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The Centre for African Studies (CAS) is a pan-African hub for scholars, students and creatives to meet, share ideas and explore the world through an African lens. We are dedicated to decolonising knowledge and deracialising the study of Africa. As a space for African perspectives and expressions, CAS fosters interdisciplinary scholarship and intellectually robust conversations about the continent's past, present and future.
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Research Support Opportunity- The Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship 2027
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The ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ is offering: โข $10,000 ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก โข ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ผ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ โข ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก 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: โข ๐พ๐๐ โข ๐ช๐๐๐๐, โข ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, โข ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, โข ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, โข ๐น๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ Let's continue sharing opportunities that empower African researchers and strengthen knowledge production on the continentโผ๏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.