>

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2019.</p>

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(breakfast, lunch, and dinner) throughout the conference. Everyone listed o=
n
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abstract.</p>

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t;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">If
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ont-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:windowtex=
t;text-decoration-line:none">Website: </span></span><a href=3D"https://lago=
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size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Sincerely,</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-=
size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Saheed Aderinto</span></p><div>=
<br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=
=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><p><br></p><p><span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline"><b>U=
S Address</b></span></span></p><p></p><p>The Lagos Studies Association</p><=
p>C\O Saheed Aderinto<br></p>286 Central Drive<p>History Department</p><p>M=
cKee Building</p><p>Western Carolina University</p><p>Cullowhee NC 28723</p=
><p>Website: <a href=3D"https://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tps://lagosstudies.wcu.edu/</a> <br></p><p>Email Address: <span><a href=3D"=
mailto:lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">lagosstudiesass=
ociation@gmail.com</a></span></p><p><br></p><p><b><span style=3D"text-decor=
ation:underline">Nigeria Address<br> </span></b></p><p>The Lagos Studies As=
sociation</p><p>C\O Dr. Yetunde Zaid<br></p><p>University of Lagos Library<=
/p><p>P.M.B 1012</p><p>Akoka, Lagos</p><p>Nigeria</p><p>Email Address: <spa=
n><a href=3D"mailto:lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">la=
gosstudiesassociation@gmail.com</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div=
></div></div>

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