Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme, UK

June 17, 2010

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Job Description: The Centre of African Studies, with the generous assistance of the Leverhulme Trust and the Isaac Newton Trust, is pleased to announce a Collaborative Research Programme to be held at the University of Cambridge. Applications are invited for Visiting Research Fellowships to take effect from October 2011. The maximum duration of a Fellowship is six months and is non-renewable. Subsequent Fellowships will be announced to take effect from October of each year.
Fellows will have access, by agreement, to the holdings of Faculty and Departmental libraries, to the library of the Centre of African Studies and to the University Library, which houses the extensive collection of materials relating to the history of the Commonwealth formerly housed in the Royal Commonwealth Society Library in London.
Fellows will be affiliated to Wolfson College, Cambridge. Each award is worth up to £10,000, out of which travel, accommodation, maintenance costs and medical insurance will be paid by the Centre on behalf of the fellow. The Centre is not able to provide additional sums for the travel and living expenses of anyone accompanying the Fellow to Cambridge. The sum is not subject to tax in the UK.
The Fellowships for October 2011 will be centred on the theme of Citizenship, Belonging and Political Community in Africa.
Applications are invited from all disciplines and are open to scholars and others in academia, research institutes, NGOs, museums and libraries (candidates without a PhD must demonstrate equivalent status). Preference will be given to candidates with a distinguished research profile who are permanent residents in Africa and who have active research interests in the area or areas advertised for the Fellowships. Applicants from non-English speaking African countries are also encouraged, provided candidates can demonstrate a competent grasp of English. It is expected that applicants would be intending to come to Cambridge to work on a project building on existing research for which a period of residence in Cambridge is demonstrably appropriate, although the initiation of a new piece of work will not be ruled out where there is a realistic expectation that it could be substantially advanced by the end of the tenure of the Fellowship.

Short listed candidates will be invited to submit a substantial piece of written work as part of their application.
All documents must be written in English
In order to apply for a Fellowship you will need to send an application to the University of Cambridge, Centre of African Studies, The Mond Building, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF, UK by 1 October 2010 and to arrange for your references to arrive at the Centre at the above address before the same date. Your application must be complete and in Cambridge by 1 October 2010 in order to be considered for a Fellowship. The Director is not able to consider applications that are not complete.
Applicants should note that neither applications nor references should be sent via email and should make arrangements accordingly.
This application package contains the following:
•a copy of the notice of award
•guidance on the information required in your curriculum vitae
•guidance on the type of project details required
•guidance for you to pass to your referees
Your application must include the following
•your curriculum vitae including details of publications
•your project details
•a photocopy of your PhD certificate (if applicable)
•a photocopy of your passport
•three references to be sent direct by your referees to the Director, University of Cambridge, Centre of African Studies, The Mond Building, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF, UK.
Please note all applicants will be notified by post of the outcome of their application.
Completed applications must reach: