37th Annual Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference
At this year's conference, scholars, artists, and practitioners will activate ancestral knowledge -- amplifying the connections between the past and the present. In an age marked by intensified assaults on Black life, thought, and futures—across academia, public policy, healthcare, global politics, and more—we return to the ancestors not only as memory but as method.
Their stories, our blueprints.
Their lives, our inheritance.
Their resistance, our right!
Join us as we honor and engage the legacies, struggles, visions, and victories of our ancestors as Africological sites of instruction, healing, and radical possibility.
The conference will take place during business hours on October 17-18 2025, at Temple University’s Center for Anti-Racism, Mazur Hall 140, 1114 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
Conference Registration
*Members Receive a Conference Registration Discount
Members pay $200 for “Professional” registration ($175 w/ early bird discount);
Buy membership first to access the members’ only registration page.
Registration for the 2025 Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference for college- and university-affiliated faculty and staff.
Until September 1, 2025, this registration includes a $25 early bird discount. After that date, it will be $300.
Registration for the 2025 Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference for Non-Temple University Students or unaffiliated members of the community.
(*membership discount not applicable at this rate)
Temple University Students: Conference Registration is FREE with student ID; available on-site only.
One-Day Registration: available on-site only
Conference Details
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Temple University Center for Anti-Racism
Mazur Hall, Room 140
1114 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
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Conwell Inn (a 5 minute walk from the venue)
1331 Polett Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
1-215-235-6200 -- Call and tell them you are part of the DISA group.