18th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network – Young Scholars Initiative Pre- conference

Submission deadline: 31 August 2025

The Young Scholars Initiative, in partnership with the African Economic History Network (AEHN), invites submissions for its 2025 annual meeting. This year’s pre-conference will focus socio-economic historical factors that have shaped Africa’s developmental trajectory. We invite will papers that explore historical landmarks that have influenced change in Africa’s economic development. Hence preference will be given to papers that speak to the main conference’s theme, “Disruptions and Resilience in African Economic Transformations“. For more information on this please visit the following website: https://www.aehnetwork.org/conference/.

This year’s pre-conference strongly anchors on the mentorship of young scholars by seniors scholars availed by the AEHN. Therefore, submissions are welcome from those with written draft papers that are yet to be fully developed.

Papers within these broad themes (and beyond) are welcome:

• Pandemics and Epidemics in Africa

• Labor and Migration

• Natural resource and development

• Women, Sexuality and Gender

• Agricultural production and sustainability

• Environmental policies and climate change

• Wars, Politics and Protest

• Trade and Economic Cooperation

• Land disputes and conflict resolution

Submission Guidelines

1. Young Scholars are invited to send their paper abstracts of maximum 300 words. Abstract should be concise, outlining the main argument, methodology, and key findings.

2. Accepted participants will be replied before the end September.

3. Draft papers will be requested upon selection.