Deadline: 22 November 2013
Open to: early-career researchers who are based in African institutions
Fellowship: covers return air-fare, accommodation and living costs
Description
The Cadbury fellowships programme is run every year by the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, thanks to a generous bequest from the Cadbury family.
They invite applications from early-career researchers who are based in African institutions and wish to spend a period of ten weeks with us discussing and developing the results of their primary research. Fellowships will cover return air-fare, accommodation and living costs for this period.
The programme will culminate in an international conference to be held at the University of Birmingham from 15 to 17 May 2014. The visiting fellows will present their papers alongside a range of established and younger participants who share their interest in this year’s theme.
This year’s theme is Class in Africa: a reassessment. Developing the dialogues arising from the Africa Talks series at the University of Birmingham in Autumn 2013, they seek to revisit old debates about class in Africa, and connect them to new research and emerging trends.
Eligibility
They invite applications from early-career researchers based in African institutions. Applicants should have completed their main period of primary doctoral research and be either in the stage of writing up their dissertation or, if they have completed their dissertation, be looking to develop publications from it.
Applicants’ research should be relevant to the theme of Class and Africa, and they should be ready to discuss their findings and interpretations in a series of reading groups, seminar presentations, journal workshops and other activities over a ten-week period, before presenting their paper at the international conference. It is expected that fellows will seek to publish their paper as a journal article.
Application
Please email your application to Tom Penfold on t.w.penfold@bham.ac.uk by 22 November 2013. Applications are by short CV (up to three pages, including names and contact details of two referees) and covering letter (also up to three pages). In your letter please include the following information:
- How you learned about this programme;
- Whether you will be able to spend ten weeks at University of Birmingham from 10 March to 17 May 2014 (i.e. will you be able to secure leave from other responsibilities such as teaching?);
- The thematic, geographical and chronological scope of your research;
- What research you have already undertaken and what you would work on during the fellowship.
Visit the official website HERE for further details.
