Senegal,
Mali and Nigeria, October-November
2003
CODESRIA
and SEPHIS are jointly organizing a lecture tour on Gender and Democracy
to be spread over a three-week period in October and November 2003. The aim of
the programme is to establish connections between different research traditions
and networks in the South. Through the programme, research institutes and
universities in the South are supported to invite established scholars,
representing a specific social/historical school or scholarly approach, from
another part of the South to give a number of lectures in their region.
The
2003 lecture tour is meant to contribute to the South-South debate on the theme
of Gender and Democracy. The scholar who is selected as the
lecturer is expected to give seminars and public lectures on this particular
theme in several countries. For 2003, the countries which have been selected are
Senegal, Mali and Nigeria. Through the seminars, a first meeting is held between
researchers and the lecturer in a restricted academic setting that permits for
serious scholarly exchanges. The public lectures, which are usually advertised
in the local press, are open to a wider audience made up of specialists and
non-specialists.
Eligibility
Eligibility for selection as the lecturer is open to scholars working in
Southern universities or research institutes (more especially scholars coming
from Latin America,
the Caribbean and South Asia).
It is expected that
once selected, the lecturer will:
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Be available for approximately three weeks to tour and give lectures in the
three countries mentioned above;
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Produce a relevant and original paper, with a strong social/historical
dimension, which can be published in the CODESRIA/SEPHIS series.
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Send the text of the lecture to CODESRIA at least three months before the actual
tour starts.
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Meet with colleagues and research students, advise on academic programmes, and
explore the possibilities for collaborative research.
Following
the tour, the lecturer is expected to become an active member of the
CODESRIA/SEPHIS network and will be encouraged to help forge strong South-South
cooperative links by, inter alia, assisting with the organization of a
lecture tour of her/his country/region by
an African researcher.
CODESRIA/SEPHIS
will cover the travel costs of the lecturer and provide her/him with a daily per
diem during the period of her/his tour of the African continent.
Applications procedures
Applications
should include:
The
deadline for the submission of applications, which should be written in English, is 15
June 2003.
All
applications or requests for further information should be addressed to:
"Lecture
Tour on Gender and Democracy"
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
