Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference

November 1 - 3, 2025 | Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel | Washington, D.C.

The Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference took place on November 1 - 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Georgetown Marriott Hotel.

 

The conference featured:

Eighteenth Annual ASMEA Conference

  

 

 

Congratulations to the Eighteenth Annual Best Paper Winners!

Best Middle East Paper
The Salafi Jihadi Conception of the State.
Dr. Daniel Lav, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Best Africa Paper
Between Empire and Development: Arthur Hugh Bunting and the East African Groundnuts Scheme, 1947-1951
Dr. Joseph Hodge, West Virginia University

Best Student Paper
Cocoa in the Gold Coast (Ghana): Indigenous Agency, Colonial Policy, and Foreign Trade Networks in an Evolving Global Economy, 1859–1957
Mr. Maxwell Kwesi Asabere, West Virginia University

Best Poster
Governance by “Neutrality”: Labor, Law, and Power in African Content Moderation
Ms. Evelyn Bagley, Brandeis University