Institute of African Studies Grants
None currently available
Click here to download the application.
Internships
- Afropop Worldwide Spring Internship Opportunity Afropop Worldwide, a nationally broadcast African and Diaspora music radio show based in Brooklyn, NY is currently recruiting part-time Spring semester interns.
Strong applicants, are welcome, including undergraduates and recent graduates seeking hands-on experience with non-profit operations, and African music/culture.
Contact: Dan Rebholz, info@afropop.org
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court - Middle East & North Africa Outreach Internship
- Ubuntu Education Fund - General Support Internship, Grants Internship and Media Internship
Job Opportunities (Non-faculty)
Faculty Opportunities
- Adjunct Assistant Professor Position, Africana Studies Program at Barnard College:
The Africana Studies Program at Barnard College is seeking an individual to teach an introductory course in African Studies during the Fall, 2010 semester. The course is the first part of a two-semester introduction to the major, is open to both Barnard and Columbia students at all levels, and meets twice a week for one hour and fifteen minutes per class.
AFRS BC 3004x Introduction to African Studies:
An interdisciplinary and thematic approach to the study of Africa, moving from pre-colonial through colonial and post-colonial periods to contemporary Africa. Focus will be on its history, societal relations, politics and the arts. The objective is to provide a critical survey of the history as well as of continuing debates in African studies. A Ph.D. prior to appointment and teaching experience at the college level is desirable. Barnard is a liberal arts college for women affiliated with Columbia University in New York. Applicants should submit a letter of introduction, a curriculum vitae, writing sample (about 25 pages) and the names of two potential references to the Africana Studies Director, Kim F.Hall, at Africana@barnard.edu. Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of under-represented minorities are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Applications Submitted by December 11, 2009
- Rutgers University -- Douglass Residential College and Campus Dean Search
Deadline: January 4, 2010
- New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study -- Assistant or Associate Professor in International Political Economy and Comparative Politics
- University of Notre Dame – International Development Scholar
- University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences -- Four Open-Rank Tenure-Track Positions (African & African-American Scholars)
- Duquesne University -- Assistant Professor in Global Ethnic/Post-colonial Literatures (Tenure-track)
Fellowship Opportunities
- University of Michigan -- Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Deadline November 30, 2009 - African
Humanities Program – ACLS – Fellowship Opportunity:
Application Deadline December 1, 2009 - Columbia University Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Academic Fellowship:
Deadline December 4, 2009
- New York University Wagner School of Public Service Fellowship for African Women:
Deadline January 7, 2010
- The University of Edinburgh -- International Masters Scholarships for Postgraduate Study (2010-2011 Session) *MSc in African Studies is eligible for this scholarship
Deadline: April 1, 2010
- Ford Foundation International Fellows Program:
Deadlines vary
Opportunities Abroad
- International Conference on Preserving Africa's Manuscripts, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:
December 17-19, 2010 - Continuities, Dislocations and Transformations: Reflections on 50 Years of African Independence:
April 7-11, 2010 - Northern Illinois University Study Abroad Program in Sierra Leone, May 22—June 7, 2010
- Volunteer
Teaching with WorldTeach:
Rolling deadline
Call for Papers
- Harvard Africa Policy Journal:
Deadline Monday, November 30, 2009 - School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham "Politics and Knowledge 2010: Post-graduate Research Student Workshop 2010"
Deadline November 30, 2009 - The New York State African Studies Association (NYASA) 2010 Conference: "Global Africa, Global Asia: Africa and Asia in the Age of Globalization"
Deadline: December 5, 2009 - The Journal of Black Studies, Afro-Optimism and Afro-Pessimism: 50 Years since "The Year of Africa"
Deadline: February 17, 2010 - Kwame Nkrumah International Conference: "From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future":
Deadline March 15, 2010
Volunteerism
Additional Academic Opportunities
- Columbia University -- Weatherhead East Asian Institute: Workshop & Conference/Integrated Programming Grants
Deadline for Applications: December 11, 2009 - First Annual MyAfricanDiaspora.com Short Story Competition
Deadline: December 31, 2009 - Course on Twi offered Summer 2010 at Fordham University
For more information about the TWI course, contact:
Department of African and African-American Studies
Fordham University--Rose Hill Campus
441 E. Fordham Road
Dealy Hall, Room 641
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: (718) 817-3745
Department web page:
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/african_and_african_/index.asp