Deadline: 2 November 2015
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York are seeking applicants for African Humanities Program that is awarding two fellowships.
The fellowships are:
- Dissertation-completion fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
- Early-career postdoctoral fellowships in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa
Proposed projects must be in the humanities, defined by the study of history, language, and culture, and by qualitative approaches in research. The list of humanities disciplines includes anthropology, archaeology, studies of the fine and performing arts, history, linguistics, literature studies, studies of religion, and philosophy
Program Goals
- to encourage and enable the production of new knowledge and new directions for research
- to strengthen the capacity of early career researchers and faculty at African universities
- to build the field of humanities by establishing networks for scholarly communication across Africa and with Africanists worldwide.
Fellowship Information
- Stipends are $10,000 for dissertation-completion Fellows and $17,000 for postdoctoral Fellows, plus an additional $1,000 per Fellow for books and media at both award levels
- Approximately forty fellowships will be awarded annually in all five countries combined.
Eligibility Criteria
- Dissertation applicants must be doctoral candidates in the final year of writing the dissertation. (No dissertation fellowships are available in South Africa.)
- Postdoctoral candidates must be scholars who have obtained the PhD within the past eight years.
- All applicants must be citizens of a sub-Saharan African country residing and working in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit African Humanities Program.
