The South African Historical Journal (SAHJ) is fully accredited, peer-reviewed, and internationally regarded as the premier journal focused on promoting significant historical scholarship on the southern African region. As the journal of the Southern African Historical Society (SAHS), SAHJ works closely with the society to develop the discipline in southern Africa.  The editorial collective (Prinisha Badassy, Marc Epprecht, Kate Law, Kundai Manamere, Teverayi Muguti, Camalita Naicker, Laura Phillips, and Janeke Thumbran) invites applications from those interested in joining the editorial collective (for a term of five years).   The duties of those joining the journal will include: Commissioning and overseeing the timely production of journal copy, including special issues in their area of expertise. Attending biannual online ‘town hall’ meetings (between the collective and the editorial board). Soliciting, evaluating and processing article manuscripts through the peer-review and article production processes. Actively promoting the journal through their networks. Attending and participating in regular meetings and maintaining active correspondence with the editorial collective, suggesting constructive feedback and proposing potential strategies for Journal development. Review, develop and implement editorial policies and the Journal’s style guide. Ensuring that the SAHJ’s code of publishing ethics is upheld by authors and reviewers.    Ideal candidates should be dedicated, enthusiastic, and committed to ensuring the success of the Journal. Applicants should have effective organisational skills and the capacity to adhere to deadlines and collaborate effectively with other members of the editorial collective. If they are based at an institute of higher learning or research centre, they should ensure that they have the full support of their institution to undertake this role for the 5-year tenure. Please also note that this role is not remunerated.   Those interested are encouraged to submit their CV and a covering letter (max four sides of A4) that details the following:  area(s) of expertise nature of academic networks relevant administrative experience experience of collaborative working   Please send to the managing editors, Law and Phillips (kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk; Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za) by 20th September 2025.  Contact Information Kate Law: [(kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk]kate.law@nottingham.ac.uk; and Laura Phillips: Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za  Contact Email Laura.Phillips@wits.ac.za URL https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rshj20 Read more

Deadline: Sep 01, 2025 Donor: Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Education, Human Rights, Social Justice, Individuals, Youth, Violence Prevention, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Youth & Adolescents Nominations are open for the UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education to promote the visibility and recognition of projects and initiatives in the field of GCED from around the world. For more information, visit https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/global-citizenship-education Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/nominations-open-for-unesco-prize-for-global-citizenship-education Read more

We are pleased to announce an upcoming fully funded Academic Writing Workshop, aimed at fostering scholarly exchange and supporting the development of high-quality academic publications on International Politics in Africa. The workshop is generously funded by the British Academy. We invite applications from African early career scholars who wish to participate in this focused and collaborative environment. Workshop Overview The workshop will bring together a select group of academics to work intensively on draft papers, receive feedback from peers and journal editors, and engage in sessions designed to strengthen academic writing skills and research methodology. Participants will have the opportunity to present and refine a paper intended for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Participants’ research should focus on international politics in Africa broadly conceived, i.e., the empirical study and understanding of how African societies, citizens, governments, supranational institutions, and non-governmental organisations experience international politics. The workshop has the following three objectives: To evaluate how Africa's political, social and economic history can contribute to the development of an African International Relations school.  To review the appropriateness of different methodologies that can be applied when empirically evaluating international politics in Africa. To consider effective strategies of publishing research on Africa’s international relations in internationally reputable outlets, and to respond to methodological training needs to close publishing gaps.  Eligibility Applicants must meet the following criteria: ●      Hold a PhD in Political Science/International relations or be in the process of completing one. ●      Be a scholar currently employed at a higher education institution in Africa. ●      Be prepared to present and workshop a draft paper during the event. ●      In line with the funder’s guidelines, applicants should be based in higher education institutions in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania, or in a least developed country in Africa.    Application Requirements Interested applicants are asked to submit the following materials: Cover Letter (max 500 words): Outlining your interest in the workshop, your current research focus, and what you hope to gain from the experience. Curriculum Vitae (CV): Including academic appointments, education, and a list of publications (if applicable). Abstract (500 words max): A summary of the paper you intend to present and develop during the workshop. The abstract should include the research question, methodology, and expected contribution to the field. The abstract should aim to conform to the workshop’s broad theme of the intersection between African politics and International Relations.   Deadline for Applications: July 1, 2025Workshop Dates: 7-9 April, 2026 Location: Nairobi, KenyaCosts and Funding: Accommodation, travel to Nairobi and meals while at the workshop  will be covered by the organizers.   Submission Instructions Please compile your application materials into a single PDF file and submit via email to m.chacha@bham.ac.uk with the subject line: Workshop Application – [Your Name].   Contact For questions or further information, please contact Mwita Chacha at m.chacha@bham.ac.uk. Contact Email fkern@essex.ac.uk URL https://sites.google.com/view/ipia/call-for-papers Read more

2026 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu”             The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is pleased to announce that the 2026 ACIP Workshop will be Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu”. The project was proposed by organisersAthambile Masola (Historical Studies), Litheko Modisane (Film and Media Studies), Sanele kaNtshingana (African Languages), and  Wanga Gambushe (African Languages) at University of Cape Town and Sisanda Nkoala (Linguistics) of University of the Western Cape. Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu” will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2026. Revisiting and Reimagining Imvo Zabantsundu              Revisiting and Reimagining “Imvo Zabantsundu” will be a two day immersion workshop delving into the newspaper Imvo Zabantsundu, the first Black-owned newspaper in South Africa. Established in 1884 by John Tengo Jabavu (1859–1921), this newspaper not only laid the foundation for Black journalism but also generated a print culture that was challenging the colonial print culture that was emerging in the region. The newspaper has become a cultural artefact many refer to as a pioneering moment but few have engaged with it as a historical, cultural, and political artefact worth revisiting as a living and breathing archive. This workshop will bring together academics, students, journalists, and creatives to reinvigorate the newspaper towards a longer project which will culminate in a book that will revisit Imvo through scholarly and creative responses. This workshop will include collective close reading of the newspaper (those available), analyses of changes in the language used over time, as well as a film screening which situates the newspaper within a broader intellectual tradition of the world of letters in the southern African region. In a context where English dominates public culture, it has become harder to imagine that South Africa once had a rich culture of multilingual newspapers such as Imvo as well as other newspapers that came later, such as Ilanga lase Natali, The Bantu World, and Koranta ea Becoana. This workshop aims to challenge this narrowing of public culture by taking seriously the newspaper as a cultural artefact which can reinvigorate contemporary public culture.                                                              * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *             Founded in 2012, the African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at University of the Western Cape in Cape Town and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta. Supported by donations to the Ivan Karp and Corinne Kratz Fund, the ACIP fosters thinking and working across public cultural institutions, across disciplines and fields, and across generations. It seeks to advance inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture, public cultural institutions, and public scholarship in shaping identities and society in Africa through an annual ACIP workshop and through the Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards, which support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences enrolled at South African universities.             Information about applying to organize the 2027 ACIP workshop and for the 2026 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards will be available in November 2025. The deadline for both workshop applications and student applications is 1 May 2026.             For further information, see http://www.gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html and https://www.facebook.com/ivan.karp.corinne.kratz.fund. Contact Email ckratz@emory.edu URL https://gs.emory.edu/about/special/acip.html Read more

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Donor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Politics, Education, Climate Change, Artists, Individuals, Innovation, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Science, Technology The Harvard Radcliffe Institute is seeking applications for its Fellowship Program to support fellows in developing new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions and illuminate their past and present. For more information, visit https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship/become-a-radcliffe-fellow Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/apply-for-harvard-radcliffe-institute-fellowship-program Read more

MAAAS 2025: Democracy and Environmental Justice October 10-11, 2025 Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO   The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) in collaboration with the Kansas African Studies Center at the University of Kansas, will hold its 2025 conference at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO on October 10-11. Although we invite scholars to submit proposals for individual papers or panels on any topic, we especially welcome contributions that address the conference theme of Democracy and Environmental Justice.  How do struggles for environmental justice intersect with concerns about democracy? Among other intersections, both face threats from the inordinate power that multinational and transnational corporations have exercised over African communities, from representative councils to nation state and regional government bodies. These corporations and neo-colonial governments deploy their power to undermine any regulation, such as environmental protection via democratic process, that would impede their exploitation of natural resources. What are the impacts of and responses to this ongoing attack on Africa and the Diaspora? We invite scholars interested in Africana Studies from all disciplines to participant at this conference. Interested scholars should submit a 250-word abstract or panel description by July 31st to MAAAS at  MAAASpp@gmail.com. Registration Information Coming Soon on MAAAS-2025-Conference.   For additional information, please contact: Elizabeth Chunda, MAAAS President (2025) Elizabethchunda@ku.edu Read more

Deadline: Sep 16, 2025 Donor: Springer Nature Limited Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000 Countries/Regions: All Countries Area: Environment, Diseases, , PhD Holder, Researchers, Innovation, Research, Science Entries are now open for the Takeda Innovators in Science Award with Nature to honour groundbreaking research by early-career scientists in Gastrointestinal and Inflammatory Diseases, Neuroscience and Oncology. For more information, visit https://www.nature.com/immersive/innovatorsinscience/index.html Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-entries-takeda-innovators-in-science-award-with-nature Read more

The Turkish Journal of African Studies (TUJAS) invites original research articles, review essays, and book reviews for its upcoming issue. TUJAS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes scholarly work on historical and contemporary developments across the African continent. We welcome contributions from scholars working in history, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies related to Africa. Submission Deadline: 01/08/2025Language of Publication: English and TurkishWebsite: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tujasContact: tujas@sakarya.edu.tr Contact Information Journal Contact Turkish Journal of African Studies SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEtujas@sakarya.edu.tr  Sakarya University Esentepe Campus 54050 Serdivan / SAKARYA / TURKEYTechnical Contact Muhammed Yasir Bodur SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEyasirbodur@sakarya.edu.tr  Co-Editor Mahmut Cihat İzgi SAKARYA UNIVERSITY, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTEcizgi@sakarya.edu.tr  Contact Email tujas@sakarya.edu.tr URL https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tujas Read more

Do you need support with planning field research? If you or your students need help with fieldwork and preparation of field research (running from research design to participant recruit, budget, ethics, grant applications, community access, etc), consider taking our virtual course on fieldwork across the social sciences at the Essex Summer School (July 7 to July 18, 2025). You can bring your own project, and together we make it field-ready over the two weeks of the course. This course is co-taught by Dr Alexandra Hartman (UCL) and Dr Florian G. Kern (University of Essex). For more information see here: https://essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-facts/courses/ess-2025-course-list/1n/ Contact Information   Dr. Florian G. Kern Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Government University of Essex Tel. +44 (0)1206 87-2745 fkern@essex.ac.uk       Contact Email fkern@essex.ac.uk URL https://essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-facts/courses/ess-2025-course-list/… Read more

🌍 Cultures of Democracy: Commonwealth Leadership, Grassroots Activism and International Norms📅 Conference Date: Late 2025 (Hybrid Format)📬 Submit Abstracts by: 30 June 2025📝 Full Papers Due: 1 November 2025📍 No Registration Fee | In-Person Catering Provided In 2025, the Commonwealth of Nations marks two key milestones:🔹 60 years since the creation of its Secretariat🔹 30 years since the launch of the Millbrook Action Programme on the Harare Declaration At a time when democracy and international norms face growing threats from populist regimes, disinformation, and weakened rule of law, this conference invites scholars and practitioners to critically examine the role of the Commonwealth in promoting democratic governance and international cooperation. 🔎 Key Themes: Definitions of Democracy – What do Commonwealth policies and declarations reveal about its democratic vision? Mediation and Consensus-Building – How has the Commonwealth used its “good offices” to resolve conflict? International Norms & Hegemony – What role can the Commonwealth play in global governance amid rising hegemonies? We welcome interdisciplinary contributions from fields including history, political science, law, sociology, development studies, geography, diplomacy, and international relations. Case studies from the Global South and comparative or pan-Commonwealth analyses are especially encouraged. 🔗 Read the full Call for Papers and Details:https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20069070/cfp-cultures-democracy-commonwealth-leadership-grassroots-activism-and 📤 Submit: A 250-word abstract A 150-word bio Indicate attendance format (online/in-person) and time zone if virtual✉️ By 30 June 2025 Join in rethinking the future of democracy through the lens of the Commonwealth experience. Read more

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025 Donor: Wellcome Grant Type: Grant Grant Size: $500,000 to $1 million Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States Of, Moldova Republic Of, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Burma(Myanmar), Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan Area: Health, PhD Holder, Researchers, Innovation, Research The Wellcome Early-Career Awards Scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. For more information, visit https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/wellcome-early-career-awards Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/entries-open-for-wellcome-earlycareer-awards-scheme Read more

Deadline: Dec 31, 2027 Donor: Australian National University Grant Type: Fellowship Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000 Countries/Regions: Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo DR, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yemen, South Sudan Area: Students, Youth, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Research, Youth & Adolescents The Australian National University has announced its Balzan PhD Fellowships to expand the horizons of restorative justice research in all regions of the planet, including Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Oceania, and right across Asia. For more information, visit https://regnet.anu.edu.au/balzan-phd-fellowships-new-horizons-restorative-justice-and-restorative-peacemaking Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/call-for-applications-balzan-phd-fellowships Read more