Recent conferences:
| year | location | theme | |
| 2009 | University of Tulsa | Africa and the Environmen (progam) | |
| 2008 | University of Missouri at St. Louis | Ties that Bind: Uniting Africans | |
| 2007 | University of Kansas | Africa in Motion | |
| 2006 | St. Louis Hilton (in conjunction with the International Studies Association-Midwest) | Creative Africa | |
| 2005 | Missouri State University | Memory and Identity: African Cultures in the Face of Globalization | |
| 2004 | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | ||
| 2003 | University of Kansas | Teaching Africa : New Themes, Techniques, and Technologies | |
| 2002 | University of Oklahoma at Norman | Africa: Globalization and its Discontents | |
| 2001 | University of Missouri at Saint Louis | Assessing the African Renaissance | |
| 2000 | Kansas State University | Africa and Its Environment |