Africa and Capitalism: Connecting Economic, Material, and Visual Dimensions in the Era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Issue editors: Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) Mariana P. Candido (Emory University). Send your paper abstract (300 words) and title to aaraujo@howard.edu and mariana.pinho.candido@emory.edu no later than February 15, 2025. Selected proposals will be notified until February 28, 2025. Articles will be due on August 15, 2025. Articles be 6,000–10,000 words in length, including notes, tables, and appendices. Please include 5 English keywords and an English abstract, not to exceed 150 words, at the top of the manuscript following the title. Articles in French and Portuguese will have abstracts in their language of publication and English. Contributors should also include a separate cover sheet with a short bio (75–100 words), including name, affiliation, and e-mail.  Read more

Deadline: Mar 18, 2025 Donor: The British Academy Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Area: Career Development, PhD Holder, Researchers, Innovation, Research The British Academy is pleased to invite applications for its International Fellowship Programme, enabling researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. For more information, visit https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/international-fellowships/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/applications-open-for-international-fellowship-programme     Read more

Deadline: Feb 11, 2025 Donor: Structural Transformation and Economic Growth Grant Type: Grant Area: Researchers, Women and Girls, Research, Women & Gender The STEG and the G²LM|LIC Programme are excited to announce that both programmes now invite submissions of Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a joint call for research proposals. For more information, visit https://steg.cepr.org/call-for-proposals/stegg2lmlic-call-expressions-interest-womens-work-markets-21st-century Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-eois-womens-work-in-markets-of-the-21st-century-2025 Read more

Deadline: Feb 27, 2025 Donor: Goethe-Institut Grant Type: Fellowship Area: Art History and Preservation, Arts & Culture, Exhibition, Artists, Researchers, Students, Youth, Research, Youth & Adolescents The Goethe-Institut is thrilled to invite applications to explore a wide range of historical and art historical, interdisciplinary and international aspects of the documenta exhibition and gain new insights into art production as well as networks that have been created. For more information, visit https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/doc.html Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/submissions-open-for-goethefellowship-at-documenta-archiv Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Donor: Reece Foundation Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Food Safety, Community Development, Water Applications are now open for the Reece Foundation Grant Program to support locally led initiatives that help communities in Australia and overseas with access to clean water, sanitation or food security through irrigation. For more information, visit https://www.reecefoundation.charity/get-involved Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/applications-open-for-reece-foundation-grant-program Read more

Deadline: Mar 06, 2025 Donor: International University of Monaco (IUM) Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Business & Industry, Entrepreneurship, Ocean Conservation, Youth & Adolescents Submissions are now open for the Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge, an international business plan pitching competition for students and fresh graduate, showcasing new business concepts with a measurable positive environmental impact on the ocean. For more information, visit https://www.monaco-opc.com/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/monaco-ocean-protection-challenge-2025 Read more

Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Donor: Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Environment, Students, Teachers, Youth, Research, Science, Youth & Adolescents What prevents you and your students from conducting environmental research? Is it access to scientific measurement equipment, transportation for field work, substitute teachers, or mentoring? Let Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists help you overcome barriers to students progressing from taking environmental observations to doing environmental research. For more information, visit https://www.ylaces.org/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/submit-applications-for-ylaces-grant-program Read more

Deadline: Feb 01, 2025 Donor: Primate Conservation Incorporated Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Burma(Myanmar), Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam Area: Animals & Wildlife, Endangered Species, Habitat, Conservation, Researchers, Students, Research The Primate Conservation Incorporated is inviting proposals to fund field research that supports conservation programs for wild populations of primates. For more information, visit https://www.primate.org/grant_in.htm Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/cfps-primate-conservation-incorporated-grant-program Read more

Deadline: Apr 30, 2025 Donor: International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Grant Type: Grant Area: Researchers, Biotech, Science Submission of applications for the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Grant Program. For more information, visit https://www.icgeb.org/grants/ Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/international-center-for-genetic-engineering-and-biotechnology-grant-program-2025 Read more

Deadline: May 15, 2025 Donor: Goethe-Institut Grant Type: Grant Area: Arts & Culture, Music, Performing Arts, Theatre, Artists, Innovation The Goethe-Institut is seeking grant applications to support co-productions worldwide that grow out of collaborative and dialogue-based working processes in the fields of music, dance, theatre and performance art. For more information, visit https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/int.html Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/cfas-international-coproduction-fund-programme Read more

Location Turkey The study of mythology transcends the boundaries of time, space, and medium. Myths have always been an integral part of human storytelling, shaping collective identities, cultural ideologies, and individual imaginations. From ancient oral traditions and epics to contemporary films, graphic novels, and digital media, mythological elements continue to evolve, transform, and find expression in various forms. This call for papers seeks to explore the enduring relevance and transformation of mythological motifs, symbols, and archetypes in verbal and visual narratives. We invite submissions that delve into the ways in which mythology informs, influences, and reshapes narratives across different cultures, mediums, and historical periods. We encourage submissions in German, English and Turkish that engage with the following topics:  Adaptation and Transformation of Myths in contemporary literature, cinema, and art. The reimagination of classical myths Comparative Mythologies Visual Representations of Mythology Mythology in Popular Culture Mythology in Classic and Contemporary Narratives Mythological Archetypes in Modern Narratives Gender and Mythology Multimodal Approaches to Mythology Eco-Mythologies Mythological Narratives in Non-Traditional Media Publication: Selected papers will be published by Maurer Press in Frankfurt am Main, Germany  Book Title: Mythological Motifs in Narratives  Publisher: Maurer Press (Germany) CPC: The CPC for publication in this volume is 100 Euro per chapter.  Submitting your paper: Please send your paper proposals (max. 1 DIN-A-Size, Times New Roman 12, 2000 characters including spaces) and a 100-word author biography till February 28, 2025 to the editors of the volume listed below: Contact Information Assoc. Prof. İrem ATASOY, Istanbul University, Department of German Language and Literature irem.atasoy@istanbul.edu.tr   Assoc. Prof. Habib TEKIN, Marmara University, Department of German Language and Literature habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr Contact Email: habib.tekin@marmara.edu.tr URL: https://www.maurer.press/ Read more

Veit Arlt Location Switzerland Conference organized by the Centre for African Studies and the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel on behalf of the Swiss Society for African Studies with financial support from the Swiss Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities.  Convenor: Henri Michel Yéré, Centre for African Studies and Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel When, where: 1−4 September 2025, University of Basel, Switzerland Submission of abstracts: 31 January 2025 Acceptance of abstracts: 28 February 2025 Submission of full papers: 31 July 2025 In this conference, we would like to begin to understand how issues of identity and ethnicity play out in genomics research at an interdisciplinary level. Together with this objective we want to consider the ways in which colonial history has had an impact on how the ‘African genome’ is defined and used. We are particularly interested in the mutual influence of lay and scientific epistemologies on the ways in which we think about ethnicity within Africa and in genomics. We contend that genomics can no longer afford to ignore the reality that it needs to regard itself not just as a natural science, but as a practice whose reach goes beyond the strict space of scientific practice. We are interested to explore the possibility of bringing genomics as a scientific practice towards asking its own questions differently: at a practical and material level (e.g. concerning sampling strategies), at a political level (e.g. with regard to health equities and questions of scientific sovereignty), but also at an epistemological level (concerning the very classificatory practices and genealogies of knowledge on which contemporary genomics rest). Whereas divergences may at first glance appear insurmountable at an epistemological level, by virtue of the larger, traditional “divide” between natural and social science and humanities scholarship, points of convergence may come forward during exchanges between natural scientists and social scientists/humanities scholars when it comes to the practical and ethical dimensions of engaging with patients over sample donation. In recent years, there has been a move towards projects that seek to overcome this divide, including the collaborative platform The Asthma Files (https://theasthmafiles.org.) What is striking in these initiatives is that they do not follow an additive or perspectivist approach but seek to be transdisciplinary and thus transformative on a more fundamental level.  It is our view that genomics, within the context of Africa, is ripe for such an epistemological rapprochement. This is why we want to bring together scholars across the divide in a conference. We conceive of this conference as a space in which we will take genomics to the level in which it will be in a capacity to integrate methods from both the natural sciences and the social sciences/humanities in its actual practice. Having said this, we are not unmindful of the challenges brought about when working together across the divide, one being the rarity of scientific journals that are available for the publication of scientific results which stem out of such collaborative efforts. We therefore regard this conference as a unique opportunity to create relationships which will lead to the production of such joint outputs We want to structure our exchanges around the following questions: How do ‘ethnic’ and ‘racial’ categories come about in genomics research and what role do they play in different settings?  What is the actual role of race and racism in medical practice - both as an epistemic and ethical problem as well as in terms of (Eurocentric) standards and health inequities?  How do material and political factors impact on forms of classification and knowledge practices and what are their shifting applications? What, then, is the ‘African Genome’? Does it exist? And if it does, what does it look like, why does it exist, who is in and who does it benefit? How is it made and unmade?  In which ways can we bring in differentiated/African epistemological perspectives in the practice of genomics? Format and Organization We invite colleagues to address us abstracts of papers which are composed in response to at least one of the five questions listed around the conference’s central theme, each question presenting itself as a panel title.  Full papers are to be submitted by 31 July 2024 and will be circulated among the panelists in advance.  To keep to the transdisciplinary spirit of the conference, we will compose each of the panels by creating the conditions of an exchange between social science/humanities scholars on the one hand, and natural scientists on the other hand. This exchange will take the shape of a moderated conversation, during which scholars will be invited to provide their answers to the question asked, whilst being confronted to the disciplinary traditions of their counterparts during the conversation.  One of the goals of these conversations will be to determine the most relevant topics towards opening the practice and the epistemology of genomics to social science and humanities methods On the basis of the papers presented at the conference, we would like to bring about the publication of an edited volume on a topic which is scarcely represented in contemporary scholarship Submission: Please submit your abstract before 31 January 2025 to h.yere@unibas.ch. The abstract should be of 300−400 words’ length and should be accompanied by a short bio complete with institutional affiliation and contact details. Contact Information Henri Yéré, PhD Centre for African Studies, University of Basel Rheinsprung 21 4051 Basel Switzerland Contact Email h.yere@unibas.ch URL https://zasb.unibas.ch/de/news/details/call-for-papers-the-african-genome/ Read more