CHCI Africa Workshop- Addis 2019

Posted on May 14, 2018

Africa as Concept and Method: Emancipation, Decolonization, Freedom

The first CHCI Africa Workshop, Addis 2019, will be held at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Hosted by the Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centers (CHCI) in collaboration with the College of Performing and Visual Art and the Center of African Studies at Addis Ababa University, the workshop will include intensive seminars, mentoring and training workshops, and guest lectures. We invite humanities graduate students studying in African universities and those who have received their PhDs since 2010 and are based in Africa, to apply to participate.

Workshop Overview

The Addis 2019 workshop will include three intensive seminars focused on re-conceptualizing Africa as both a theoretical category and a prism to examine the contemporary world. Through art, literature, performance, and philosophy, the seminars will build on the possibility of Africa that flourished across the continent and into the diaspora during the early years of decolonization.

The mentorship and training of new cohorts of graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences will form a core element of Addis 2019. In addition to the mentorship and training that will be a key aspect of the thematic seminars, practical sessions, offered throughout the two-week workshop that will focus on publication and article development; grant and proposal writing; pedagogy and syllabus development; and collaborative research.

How to Apply?

We seek applications for participation in the full two-week program. We expect to select 15 participants from African universities (outside of Addis) and up to 20 local participants. Participants from outside Addis will receive full funding for room, board and air transportation.

Applicants should be doctoral students at the dissertation-writing stage or early-career academic and scholars at African universities. Interested applicants who do not fit these criteria but are based in Africa should contact Guillaume Ratel, CHCI Director of Programs ([email protected]), together with a 1-page description of your research project, a letter of support from your advisor if you are at the thesis/dissertation stage and your Currivulum Viate. For more information, click on the link below: https://chcinetwork.org/addis-2019-cfp.

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 JUNE 2018

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