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CAS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

The Centre for African Studies (CAS) has established a Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme under the auspices of the AC Jordan Chair Deadline 30 April 2026

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  • Research Support Opportunity- The Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship 2027

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    The ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค ๐†๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ is offering: โ€ข $10,000 ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก โ€ข ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ€ข ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ€ข ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ โ€ข ๐‘Š๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก For researchers investigating violence and its impact across Africa, this fellowship offers more than funding. It provides a pathway to influence policy, contribute evidence-based solutions, and strengthen scholarly impact. Proposals may come from the social and natural sciences or allied disciplines, focusing on: โ€ข ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’“ โ€ข ๐‘ช๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†, โ€ข ๐‘ป๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž, โ€ข ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š & ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’†-๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†, โ€ข ๐‘ช๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š & ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, โ€ข ๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ฌ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’„ & ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’• โ€ข ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž & ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• Let's continue sharing opportunities that empower African researchers and strengthen knowledge production on the continentโ€ผ๏ธ HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa Horman Chitonge Helen Macdonald Divine Fuh Nikiwe Solomon, PhD Francis Nyamnjoh Frank Matose Shannon Morreira Shose Kessi African Studies Association Faculty of Humanities Nelson Mandela University Ruchi Chaturvedi Aditi Hunma
     

On decolonising knowledge...

Theory cannot be developed without reference points, and our objective must be to develop new and multiple reference points. Give up the obsession of comparing with the West. The world is larger than we have known.

Prof. (Hon.) Mahmood Mamdani, author, scholar and CAS affiliate, at UCT TB Davie Memorial Lecture, 2017.