The Announcement of An Opportunity
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 07:45:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Loree Jones <[log in to unmask]>
*** Announcing a new fellowship program for African faculty at
African universities ***
The Five College African Scholars Program
Summary: The Five College African Scholars Residency Program works to
strengthen intellectual capacity in African universities and to
enrich Africa-focused scholarship at the Five Colleges and
internationally. It does so by bringing junior and mid-level African
scholars, employed by and teaching in African universities and with
active research projects with an African focus, for 5- and 10-month
research residencies at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount
Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, neighboring institutions associated in the Five College
Consortium centered in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Program Requirements: Residents will be expected to complete
scholarly projects aimed to result in publication. Each scholar will
be provided with a laptop computer, which s/he may retain once the
residency is complete, so as to sustain subsequent contact by e-mail.
Each scholar will be hosted by one of the five institutions, which
will supply office space, telephone and web access, and partnership
with a local faculty sponsor. Each resident will have access to
library and other research facilities at all five institutions. All
residents will participate in an interdisciplinary Residents
Research Seminar including fellow >residents and Africanist faculty
from the five colleges, and will be expected to present their work to
the seminar, which will be conducted in English. Teaching is not a
requirement of the residency, although residents may be invited as
guest speakers in courses offered at the five campuses.
Eligibility: Eligibility for Residencies is limited to junior and
mid-level African scholars employed by and teaching at African
universities who intend to return to their institutions in Africa
upon completion of their residencies. Academic leave authorization
must be certified by the applicant s home institution at the time of
application, as well as the right of the Resident to return to his or
her position upon completion of the Residency. Applications are
welcome from scholars in all disciplines and may be comparative in
nature with an African focus. Applicants must submit with their
application a proposal describing a research project to be completed
during the residency term. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged.
Note: We will ask the US Immigration authorities to issue a J-1 visa
for those whom we invite to be Residents. Please be aware that
current US immigration regulations require that an individual who
leaves the United States, having been here on a J-1 visa, may not
return under another J-1 visa until twelve months have elapsed.
Timing: The first residencies begin in January 2003 and the program
is expected to continue at least into 2007. Application deadlines:
Residency Deadline
January 1 May 31 preceding June 1
August 1 December 31 preceding December 1
August 1 May 31 preceding December 1
Support includes airfare to and from Africa, a monthly stipend of
$3,000, housing or a housing allowance, and health insurance for
Residents who meet the U.S. Department of State requirements for J-1
exchange visitors. Reimbursement of certain research expenses
(books, research materials, travel to conferences within the United
States, etc.) is also available up to $600 for five-month
Residencies and up to $1200 for ten-month Residencies
The Five College African Scholars Residency Program is generously
supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and by the five
colleges. The Program is administered by the Five College African
Studies Council, representing 30 Africanists from a range of fields
at all five institutions. The Council sustains an intensive
collaboration, allowing the institutions to combine the substantial
resources available to support African studies at each of the
campuses. Members of the Council edit the African Studies Review, the
principal journal of the African Studies Association.
For more information and application details, go to the African
Scholars Program website at http://www.fivecolleges.edu/asp/, or
call, write, or fax the program at:
Five College African Scholars Program
Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003
USA
Telephone: 413/577-3778
Fax: 413/577-3781
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
____________________________________
Loree D. Jones
Executive Director
African Studies Association
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Douglass College
132 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1400 USA
T: 732-932-8173
F: 732-932-3394
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.africanstudies.org
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