Africa News from the Centre of African Studies, University of London,
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Event: In conversation with Graça Machel
July 21st | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
SOAS, University of London | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Graça Machel, Minister for Education and Culture of Mozambique and SOAS President will be in conversation with Professor Christopher Cramer (SOAS) to discuss issues of youth and education in Africa. Followed by reception. More information to follow. Contact cas@soas.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Please RSVP on Eventbrite ________________________________________________________________ Heaven & Earth: Church Education and Monastic Culture in Ethiopia
Readapted Screening and Q&A with director Mackonen Michael
Thursday 11 June 2015 | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS | Tickets £10
'Heaven & Earth' is documentary film that tells the story of an ancient civilization,
covering a millennium of Ethiopia monastic culture and ecclesiastical education.
Presenting the development of indigenous Christianity in an African setting, the film
provides a corrective to still prevalent stereotypes of Africa as a dark continent in need of enlightenment by outside forces.
Director Mackonen Michael is an award-winning journalist who has worked for the BBC World Service and has produced several documentary films and radio programmes about culture in Africa. Michael also won a prestigious BAFTA award for his radio documentary 'Bridging the Gap' about the lives of immigrants in the UK.
Chaired by Chege Githiora
Please register on the link, tickets are £10 ____________________________________________________________ An Uli Woman Painter's Tale in the Igbo Heritage Crisis: The Life and Work of Eziafo Okaro
22 June, 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm | SOAS, Russell Square Building | Room 4429
The story of uli reflects the unsung contribution of women to social development in Igbo land and how this unique contribution has been devalued in the highly male-privileging art field of today. Ikwuemesi's work focuses on the work of one uli woman painter, Eziafo Okaro, and highlights the trans-epochal qualities of her vision. The story of Eziafo Okaro provides a basis for discussing the need to preserve the self while appropriating the other and how the work of Igbo uli women classicists helped to reinforce and preserve Igbo identity.
To RSVP email cas@soas.ac.uk ____________________________________________________________ Identities in Greater Senegambia and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Approaches through History and Music in Dialogue
24 - 25 June 2015 | Vernon Square, Room V111
Organised by Dr Lucy Duran and Dr Toby Green, this two day conference will bring together various academics, historians, artists, and musicians in order to analyse the relationship of identities through music and history. Panel topics include knowledge transmission, religion and youth, urbanization and rural lives, kinship and representation, and language and memory. Please view the attachment for further details and the conference programme. For more information, contact cas@soas.ac.uk Sponsored by the British Academy and the African Studies Association of the UK.
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Elections in central and southern Africa, dynamics of exclusion and participation 26 June 2015 | Brunei Gallery, Room B102 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SOAS Centre of African Studies, in conjunction with the British Academy. This one day conference will examine elections in central and southern Africa. Elections in the region are marked by powerful and even paradoxical dynamics of participation and exclusion. Ostensible rituals of mass participation and of legitimation by civil power, electoral successes in the countries of the region have generally made recourse to forms of exclusionary violence during the campaign. And while representative democracies often use mass participation in electoral rituals to legitimate the subsequent exclusion of the demos from the political process, in central and southern Africa this is brought out in an especially acute fashion. For example, many of those who play an active role in electoral campaigns – most especially young men and women from the lowest socio-economic groups – are invariably those who are most excluded by governments brought to power by such campaigns. Looking at papers of a generally ethnographic nature the conference will seek look at elections as part of a complex, oft misunderstood political phenomena in their own right rather than as staging posts en route to a normative conception of democracy. Convened by Dr Joe Trapido, Anthropology & Sociology Department, SOAS. For more information and RSVP contact cas@soas.ac.uk
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22 June 2015 | SOAS, University of London | Room 4426 
Fighting to Learn is a legal resource for realising the right to education, published by South Africa's largest and oldest public interest law organisation - the Legal Resources Centre (LRC). The LRC has undertaken extensive litigation to hold the government to account for failing to realise the social, economic and cultural rights of its citizens as set out in the South African Constitution. The cases featured in this publication have addressed the issues of replacing mud schools, infrastructure in schools, furniture, teachers, and transport.
Speakers:
Helen Mountfield QC
Professor Sandra Fredman (Oxford University)
Shona Gazidis (Legal Resources Centre)
To rsvp, email fiona@canoncollins.org.uk
Organiser: Centre of African Studies, University of London & Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust |
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SOAS Endangered Languages Week 2015
8 June to 12 June 2015
EVENTS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE
Africa Day 9 June 2015
Challenges in establishing the N|uu orthography
Sheena Shah (Centre for African Language Diversity, University of Cape Town)
Date: 9 June 2015 Time: 2:30 to 3:30 Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: G51
Cultural spaces and language maintenance in the Casamance
Rachel Watson and Alex Cobbinah
Date: 9 June 2015 Time: 3:30 to 5:00 Venue: Russell Square College Building Room: G51a
Language dynamics in East Africa
Hannah Gibson, Chege Githiora, Rozenn Guérois, Andrew Harvey, Charles Kisseberth and Lutz Marten
Date: 9 June 2015 Time: 5:30 to 7:00 Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: G3
More information in the attached programme or visit:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/endangered-languages-week-2015/ ___________________________________________________________________________
Conference - The Role of Arbitration Institutions in the Development of Arbitration in Africa - Registration is now open
Date: Thursday 23 July, 2015
Venue: African Union Commissions, Addis Ababa
A one day conference that will examine and discuss the current role and functions of arbitrations institutions within the continent. Prominent members and institutions will be present.
Delegates please register by clicking here.
To view the conference flyer click here |
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Events and Seminars in the UK |
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The African Studies Centre organises a lively programme of seminars, workshops and international conferences. At least three research seminars on Africa meet each week during Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity Terms:Annual events include:Podcasts of past seminars and events hosted by the African Studies Centre are available both on the Oxford University Podcasts Website and on iTuneU.
Please click here for a full list of events (All seminars are held on Thursdays at 5pm in the Pavilion Room, St. Antony's College (unless otherwise stated).
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Poll delay in Somaliland: Crisis or Process?
A panel discussion presented by Somaliland Focus & the Horn of Africa Seminar
15 June 5:00 pm | African Studies Centre | Oxford University
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Somaliland, scheduled to take place on the 26th June 2015, have been postponed for at least 17 months following delays in voter registration processes. As occurred in the previous election, the President's term has been extended amid criticism from opposition parties and the international community. Scheduled to coincide with the planned elections, this panel will question the extent to which these election delays mark a political crisis in Somaliland, or rather are constitutive of developing processes of democratisation in the country. Panelists will address the practical, political and economic causes and consequences of the delay, and reflect on its impact on Somaliland nation-state building, and political stability across the wider region.
For more information and a list of speakers, please refer to the event flyer
Cambridge Centre of African Studies Seminars
Please click here to find the full list of events that will be taking place during the upcoming term.
Leeds Centre of African Studies Seminars
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London School of Economics
Urban Memoryscapes Workshop Series
Tuesday 16 June 2015, 10.00-15.00
Venue: Room 9.04, Research Centre Meeting Suite, 9th Floor of Tower 2, St Clements Inn, London, WC2A 2AZ
 This workshop will focus on the presence and absence of the past in urban landscapes, and the ways in which these pasts are made visible in the present. Cities are simultaneously spaces of continual flux and re-writing, and spaces laden with memory and its traces. Processes of displacement and the erasure of memory play out in multiple ways: via forced removal, traumatic displacement, natural disasters, as well as bureaucratic processes of planning, eviction, demolition and re-making. How and to what purpose might traces of these pasts be made visible in the contemporary landscape, and how do people claim memory and ownership over remembered landscapes and places? How can we understand the tensions between the future-orientated city as a space of change and growth, and the city as a space characterised by subsumed and sedimented layers of memory?
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King's College London
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Birkbeck College
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Scolma Seminar
The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa
10 June 2015 | 11:00 AM | See Tee Lee Room | Senate House Library
Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom
A seminar by Professor Stephanie Newell, University of Sussex
The project offered an ambitious qualitative, comparative and historical study that asked about the implications of locally situated understandings of dirt in diverse African contexts for current debates about urbanisation, the environment, sexuality and ethnicity. In examining the concept of dirt from the period of the consolidation of colonialism in the 1880s through to the present in two African cities, the project situated contemporary popular media in relation to Africa's long history of intercultural encounters and, in so-doing, aimed to historically contextualise wider policy issues relating to public health, urbanisation and anti-racism in developing countries.
If you would like to attend this seminar, please email Dr Daniel Gilfoyle daniel.gilfoyle@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk
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Royal African Society Events
Africa Writes, the Royal African Society's annual literature and book festival, returns for its fourth year running this summer.
Africa Writes showcases established and emerging literary talent from Africa and the Diaspora. This year's festival will once again present a unique opportunity for you to engage with your favourite African writers and books, and to discover new ones through our exciting programme.
This year's festival highlights include 'Meditations on Greatness: Ben Okri in Conversation' in which the Booker prize-winning author will discuss his vast selection of literary work.
For more information please visit the Africa Writes website
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Business Council For Africa Events
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia: Ghana NPP Vice-Presidential Candidate for 2016 elections
Thursday 18th June: 18.00 – 20.30
http://bcafrica.co.uk/view_events/?id=20150521091140zwq4wrz7vv
Central Africa: UK Heads of Mission
6 July 2015: 11:00 - 14:00
http://bcafrica.co.uk/view_events/?id=201504140410243yr5ys29ww
West Africa: UK Heads of Mission
10 July 2015: 11:45 - 14:30
http://bcafrica.co.uk/view_events/?id=20150526045147b8zd82ah66
*Please note that SOAS members will come under the partner rates
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The Future of African Christianity and its Relevance to the West by Lamin Sanneh
One of the most remarkable stories of the 20th century is the growth of African Christianity. It is now one of the major forces shaping the face of world religion, not just in Africa itself, but in Europe, with many of the largest churches in London, for example, being African in origin. In this lecture, Lamin Sanneh, one of the world's foremost experts on African Christianity will reflect on the significance and likely future impact of African Christianity on the West. Doors 6.45pm | Lecture 7.15pm | Monday 15 June 2015 | Admission Free St Mellitus College, Collingham Road, London SW5 0LX Find out more on the website |
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Wosene Worke Kosrof: Wordplay Future Tense
The Gallery of African Art (GAFRA) cordially invites you to the Private View of Wordplay: Future Tense, featuring new works by the Ethiopian artist Wosene Work Kosrof.
Private View: Thursday, 11th June 2015, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Gallery Talk
Saturday, 13th June 2015, 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Talk commences at 2:30pm
To accompany the exhibition, Wosene Worke Kosrof will discuss his work and his creative process.
Venue: Gallery of African Art, 45 Albemarie Street, London W1S 4JL
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New Exhibition Installation: Europe Supported by Africa & the America
by Sokari Douglas Camp CBE
Europe Supported by Africa and America is new work created especially for Art15 inspired by the work of William Blake. It's composition with three female figures touching hands and supporting each other bore significance for Sokari. The central figure holds a long wreath which encourages the viewer to move around the drawing, noticing how the figures touch. The work also poses the question 'Is Europe still at the centre of world politics?' Sokari interprets this by representing three figures dressed in contemporary clothing remnant of high fashion currently in Nigeria. The wreath in Blake's drawing is significantly replaced by a fuel hose.
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The Enslaved Africans Memorial Project
by Oku Ekpenyon   
Up and down the country there are memorials dedicated to a multiplicity of worthy causes. In London alone there are at least 500 statues and monuments but there is a glaring omission, the African contribution to the history and heritage of Britain. London and other parts of Britain grew rich on the profits of slavery. The wealth created by enforced enslaved African labour in the Caribbean and the Americas came back to Britain and helped to lay the foundations of the Industrial Revolution; the legacy of economic prosperity from which the country continues to benefit to this day and put the 'Great' into Great Britain. Yet despite this there is still no public memorial recognising this important contribution. This powerful piece of work will be made in bronze and stand 14 feet high to the top of Freedom's raised hand. It will pay tribute to the courage and dignity of all those unnamed millions who were enslaved and their struggle for freedom. The plinth, designed to be wheelchair accessible, will tell the story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, on the relief around the base and include Braille to make it accessible to the visually impaired. This will be more than just a memorial it will also be an educational resource for those who visit the site e.g. school parties etc. The Enslaved Africans Memorial Garden will be a place for reflection, contemplation and education as well as being an 'oasis of remembrance.' It will also be a national and international landmark in London. Please support this ground breaking project with a donation. To view the proposed sculpture, garden design, more information and how to donate visit www.memorial2007.org.uk ___________________________________________________________________________
The Nne Agwu Afrakan Storytelling Festival 2015
 Shanti-Chi present this fabulous and unique Nne Agwu (Mother of all Wisdom) Afrakan Storytelling Festival, a weekend camping retreat in the Ancient woodland of Epping Forest summer 2015. Storytelling at its finest! This festival is set up to promote, preserve and celebration the oral tradition of storytelling by creating a vibrant storytelling village on the landscape of Britain. First class global storytellers, Sandra Agard, Angie Amra, Usifu Jalloh, Amantha Edmead, Eli Anderson, Ashanti-Michell and Griot Chinyere, are gathering this summer to captivate your imagination and conjure magic using the power of the oral tradition. You can also sign up to a workshop with one of the best and begin your journey on the storytellers' path. Embrace this experience!
Dates: Friday 31 July - | Sunday 2 August, 2015
Locations: Debden Campsite Debden Green, Loughton, Essex IG10 2NZ
Click here for more information __________________________________________________________________________ The Africa Centre & Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery presents
53 Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC
The Africa Centre & the Sulger-Buel Lovell gallery- located near the Tate Modern, are pleased to invite you to the exhibition "53 Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC" at the Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery.
The exhibition will showcase works from the 1970s' by DRC artist Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, as well as others such as T. Kalema, C. Mutombo, B. Ilunga, Ndaie.
The public exhibition will begin from the 27th of May, 3pm until the 30th of June.
Email yovanka@africacentre.org.uk to RSVP
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View the full brochure here The Centre of African Studies is running two courses for the 2015 SOAS Summer School: This introductory course will provide the participants with an overall understanding of the African continent. With a diverse range of sessions ranging from History and Politics to Languages and Music, the course will give an in-depth knowledge of the main academic areas of study of this vast and diverse continent.
Find out more This introductory course will provide the participants with overall understanding of the transnational nature of the modern world as it relates to migration and migrants, and related issues in the field of anthropology, politics, cultural studies, development and globalisation. The programme of study employs a multidisciplinary approach, with both teaching from academics and workshops delivered by diaspora professionals. Find out more
Applications are open to all, and the courses are suited to professionals who want to gain more knowledge of the region and for students interested in studying at SOAS, or who are interested in visiting Africa in the future.
Aduna - #MakeBaobabFamous
Africa-inspired social business Aduna are on a mission to #MakeBaobabFamous. Baobab is the African superfruit which has the potential to provide sustainable income for 10 million households in rural Africa. If you find their vision inspiring, please take 10 seconds of your time to vote for their #pitchtorich campaign and help transform thousands - and quite possibly millions - of lives. After voting please be sure to verify your vote using the email you will receive from Virgin.
By way of thanks, if you forward this to pitchtorich@aduna.com you could win a year's supply of baobab!
You can vote for Aduna here: http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/pitch-to-rich/grow/aduna/
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Swahili Summer Courses organized by Edinburgh University
In a new initiative, the following summer courses will be made available at the University of Edinburgh and Tanzania. Please click the links for course descriptions and fees.
Swahili A course in Edinburgh (Course Organiser: Dr. Thomas Molony)
Dates: 29.06.2015 – 24.07.2015
Swahili B course in Tanzania, Butiama (Course Organiser: Dr. Thomas Molony)
Date: 27.07.2015 – 21.08.2015
Swahili A Beginners course in Tanzania, Butiama (Course Organiser: Dr. Thomas Molony)
Date: 27.07.2015 – 21.08.2015
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New Book: Journalism, Audiences, and Diaspora by Dr Ola Ogunyemi
Dr Ola Ogunyemi, the convener of the Media of Diaspora Research Group (MDRG) at the University of Lincoln, has edited a book titled 'Journalism, Audiences and Diaspora'. The book, written by leading scholars on diaspora journalism, is one of the few scholarly texts on the journalistic practices of the diasporic media around the world. The 15 chapters explore how diasporic communities engage with local, national and global processes (social, cultural and governmental) and how diasporic news reflects those linkages. It will be launched at the forthcoming MDRG International Symposium in October, 2015. Please click here for more information about the book.
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New Book: Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia
by Arkebe Oqubay
Made in Africa presents the findings of original field research into the design, practice, and varied outcomes of industrial policy in the cement, leather and leather products, and floriculture sectors in Ethiopia. It explores how and why the outcomes of industrial policy are shaped by particular factors in these industries. It also examines industrial structures and associated global value chains to demonstrate the challenges faced by African firms in international markets. The findings are discussed against the backdrop of 'industrial policy', which has recently found renewed favour among economists and international organizations, and of the history of thought about and practice in industrialization. The book seeks to learn from the failures and successes in the three sectors, all of them functioning under the umbrella of a single industrial strategy. It argues that an effective industrial policy requires a more interventionist state than most development economists would accept, including those recently claiming to champion a 'new industrial policy'. Moreover, it argues that success lies in the interactions among policy, specific industrial structures, and institutions. Specifically, a successful policy, he posits should maximize linkage effects, but will founder in the absence of a clear understanding of the political economy of each sector.
About the author: Arkebe Oqubay is the Minister and Special Advisor to the Ethiopian Prime Minister. He conducted his PhD at SOAS, University of London on the topic of the book, supervised by Professor Christopher Cramer and partly funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholarship. Based on original and extensive research, the book offers an African perspective of industrial policy in Africa.
Preview in Google Books
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The Ivan Karp Archive
The online archive of Ivan Karp's published papers has moved and gotten a new look! Emory University launched the popular online archive in 2012 in order to keep Karp's (1943–2011) work widely available. Karp was a social anthropologist and a leading scholar of social theory, museum and heritage studies, and African studies. He began his long-term research with Iteso communities in western Kenya in 1969. Karp wrote extensively about power, personhood and agency, about African societies and systems of thought, and he published groundbreaking work about museums and exhibitions.
The updated Ivan Karp Archive includes new photos and links and a new homepage design. The archive organizes Karp's papers thematically, with sections devoted to Social Theory and African Systems of Thought. The archive also includes complete lists of Karp's books and of the works published in the two book series for which he served as editor: the African Systems of Thought series at Indiana University Press and the Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry at Smithsonian Institution Press. The archive can be found online at http://halleinstitute.emory.edu/karp/index.html. |
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Conferences in the UK & Abroad |
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Call for Papers: Journalism, Diaspora and Conflict Resolution
Conference date: Friday 16 October, 2015
Abstract due date: 19 June, 2015
This international symposium aims to examine the dynamics of journalistic practices and diasporic experiences in fostering conflict resolution. Hence, we welcome papers on the theme of the conference including, but not limited to, the diasporic media organisation dimension of conflict resolution; the professional values dimension of conflict resolution; and the diaspora audience dimension of conflict resolution. We plan to develop the conference theme into an edited book.
Please read the flyer for further information
To present a paper or contribute to the planned book, please email your 200 word abstract indicating your preference to Dr Ola Ogunyemi, oogunyemi@lincoln.ac.uk by 19 June, 2015.
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Call for Papers: Mobility & Minorities
Please see the attached call for contributions to a collection on the subject of Mobility and Minorities. The call closes on 15 July.
The expected themes are:
Internal and international mobility | Refugees and internally displaced people | Mobility and climate change | Mobility and Development | Labour mobility | Tourism-related mobility
Contributions may be written in English or French
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Religion, Education and Economy in Zimbabwe and the Diasporas
Saturday 20 June 2015 | The Britain Zimbabwe Society´s Annual Research Day
St. Antony´s College, Nissan Theatre, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Please click here to view a draft of the conference programme. RSVP required.
Dedicated to Professor Terence Ranger, who founded the Research Day Organised in collaboration with the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS), the Rhodes Chair's. Fund and the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
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Research Day Conference
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Religion,Education and Economy in Zimbabwe and the Diasporas
The Britain Society's Annual Research Day, Saturday 20 June 2015
St. Antony's College, Nissan Theatre, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
The BZS 2015 Research Day will explore religion, education and the social economy in Zimbabwe and its diasporas, the linkages, the tensions and the complementarities between them, and their roles in evolution and change. Religion has been a continuous thread in Zimbabwe's socio-economic, political and developmental narrative. It has been a site of contestation, but also of regeneration, identity and diversity. It can be at once divisive and a great unifier. Education has always been an important part of the national development agenda. The knowledge economy is a vehicle for social mobility, development and affirmation, in an era of global economic competition and uncertainty.
View the flyer for more information on the programme and panels.
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Funding Opportunities & Prizes |
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL:
UK – South Africa Researcher Links
Grants for Travel and Hosting of Scientific Events
2015 – First Call
Closing date: 30 June 2015
 Background
The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa in partnership with prominent UK academies (i.e. the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society) and the British Council is pleased to invite applications for the UK – South Africa Researcher Links grants. These grants will support mobility and hosting of workshops, and are designed to provide financial support for researchers in the UK and South Africa. The Newton-South Africa Researcher Links grants are intended to provide small-scale seed funding to:
- Support the research and innovation capacity of South Africa for their long-term sustainable economic development and social welfare;
- Expand and maximise cooperation in research and innovation, between policy makers in government, government agencies, research organisations, higher education institutions, companies and enterprises;
- Promote increased research and collaboration that support long-term sustainable partnerships between the UK and South Africa;
- Enhance networking within the UK and South Africa science systems;
- Foster collaboration in order to improve the quality of research outputs by UK and South African researchers;
- Contribute to economic growth by addressing the major challenges faced by South Africa;
- Contribute to capacity building of early and established researchers in South African and the UK.
Applications will be accepted in any discipline/multidisciplinary area (including from the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, arts and humanities).
Who may apply
i. Advanced PhD students (at a minimum, in the second year of research) registered at South African or UK public universities. PhD students should apply through their supervisors;
ii. Postdoctoral, early career and established researchers. Researchers have to be full-time employees or on a fixed-term contract at any of the following institutions are eligible to apply: - South African and UK universities /universities of technology;
- Recognised national research institutions such as the national facilities (in the case of South Africa);
- Science councils.
Applications must be submitted through an online application process to the National Research Foundation (NRF) athttps://nrfsubmission.nrf.ac.za : UK – South Africa Researcher Links Grants for Travel and Hosting of Scientific Events 2015
Attached is the detailed call document in PDF
Key dates
Call opens : 1 June 2015
Call closes : 30 June 2015
Note: DAs have until 08 July 2015 to validate applications.
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The Patrick and Janet Stuart Scholarship for students from Lesotho
Canon Collins Trust is delighted to offer one scholarship each year in the name of Patrick and Janet Stuart. This is available for students from Lesotho to study at postgraduate level at a South African university.
To be considered for a scholarship under this programme you must:
· be a national of Lesotho
· be normally resident Lesotho
· be in possession of a good first degree (minimum 2nd class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application)
· be studying or applying to study at a South African university
The application process is the same as for a Canon Collins Scholarship. To access the online application form, please click here.
Please read the guidelines carefully before applying.
Closing Date: 27 July 2015
What we offer
In 2016 most awards will be valued at R65,000 for each year of study at Masters and PhD level. In exceptional cases we may offer up to R100,000 per year. We support both full and part-time study and will consider applications from those who wish to study by distance learning.
We also organise an annual conference for current scholars, usually in July, and hold several smaller events throughout the year. Scholarship holders are expected to participate in these activities and to become part of and contribute to our network. ________________________________________________________________
Call for Applicants: Fellowship in Cultural and Social Anthropology - University of Milano-Bicocca
The University of Milano-Bicocca and the Department of Human Sciences for Education "Riccardo Massa" are inviting applications for three-years research fellowships in Cultural and Social Anthropology in the framework of thePhD program in Cultural and Social Anthropology (DACS) for the A.Y.2015-2016.
Established in 2013, the DACS welcomes students into a dynamic community of senior and junior scholars that contributes to the development of cultural and social anthropology through innovative and original research projects.
Research project (max. 6 pages, line spacing 1, included bibliography drawn up according to the following structure: 1. Summary; 2. General objectives and innovativeness of the research topic compared to the state of the art; 3. Work plan year over three years; 4 Feasibility of the project in terms of prior knowledge (linguistic, ethnographic, bibliographic), institutional contacts, relationships that can facilitate the research; 5) bibliography) up to a max of 8 points
All documents must be presented in one of these three languages: Italian, English, French. For further information, visit the university web site at the following link: http://www.unimib.it/go/7812148310437506910/Home/English/MENU-DX/Course-Offerings/Doctorate-School/Cultural-and-Social-Anthropology
or send an email to the Deputy Director alice.bellagamba@unimib.it
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Africa Thesis Award 2015
Deadline: 12 July
Are you interested in Sub-Saharan Africa and is your Masters thesis on a related subject? If so, the African Studies Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, is offering you the chance to win € 500. What's more, the winning thesis will be published in the ASC's African Studies Collection.
The award aims to encourage student research and writing on Sub-Saharan Africa and to promote the study of African cultures and societies. It is presented annually to a student whose Masters thesis has been completed on the basis of research conducted on Africa. The full text of all submitted theses will be made available online via the ASC's library catalogue.
Any final-year student who has completed his/her Masters thesis with distinction (80% or higher or a Dutch rating of at least an 8) at a university in Africa or the Netherlands may apply. The thesis must have been examined in the twelve months prior to the deadline of 12 July 2015.
For more information about submission, read the flyer.
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UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
The Human Economy Research Programme
6 Doctoral Scholarships– Download CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
The Human Economy Research Programme
6 Post-doctoral Fellowships – Download CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
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Call for Applications: Haycock Research Grant: Sudan and South Sudan
The British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) invites applications for grants from the Haycock Fund, to support projects of research in Sudan/South Sudan. Applications may be for any sum between £1,000 and £10,000 pounds sterling, and may be made in respect of projects in any area of the humanities and social sciences. Applications may be for a one-off project, or may form part of an established larger programme of research activity.
Find out more
CAS Scholarships & Fellowships at SOAS
Governance for Development in Africa Initiative (GDiA) at SOAS
- PhD Scholarships
- MSc Scholarships
- Residential School in Africa (in London, UK)
- Deadline: 15 December 2015
Supported by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
For more information contact Angelica Baschiera ab17@soas.ac.uk
Leventis Postdoctoral Fellowship for Nigerian Nationals - devised to assist scholars develop their research interests in collaboration with their counterparts in London. Applicants are invited to spend ten weeks as visitors of the Centre of African Studies in order to pursue their research in libraries and archives and participate in the intellectual life at the Centre. The scheme might be particularly appropriate for scholars working up a PhD thesis into publishable form.
Supported by the Leventis Foundation
Deadline: 30 March 2016
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships for MRes Politics with Language, MSc Research for International Development, MA Anthropological Research Methods, MA Anthropological Research Methods and Nepali
The Canon Collins Scholarships at SOAS – open to Masters students from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for students from African Commonwealth countries applying for: MSc Development Studies, LLM in Law, Development and Governance, MSc Development Economics, MA Social Anthropology of Development, MA Music and Development
The Culture of Resistance Scholarships for Masters students in the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, from the following African countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Ferguson Scholarships for African taught Masters students in African Studies, International Studies and Diplomacy & Social Anthropology of Development
Santander Taught Master's Scholarships for African students from Ghana
SOAS Master's Scholarships - Faculty of Arts & Humanities - (for any full-time taught masters programme in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities)
SOAS Master's Scholarships - Faculty of Language & Cultures (for the full-time MA Postcolonial Studies, MA Cultural Studies, MA Comparative Literature, MA Linguistics, MA Applied Linguistics & Language Pedagogy, MA Language, Documentation and Description, MA Translation Theory and Practice (Asian and African Languages)
SOAS Master's Scholarships - Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (for any full-time master's programmes in the Department of Development Studies, Economics, Law, Politics, International Studies and Financial & Management Studies, in the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy and in the the Centre for Gender Studies)
William Ross Murray Scholarship for an LLM student from a developing country
External scholarships
British Institute in Eastern Africa Graduate Attachment Scheme for recent graduates with an interest in further studies in Africa
British Council - The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is an international programme under which member governments offer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. The CSFP was established at the first Commonwealth education conference in 1959, and over 26,000 individuals have benefited. CSC offers Masters and PhD scholarships as well as Fellowships and distance learning scholarships
- Mansion House Scholarships for training and work experience in the United Kingdom's financial services industry, open to postgraduate Nigerian students.
Other Universities
University of Sheffield West African Merit Scholarships for students from Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Guinea Bissau
University of Bath Steve Huckvale Scholarships for students in Africa – taught masters students from Africa who are intending to study Engineering or Management
Bournemouth University UKEAS Nigeria Scholarship for Nigerian nationals on full-time postgraduate courses
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Human Rights Watch | Full-Time Job Vacancy
Associate | Africa Division | (Washington, DC Office)
Application Deadline: June 11, 2015
The Africa Division of Human Rights Watch ("HRW") is seeking a highly motivated and qualified person to provide administrative assistance to its West Africa team. The Africa Division works to advance human rights in Africa and conducts a wide range of work, including investigation, report writing, advocacy and media work. This position reports to the Associate Director of the Africa division in charge of West Africa and supports staff including the DC-based Africa Division team members.
Contact: Please submit a cover letter explaining your interest for the job, resume, a brief writing sample (unedited by others), and contact information for three references to africajobs@hrw.org. Please use"Associate Ref: AFR-15-1041" as the subject of your email.
Click here for more details on qualifications and responsibilities
Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its hiring practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.
_________________________________________________________ PhD Position in the Inter-University Centre for Frugal Innovations (CFIA)
The Centre for Frugal Innovations in Africa (CFIA), a research centre of Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam seeks to fill a PhD-position for research on Frugal Innovations and Responsible Entrepreneurship: Case Studies in the Water and Health Sectors in East Africa. More information (Adobe PDF).
For more information on the position, please contact: Prof.dr. C.P. van Beers _________________________________________________________________ Permanent Lectureship at the Centre of African Studies - University of Edinburgh
The Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher and teacher to a permanent academic post in the Centre of African Studies, in the School of Social and Political Science. S/he will be joining a dynamic and interdisciplinary community of some 20 academics and 100 postgraduate students located in the centre, as well as many more around the university.
We are looking for candidates with a commitment to innovative interdisciplinary research and teaching with an African focus. Candidates will have relevant expertise in African studies or in political science, social anthropology, development studies, human geography, history or cultural studies.
The candidate will be based in one of largest clusters of Africanist experts in Europe, in a university ranked in the world's top 20, and in a city regarded as one of most beautiful and liveable in the UK.
Link to vacancy details and 'how to apply' available at: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKY610/lecturer-in-african-studies/
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Permanent Researcher and Teacher -The Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher and teacher to a permanent academic post in the Centre of African Studies, in the School of Social and Political Science. S/he will be joining a dynamic and interdisciplinary community of some 20 academics and 100 postgraduate students located in the centre, as well as many more around the university.
We are looking for candidates with a commitment to innovative interdisciplinary research and teaching with an African focus. Candidates will have relevant expertise in African studies or in political science, social anthropology, development studies, human geography, history or cultural studies.
The candidate will be based in one of largest clusters of Africanist experts in Europe, in a university ranked in the world's top 20, and in a city regarded as one of most beautiful and liveable in the UK.
Link to vacancy details and 'how to apply' available at: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKY610/lecturer-in-african-studies/
For any question, please do not hesitate to contact me: email: B.Bompani@ed.ac.uk
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Volunteer Opportunity in South Africa
The Sinovuyo Teen Study and Youth Pulse projects are looking for vibrant, energetic people to support our fieldwork team in running exciting research projects in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The posts would be intensive ones, with significant amounts of responsibility, but always working within a team in the Eastern Cape, with lots of support from Universities of Cape Town and Oxford. The positions will run: between 3 months and 1 year starting from April 2015 to April 2016 for the Volunteer Project and Logisitic Manager roles; 6 months (Youth Pulse) or 3 months (Sinovuyo Teen Study) to 1 year as soon as possible for the volunteer Fieldwork Coordinator roles; 1 year minimum for the experienced Manager role - depending on volunteer and Manager availability.
This is an opportunity to gain valuable fieldwork experience in the international development and research sectors, contribute to the livelihoods of young people in South Africa, and inform youth health policy and funding at the national and international levels.
Internship available with leading event organisers on the African continent
AME Trade Ltd is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic intern who can multitask and work under pressure. This position is for a period of three months with the opportunity to progress into a full time role. Some expenses will be reimbursed.
For more information about the position please click here
Further inquiries should be directed to Laura Sitzia at careers@ametrade.org
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