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Cambridge to Launch New MPhil in African Studies
The Centre of African Studies will in October 2010 launch a new
nine-month MPhil course in African Studies. Our aim is to offer
students a window into the cultural, intellectual, and political
dynamism of African societies. Applications for admission in academic
year 2010-2011 are due shortly. Further information can be found
here.
Applications invited for
the Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme:
Africa-based scholars are invited to apply for the 2011-2012 fellowship
programme,
which will be centred on the theme of' Citizenship, Belonging
and Political Community in Africa'. An application package can
be downloaded
here
Conference on 'Peacebuilding
in Africa'
With the Centre for Conflict Resolution (South Africa) and the
University of Botswana, the Centre of African Studies is organizing
a conference on 'Peacebuilding in Africa', to be held in August
2009 at the Gabarone Sun in Botswana. Papers will be given by
the group of Visiting Fellows who were based in Cambridge during
the 2008-09 academic year, together with several other scholars:
Dr Salim Ahmed Salim (formerly Secretary General of the OAU);
Prof Thandika Mwandikire (Director, UN Research Institute for
Social Development); Dr Gerard Prunier and others. A full conference
programme can be downloaded here
Visiting Fellows for 2009-2010
elected
The Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge is
pleased to announce the election of four Visiting Fellows for
the academic year 2009-2010. They are:
Dr Verkijika Fanso, History, University of Yaounde
Ms Muza Gondwe, Guardian Newspaper, Malawi
Dr Wapulumuka Mulwafu, History, Chancellor College, University
of Malawi
Dr Joseph Kariuki Muriithi, Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University
These four scholars will spend six months in
Cambridge, pursuing research on the theme 'The Public Understanding
of Science in Africa'. Their projects vary widely: Mulwafu, for
example, will study how, in colonial Nyasaland, British agricultural
scientists and African farmers contended over how best to cultivate
the soil, organize water supplies, and market crops. Muriithi
whill study the growing 'eco-tourism' industry in Kenya, tracing
how Masai pastoralists interact with and shape the conservationist
agenda; while Fanso will study of history of public health education
in Cameroon. The scholars will together participate in a seminar
series on the fellowship theme, convened during Michaelmas term
2009. In March 2010 we will organize a workshop in Cambridge at
which the Fellows will present the results of their research;
and in July or August 2010 the Visiting Fellows, together with
their Cambridge colleagues, will travel to Kisumu, in western
Kenya, to present the fruits of their research. The Cambridge/Africa
Collaborative Research Programme is funded by the Isaac Newton
Trust and the Leverhulme Trust.
Report on the 'Cambridge/Africa
Collaborative Research Programme', 2007-2008
The 2007-2008 cohort of scholars worked collectively on the theme
'Religion and public culture in Africa'. Four Africa-based scholars
spend six months in Cambridge, pursuing their individual research
projects under the direction of Dr. Harri Englund. The scholars'
work
culminated with a conference held at Chancellor College, Malawi
in July
2008. A full report on the scholars' work can be found here
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