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Call for Contributions | Niger Delta Stories
Kparobo Iwho Foundation In collaboration with Malthouse Press Proudly announces Niger Delta Stories: A Call for Contributions
Against the background of distortions in mainstream narratives of the way of life and the exploitation of the natural resources of the Niger Delta, it is time the people of the region, told their own stories. We are therefore calling for short stories by all stakeholders – by the people, of the people, about the people of the Niger Delta – scheduled for publication by a reputable publishing house second quarter of 2020.
All contributions must source material from the Niger Delta – the environment, culture, politics and politicians, cuisine, our local drinks, dressing and dress code, geography, art, social life, marriage, the economy, history, the curse of crude oil – and many more. Except we tell our stories strangers will recreate our world to the world and to our world too!
All submissions must be between 1,500 and 3,500 words and should be word processed on A4 sized paper in MS Word document and sent to: Editor – Hope Eghagha,heghagha@yahoo.com,
Co-editors – Nduka Otiono,notiono@yahoo.com,
Sunny Awefeadasawefeada@yahoo.com and Gilbert Ogboweigebinyoogbowei@gmail.com latest October 30th 2019.
Call for Application | DAAS: Assistant Professor of Black Popular Culture
The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Black Popular Culture. Applicants with research and teaching interests in any aspect of the production and consumption of popular culture from the black diaspora with intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. Areas of expertise may include (but are not limited to) music and spoken word, film and television, visual culture, and digital media. Emphasis will be given to scholars whose scholarship focuses on explorations of popular cultural practices within comparative or transnational frameworks. We encourage scholars in the fields of African-American, African, Afro-Latinx, Caribbean, and/or Transatlantic Studies across the Humanities and Social Sciences to apply.
This is a university-year appointment with an expected start date of September 2020. Interested applicants are required to hold a Ph.D., degree prior to the appointment. Applicants must demonstrate evidence of excellence in both teaching and research.
See more information and how to apply here.
Call for Application | 2020-2021 Fellowship Program
The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study offers research fellowships to scholars working on projects that engage with questions of ethics, value, meaning, or purpose. The NDIAS supports research in all disciplines, including the arts, engineering, humanities, law, and formal, natural, and social sciences. As a residential research community, NDIAS Fellows live and work at the University of Notre Dame and present their research in weekly discussion seminars, attend Institute-supported programming, and participate in the intellectual life of the university. The Institute seeks outstanding scholars who are working on projects that can benefit from the collaborative, interdisciplinary setting it provides.
In response to new and emerging opportunities, the NDIAS has added a thematic option to its call for fellowship applications for academic year 2020-2021. The NDIAS is particularly interested in fostering interdisciplinary study of the nature of trust, with a broad range of perspectives, topics, and methods. Fellowship applications are encouraged from all eligible scholars and scientists whose work engages the theme and who are interested in advancing their project through interdisciplinary reflection, discussion, and collaboration at the NDIAS.
To apply, please complete the online application.
The NDIAS Fellowship application period for 2020-2021 closes at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, September 16, 2019. Awards will be announced in spring 2020. Please direct questions to Kristian Olsen, NDIAS Fellowships Program Manager, at kolsen1@nd.edu.
See more information and how to apply here.
Call for Application | 2020-2021 Fellowship Program
The Fellowship Program is at the heart of the activities of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute. Started in 1975 as the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the Institute has annually appointed scholars who conduct research for an academic year or for one semester in a range of fields related to African and African American Studies. With a record of supporting more than 300 Fellows since its founding, the Institute has arguably done more in its short existence to ensure the scholarly development of African and African American Studies than any other pre-doctoral or post-doctoral program in the United States.
Fellows work in such areas as art and art history, Afro-Latin American research, design and the history of design, education, hiphop, African studies, the African diaspora, African American studies, literature, journalism, and creative writing.
NOTE: If you will be using Interfolio to send us recommendations, please have the Interfolio packet/PDF mailed to du_bois@fas.harvard.edu
See more information and how to apply here.
Call For Papers | Rethinking Africa’s Urban Future(s)
The Concordia African Studies Working Group, in partnership with the African Studies Program at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development, presents the 2nd Concordia-McGill Universities African Studies Conference.
Africa is experiencing rapid urbanization. More than 22 million people are added to Africa’s urban population every year. By 2035 more than half of the continent’s population will be living in urban areas and Africa will host six of the 41 megacities of the world. For some, urbanization is the single most important transformation taking place on the African continent. Thus viewed, rapid urbanization bears critical implications on the future of Africa. Focussing on the social-cultural, economic and political dimensions, rapid urbanization can lead to efficient social service delivery, economic growth, and changes in state-society relations and regime politics on the continent.
We invite contributions that address the intertwined social-cultural, economic, and political relationships in the ongoing urban transformation of the African continent such as:
• Everyday life, inclusion and exclusion in urban Africa
• Social movements in African cities
• Urbanization and regime politics
• Urbanization and gender relations
• Posthumanism, assemblage urbanism and infrastructures of urban Africa
• Methodological and theoretical innovations for understanding urban Africa
• Urban planning and informality
• Technology, smart cities, and innovation in Africa
Submission Guidelines
Please send abstract of no more than 300 words to africasurbanfuturesconference@gmail.com by July 30, 2019. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers by September 13, 2019.
See more information here.
Call for Application | 2019 Aspire Grant Program
The Aspire Grant Program provides competitive research grants of up to $5,000 USD for African graduate students and early career professionals working in the areas of biodiversity, conservation and environmental sustainability in the Congo Basin region.
CARN established the Aspire Grant Program in 2014 to support and encourage young African scientists to conduct novel conservation research and management activities that address the critical challenges facing wildlife, biodiversity and ecosystem health in the Congo Basin. Critically, these small grants can build the foundation for young African researchers to become independent, providing “bridge funding” that allows them to compete in larger international arenas. Most importantly, small research grants will encourage and provide a means for young Africans to remain engaged in their research and stay in their native countries to practice their trades.
Why the Congo Basin?
The Congo Basin rainforests comprise one of the most important centers of biodiversity in the world and harbor an estimated 20% of all known species of plants and animals. While efforts are underway to implement conservation projects, habitat conversion, mineral extraction, forest degradation and deforestation continue at accelerating rates. Exacerbating these threats, the African continent, and the Congo Basin in particular, is predicted as one of the regions to be most severely affected by climate change. Recent projections suggest rainfall patterns will change dramatically and 50% of African mammals are at risk of extinction if the rise in mean global temperature exceeds 3°C, an increase predicted to occur by the end of the century (IPCC 2014). Furthermore, impacts from severe water and food scarcity, environmental deterioration, agricultural pests, emerging human diseases, and climate change impede the development of constructive and sustainable conservation solutions. To meet these challenges, Central Africa desperately needs a new generation of environmental and conservation experts.
See more information about this grant and how to apply here.
Call for Papers | 15th International African Studies Conference
Moscow May 26-29, 2020
On May 26-29, 2020 in Moscow the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in co-operation with the Research Council for the Problems of African Countries, holds the 15th African Studies Conference titled Destinies of Africa in the Modern World. The Conference main events will take place on the premises of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The working languages are Russian and English.
The Organizing Committee have considered all the panel proposals received by it. The list of accepted proposals can be found below. The deadline for paper proposals (in the form of abstracts within 300 words in Russian or English) is November 15, 2019. The proposals should be sent directly to the respective panel convener(s) who is (are) to inform the applicant about his (her) application’s fortune by December 1, 2019 – the date by which the panel conveners are to submit their compiled panels to the Organizing Committee.
The information to be submitted alongside with the paper abstract includes full name, institutional affiliation, full mail and e-mail addresses, telephone number.
In the case the proposal is accepted and you need a Russian entry visa, the Organizing Committee will contact you with regards to your visa application support at a Russian Consulate or Embassy in the beginning of the year 2020.
See more information here.
Call for Application | ICM Fellowship at Cornell University – Spring 2020
Cornell University’s Institute for Comparative Modernities welcomes applications from scholars, writers, curators, and artists based in the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin American and the Caribbean etc.) for a resident fellowship at Cornell University for a period of between two and four months to undertake research, writing, artistic productions, and/or collaborations related to the Institute’s work on comparative modernities. Fellows will have the opportunity to collaborate with Cornell faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students; to introduce their work to new audiences through a public presentation; and to involve themselves in the activities of the Institute.
The ICM will award one fellowship for the Spring semester of 2020 (January to May). The Fellow will receive up to $7,000 and the necessary documents for J-1 visa application purposes. ICM cannot guarantee success in obtaining a visa, as this is issued by the US government. All travel, housing, health insurance, and visa fees are the responsibility of the Fellow. ICM can assist with securing housing on campus, subject to availability.
Requirements
- Applicants must be from and resident in the Global South at the time of the fellowship to be eligible.
- These fellowships cannot to be used for doctoral dissertation or master’s degree research.
- Applicants who have undertaken studies, fellowships or employment in North America in recent years (since 2014) are not eligible.
Application
Applications must be submitted online by the July 31, 2019 deadline via email to icm.fellowships@cornell.edu.
See more information about this fellowship and how to apply here.
10th Anniversary of the Ottawa African Festival
Exciting line up featuring:
2Baba (2face) • Lorraine Klaasen • Ferre Gola • Benny Paladin • Wonder Boy • Ras Fiery • Alton • Idelity • Thabo • Marielle • Highlight Band • Y K Dalas featuring Naijacomedy&Theater group • Hamid Ayoub • TYAF (Benin Republic) • Moh Paco (Algeria) • and many more
Dates: July 26 – 28, 2019
Location: Queen Juliana Park 870 Carling Ave., West, Ottawa, ON
Wise Atangana live at National Arts Center
Wise Atangana is an Ottawa based artist, originally from Cameroon in central Africa. His music is catchy, inspiring and motivating. His musical style is influenced by AfroBeat, poetry and hip-hop / rap. Wise Atangana is a force; he animates, motivates, inspires and educates his audience. Rhymes in song, poetry and rap flood the fiery vibrations of the prolific world of the artist. Wise was inspired by an old African legend to realize this project. The story is about the traditional storyteller who roamed the villages with his drum, his guitar and his words to reflect the peasants who wanted to improve their living conditions.
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2019 | 6:00 PM
Location: Peter A. Herrndorf Place 1 Elgin Street Ottawa K1P 5W1
This event is FREE
No tickets are required for entry
