Dakar, September 22^nd to October 12^th, 2003
Theme: Labour, Gender, Class and Ethnicity

The third CODESRIA/SEPHIS Extended Workshop on New Theories and Methods in Social History will be held in Dakar from September 22^nd to October 12^th, 2003. The theme for the 2003 session is Labour, Gender, Class and Ethnicity. The Workshop will be organised around the comparative experiences of Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean 

The broad aim of the Workshop is to bring together about 15 young historians for a period of three weeks of joint reflection, knowledge building and training. The participants will follow a programme designed to permit them to share experiences and improve upon the theoretical and methodological quality of their work. 

Contents of the Workshop

The main objective of the Workshop is to promote discussion and debate on recent methodological and theoretical developments in Social History. To this end, participants will be encouraged to carry out their reflections in a comparative perspective. Within this framework, participants will also be offered practical support in sharpening their skills on how to write an article, plan a research project, and submit a research proposal for funding. The discussions will be linked to the research interests of the participants and the progress of their work. 

The Workshop will be led by a convener who will be a senior researcher with an established reputation in the field. This convener will be responsible for the overall academic content of the workshop. Four main resource persons from various parts of the South will give three- day lectures and facilitate discussion and/or conduct seminars on different questions pertaining to the latest developments in Social History in their respective areas of competence. Several other historians from the host country will be invited to offer single lectures. The courses will be given in English.

Eligibility

Convener

CODESRIA appoints an external scholar as the Convener to assume the scientific leadership of the Workshop. Conveners are senior scholars known for their expertise on the theme of the Workshop and for the originality of their thinking on it. 

The Workshop Convener will be expected to put in a total of about six months of work before, during and after the Workshop. Most of this time will be devoted to the preparation of the full programme for the Workshop, the production of an accompanying bibliographic list for the use of the participants, and the overall management of the proceedings of the Workshop. The Convener is responsible for all the scientific aspects of the sessions. To this effect, the Convener, with the support of CODESRIA and SEPHIS, will:

1. Help identify other resource persons to be invited to help animate the Workshop;

2. Participate in the selection of the laureates;

3. Prepare a detailed programme for the three-week duration of the Workshop;

4. Ensure that a course outline is prepared by the resource-persons, in cooperation with CODESRIA;

5. Participate in the development of a bibliography for the Workshop, in collaboration with CODESRIA and the CODESRIA Information and Documentation Centre (CODICE);

6. Give lectures/seminars which relate to theoretical and methodological approaches in Social History;

7. Give lectures on how to write a research proposal / a book review;

8. Review and make comments on students’ individual research proposals and/or research paper;

9. Produce a final evaluation report of the Workshop.

CODESRIA will provide the Convener with a return air ticket from her/his place of residence to Dakar. Accommodation in Dakar during the three-week duration of the workshop will be taken care of by CODESRIA. An Honorarium will also be paid.

Resource Persons

 The resource persons are required to participate in the Workshop by giving intensive three-day courses on the latest developments in Social History in their respective areas of research interest. Lectures in the sessions of the Workshop are not expected to be simple introductory courses, but thought-provoking presentations that are meant to help advance the reflections of participants on the main topic, and on their own research topics. Resource persons are, therefore, senior scholars or scholars in their mid-career who have published extensively on the topic, and who have a significant contribution to make to the debates on it. 

Once selected, resource persons are required to:

1. Submit a copy of their lectures for reproduction and distribution to participants, not later than two weeks before the lecture begins;

2. Identify tasks which the participants can undertake in a seminar setting and take responsibility for conducting the seminar; 

3. Deliver their lectures, participate in debates and comment on students’ research proposals. 

CODESRIA shall provide to the resource persons an economy class return ticket from their place of residence to Dakar. An honorarium will also be paid for their services. Furthermore, CODESRIA will also provide them with a daily per diem which will cover their accommodation, feeding and local transportation expenses.

Applications

Applicants for the position of Course Convener should submit:

1. An application letter 

2. A curriculum vitae

3. A two-page proposal, indicating the skeletal course outline they hope to develop and showing in what ways the course would be original or responsive to the needs of prospective laureates, specifically focusing on the issues to be covered in each sub-theme. 

Applications for the position of a resource person should include:

1. An application letter

2. A curriculum vitae

3. A one-page abstract of their proposed lectures

The deadline for the submission of applications (to be written in English) is 15 May, 2003.All applications or requests for further information should be addressed to:

"Extended Workshop for Young Historians"
CODESRIA/SEPHIS Programme
Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop, angle Canal IV
B.P. 3304, Dakar, Senegal
Fax: (221) 824 12 89
Tel.: (221) 825 98 22/23

E-mail: ndeye.gueye@codesria.sn