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Asar Imhotep December 24th 2014 at 13:52 Call For Papers: The African Worldview in the Context of ciKam-cikůlů (Ancient Kemet),Vol. I
Editor: Asar Imhotep | Madu-Ndela Institute for the Advancement of Science and Culture
Contact Email: info@asarimhotep.com
Call: The African Worldview in the Context of ciKam-cikůlů (Ancient Kemet), Vol. I seeks submissions that explore new interpretations of existing data and/or presents new findings, theories, and methodologies in the field of Africana Studies in relation to ancient ciKam (km.t/Kemet). Volume I seeks to refine and expand an authentic African-centered framework for research, inquiry and analysis with the goal of developing action-oriented solutions to issues facing the global African community.
Summary: The African school of Egyptology has come a long ways since the days of Martin Delany (1879), Anténor Firmin (1885), Lilias Homburger (1949), Yosef ben Jochannan (1989), Cheikh Anta Diop (1977), Theophile Obenga (1993), and Jacob Carruthers (1995). The works of these pioneering researchers have opened a line of communication with inner Africa—this as a result of a critical engagement with primary texts—that has helped to resituate ancient ciKam back into its proper African context; this in spite of the aspirations of the colonial school of Egyptology to take Africans out of Egypt, Egypt out of Africa, and Africa out of world history.
Ancient ciKam has been the historical and conceptual grounding upon which African scholars have sought to better understand the historical and cultural development of modern African societies. But what can modern indigenous African cultures and languages possibly reveal about the ancient Kemetic worldview(s) as expressed through its literature and motifs, given the establishment of the deep cultural unity of Black Africa (Diop 1963, 1977, 1989; Obenga 1993; Chami 2006 )? With the assumption of a shared genetic, linguistic, and cultural unity in Africa, what epistemological strategies have been developed in the African school of Egyptology, and what new insights and theories have emerged as a result of these methodologies and perspectives?
The Work: We invite chapters that are historically based, current event inspired from a variety disciplines and methodological approaches. While we encourage submissions that address one of the following themes below, we also welcome other topics that speak explicitly to the concept of Kemet in its African Context.
Chapters/Themes (in their broader sense):
History/Political Linguistics (typology, historical comparative, phonology, etc.) Philosophy (Kemetic thought in relation to quantum field theory, cosmology and the shaping of culture, etc.) Anthropology/Sociology (social dynamics, kingship, kinship relations, etc.) Archeology (analysis of new finds, reinterpretations of old finds, etc.) Philology (textual criticism, translation of texts, etc.) Theology/religion (divinities, rituals, divination, etc.) Science/technology (genetics, architecture, mathematics, astrophysics, medicine, etc.) Comparative (important commonalities/distinctions between ciKam and the rest of Africa, etc.) Submission Details:
Please submit your chapter abstract, C.V. and questions to Asar Imhotep (info@asarimhotep.com) by January 10, 2015. Please make sure that all abstracts and vitas are attached as a word document.
Initial abstracts will be reviewed by Asar Imhotep (Madu-Ndela Institute for the Advancement of Science and Culture)
Those selected will be notified by February 2015 and asked to submit a full chapter draft by April 2015.
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