The Lagos African Cluster Centre invites applications for a short Visiting Fellowship, between one and three months, from January 2023. Scholars interested in the major theme of ‘Reconfiguring African Studies’ through multidisciplinary engagement are welcome. The Fellowship's objective is to introduce researchers to the process of reconfiguring African studies in light of African realities and context. The recipient of the scholarship will become a Fellow of the Lagos - African Cluster Center (ACC). The theme will allow fellows to engage in a process of re-examining fundamental presumptions and querying them with multidisciplinary approaches in order to improve, uphold, or deny current knowledge about Africans while displaying the plurality of African discourses

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Application Requirements

Applicants have to hold a Ph.D degree, by the time of application.
Have conducted research, as part of the Ph.D. and/or in later projects; with a focus on Africa.
Be actively pursuing an academic/research career.
Be published in a chosen area of specialty.
In accordance with visa regulations, be ready to return to the country of which the applicant is a citizen and/or a current resident upon completion of the fellowship.
Applicants must be based in an African Academic Institution, preferably in any of the ACCs and the University of Bayreuth.

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