The African Studies Association Italy (Italian: ''Associazione per gli Studi Africani in Italia'', ASAI) is an Italian learned society of about 100
Africanists
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and is based both at the
University of Urbino
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AEGIS
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network of African studies centres in Europe.
Conferences
ASAI organises a biennial national conference on African studies:
* 2010, ASAI I: ''Studi italiani sull’Africa a 50 anni dall’indipendenza'' (Italian African studies 50 years since independence), University of Naples "L'Orientale", 30 September-2 October 2010
* 2012, ASAI II: ''Convegno di Studi Africani'' (African studies meeting),
University of Pavia
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, 18-20 September 2012
* 2014, ASAI III: ''Africa in movimento'' (Africa in motion),
University of Macerata
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, 17-20 September 2014
* 2016, ASAI IV: ''Africa in fermento. Conflitti, modernità, religioni'' (Africa in ferment. Conflicts, modernity, religions),
University of Catania
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, 22-24 September 2016
* 2018, ASAI V: ''Plural Africa: politiche, saperi e dinamiche sociali'' (Plural Africa, politics, knowledge and social dynamics),
University of Bologna
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, 5-7 September 2018
* 2020, ASAI VI: ''AFRICA. IN, OUT, ABOUT. Prospettive storiche, politiche e culturali dal continente e dalle diaspore'' (Historical, political and social prospects of the continent and the diaspora),
University of Milan
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, 16-18 September 2020 (cancelled because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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)
* 2022, ASAI VI: ''Afriche del terzo millennio nel mondo globale: sfide, riconfigurazioni e opportunità. Third millennium Africas in the global world. Challenges, reconfigurations, and opportunities'',
University of Urbino
The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" ( it, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", ''UniUrb'') is an Italian university located in Urbino, a walled hill-town in the region of Marche, located in the north-eastern part of central Italy. The ...