We’d like to bring to your attention to several exciting calls for proposals/applications/nominations with upcoming deadlines. For more details and the full listing of many more interesting opportunities, please check out the Opportunities section here. If you have a relevant opportunity that you would like added, please email us at cihablog[at]gmail[dot]com.
Full Graduate Scholarships for black Southern Africans at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Dalhousie’s Southern African Student Education Project (SASEP) offers qualified black Southern Africans an opportunity to study for a graduate degree (Master’s or Doctoral). Eligible countries include South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Applications are due on January 1st and details can be found here.
The Mawazo PhD Scholars programme is a one-year, non-residential fellowship aimed at women pursuing PhD studies focused on climate change and energy at Kenyan universities. The goal of this programme is to build a strong pipeline of future researchers who are prepared to ask insightful questions about African development, and effectively communicate their results to both government and industry leaders and the general public. Scholars will receive grant funding, training, and other support to undertake an independent research project on a topic related to climate change or energy. Applications are due on January 26th. More details can be found here.
Call for Papers: Nearly fifty years after the Nigeria-Biafra War ended in January 1970, the complex experiences of Nigerian and foreign women affected by the conflict have yet to be told and adequately recorded. There has been no conference focused on the role of women in the war or how the conflict affected them, a void which demands to be filled. This international conference is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war and to highlight the cost of the conflict on Nigerian women, their participation in the hostilities, and their contributions to the survival of families, communities and the country. The Department of Africana Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County welcomes panel, paper, and poster presentations that will contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of women and gender in the Nigeria-Biafra War. Interested participants should send a 250-word proposal for paper or roundtable no later than Wednesday, January 31st and details can be found here.