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tab above to log into member accountWe are pleased to announce that the call for nominations for the student representatives to the SAfA Executive Board will be open from the 3rd of November to the 17th of November 2025.
After collation of the nominee list, the elections will be run through electronic ballot from the 24th of November to the 5th of December 2025. The three selected representatives will serve for 2 years between 2025 and 2027.
The role of the SAfA Student Committee is as follows:
● Planning and organising student-related activities at SAfA conferences and events including the SAfA student day.
● Serving on SAfA subcommittees that require student input.
● Representing student voices at meetings with the SAfA executive board.
● Promoting SAfA to students of African archaeology and encouraging student involvement and participation with SAfA.
● Organising elections for future SAfA student committees.
Of the three positions, we are seeking (at least) one to be filled by a student who is from the African continent. The other roles will be open to people of all nationalities.
Nominations must be made by someone other than the nominee themselves. The nominator shall fill out the attached short form (available in English and French), which requests the nominator's name, the nominee's name, the nominee’s nationality, student status, and current university, and a short statement on why the nominee is suitable for these positions. Please send the form to the following address: studentsrep@safarchaeology.org
Only SAfA members (students in this case) can be nominated and can vote. If you're not a SAfA member you can register at this link:
https://safarchaeology.org/Join
Thank you very much.
SAfA Student Committee (Nicolette, David, Abdumalik, and Humphrey)
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SAfA Student Committee: Appel à candidatures
Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que l'appel à candidatures pour les représentants étudiants au conseil d'administration de la SAFA sera ouvert du 3 au 17 Novembre 2025.
Après compilation de la liste des candidats, les élections se déroulent au scrutin électronique du 24 Novembre au 5 Décembre 2025. Les trois représentants sélectionnés siégeront pendant 2 ans entre 2025 et 2027.
Les rôles du Comité des Étudiants de la SAfA sont les suivantes :
- Planifier et organiser les activités et évènements relatifs aux étudiants durant les conférences de la SAfA, ainsi que la journée des étudiants de la SAfA.
- Participer aux sous-comités de la SAfA qui requièrent la participation d’étudiants.
- Être porte-parole des étudiants lors des réunions avec le Comité de Direction de la SAfA.
- Promouvoir la SAFA entre les étudiants en archéologie africaine et encourager les étudiants à participer s'impliquer dans la SAfA.
- Organiser les élections pour les futurs comités des étudiants de la SAFA.
Au moins l’un des trois postes proposés doit être occupé par un/e étudiant/e d’origine africaine. Les autres postes sont ouverts aux personnes de toute nationalité.
Les nominations doivent être faites par quelqu’un d’autre que le candidat lui-même. Le proposant/e doit remplir le court formulaire ci-joint qui comprend le nom du proposant/e, le nom du/de la candidat/e, sa nationalité, son statut d’étudiant/e et l’université actuelle, et un bref résumé des motifs de la nomination de cette personne.
Merci d'envoyer le formulaire à l'adresse suivante : studentsrep@safarchaeology.org
Le proposant/e et le candidat/e doivent tous les deux être des membres en règle de la SAfA (tous/toutes les deux des étudiants/es). Si vous n’êtes pas encore membre de la SAfA vous pouvez vous inscrire à l’adresse suivante :
https://safarchaeology.org/Join
Merci beaucoup.
Le Comité des étudiants du SAfA (Nicolette, David, Abdumalik, et Humphrey)
2025-2027 EXECUTIVE BOARD-ELECT
President-Elect: Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Recording Secretary-Elect: Elizabeth Wahab
Member-at-Large from Africa-Elect: Maggie Katongo
Member-at-Large from Africa-Elect: Catherine Namono
Member-at-Large from North America-Elect: Robert J. Stark
Member-at-Large from Europe-Elect: Caroline Robion-Brunner
Treasurer-Elect: Steven T. Goldstein
Student Representatives: TBD
Webmaster: Matthew C. Curtis, California State University, Channel Islands
Nyame Akuma Editors: Liza Gijanto, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, & Nicolas Nikis, Royal Museum for Central Africa
2023-2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD
President: Akin Ogundiran, Northwestern University
Recording Secretary: Elizabeth Sawchuk, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Organizing Secretaries: Erich Fisher and Nuno Bicho, ICArEHB, University of Algarve
Treasurer: Brian Stewart, University of Michigan
Member at Large from Africa: Catherine Namono, University of the Witwatersrand
Member-at-Large from Africa: Tim Forssman, University of Pretoria
Member at Large from Europe: Anne Mayor, University of Geneva
Member at Large from North America: Cameron Gokee, Appalachian State University
Student Representative at-large 1: Humphrey Nyambiya: University of Algarve
Student Representative at-large 2: David Okanlawon: Syracuse University
Student Representative at-large 3: Nicolettee M. Edwards: Southern Methodist University
Student Representative at-large 4: Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Abdulmalik: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Webmaster: Matthew C. Curtis, California State University, Channel Islands
Nyame Akuma Editors: Liza Gijanto, Saint Mary's College of Maryland, & Nicolas Nikis, Royal Museum for Central Africa
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