The African Architectural and Urban History Network (AFRAUHN) in collaboration with the Department of Architecture at the University of Nairobi will be holding a major international conference from 8th–10th September 2026:
https://www.afrauhn.org/events/afrauhn-nairobi
This conference is a collateral event which will run alongside the inaugural Pan-African Biennale of Architecture in September in Nairobi:
https://www.panafricanbiennale.org
Conference sessions include:
SESSION 1: Reclaiming Regional Identity in Kenyan Architecture
SESSION 2: Architectural Education in Africa: When the Curriculum Leans Towards a Eurocentric Body of Knowledge
SESSION 3: Writing African Architectural History?
SESSION 4: Shifting the Ground for Thinking the Historiographies of African Architecture and Urbanism
SESSION 5: What happened to Tropical Architecture?
SESSION 6: Constructing Coloniality: Nodes of Imperialism and the East African Built Environment
SESSION 7: Design Research in African Architectural and Urban History
We invite abstracts of a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 500 words for this groundbreaking international conference to be hosted at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Please submit your details and abstracts by Friday 3rd April 2026.
For further information on the AFRAUHN NAIROBI conference and how to submit proposals, please visit this weblink:
https://www.afrauhn.org/items/call-for-papers-afrauhn-nairobi