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Cadbury Research Fellowship Scheme 2017 for African Scholars to study in United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline:  9 December 2016.

The Cadbury Fellowship Programme for 2017 will be organised around the theme of Marriage in Africa. It is convened in honour of Lynne Brydon and marks her contribution to the establishment of gender studies in Africa.

The Department of African Studies and Anthropology has run an annual Cadbury research programme for the since 2002.  The programme contains three elements. Having selected its research theme for the year, the department opens a call for visiting fellowship applications, and selects early career scholars who are normally based in African institutions.

 

Eligibility for a Cadbury fellowship

  • Cadbury fellowship are looking for early-career scholars whose research would benefit from a residential fellowship of approximately six weeks at the University of Birmingham.
  • Applicants must be based in an African institution.
  • They should be in the early stages of their academic careers (that is, they should have
    completed a PhD within the last four years, or now be close to completing one) and they must demonstrate that their research is relevant to the theme outlined above.

Benefits of a Cadbury fellowship

  • Fellowships will cover return air-fare, accommodation and living costs for a period of six weeks.
  • The Cadbury fellows will have time to use the University’s excellent library resources, discuss their work with academic staff and postgraduate students at DASA, and contribute to the intellectual life of the department by participating in the numerous events that will be organised here during the period of the fellowships.

Timing of the Cadbury fellowships for 2017

  • The fellowship programme will begin on 24 April 2017 and finish on 4 June 2017.
  • The two-day international conference is scheduled for 1 and 2 June 2017.How to apply for a Cadbury fellowship
  • If you would like to be considered for the 2017 scheme, please send your application by email to Dr Kate Skinner on [email protected] by 9 December 2016.
    In your email, please let us know how you learned about this programme and confirm that you will be able to come to Birmingham for the fellowship period 24 April 2017 to 4 June 2017.
  • Attached to your email should be two documents:
    1. A research project description of 1500 words, describing:
  • a) the research that you have already done,
  • b) the specific aspect that you seek to develop during the fellowship, and
  • c) how this relates to the theme of Marriage in Africa.
    2. A short CV (not more than 3 pages) including the names of two referees.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Cadbury Research Fellowship Scheme 2017

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2015 Twelfth Cadbury Fellowship Scheme and Workshop for Africans to study in the United Kingdom (Fully Funded)

by lanredahunsi
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Application Deadline: December 1st 2014
Cost: Fellowships will cover return air-fare, accommodation and living costs for a period of up to ten weeks.

The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites applications for the 2015 Cadbury Fellowship Scheme, which will focus on research on money.

Three visiting fellows from Africa will be appointed to participate in a ten-week schedule of seminars,  discussion groups, and other activities. One aim of the scheme is to assist new scholars to develop a research paper and bring it to publication, and the programme will culminate in an interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Birmingham on 21-22 May 2015 at which the visiting fellows will present their papers alongside an international cast of both established and younger participants.

2015 Theme: Money Judgments

How do people in Africa conceptualise, appraise, and assess money and monetary transactions? The workshop offers an interdisciplinary space to explore how people accumulate and think about wealth; describe and measure exchange; attribute moral value to these in different settings and institutions; and how such categorization shapes decisions and behaviour

Eligibility:

  • Early-career African scholars who have something to contribute to the theme, and whose research would benefit from a residential fellowship of ten weeks at the University of Birmingham.
  • They should be in the early stages of their academic careers and based in an institution on the African continent. They should have a PhD or be close to completing one. It is intended that the Fellows will have time to use the University’s excellent library resources, discuss their work with academic staff and research students at DASA, and contribute to the intellectual life of the department by participating in academic and cultural events here

How to apply for a Cadbury Fellowship

Fellowships will cover return air-fare, and accommodation and living costs for a period of ten weeks. If you would like to be considered for the 2015 scheme, please:

  1. Let us know how you learned about this programme.
  2. Ensure that you can get away for ten weeks from mid-March to late-May 2015.
  3. Send a research project description in English of not more than 1,000 words on the theme, showing what research you have already done and what you would work on during the fellowship.
  4. Send a short c.v. (not more than 3 pages) and the names of two referees.

Applications can be sent by e-mail to Elisa Tuijnder at [email protected],

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Cadbury Fellowship for Africans

 

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