The “Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) project invites young researchers and lecturers working in the field of African Studies to apply for fellowships at the participating universities (University of Bayreuth (Germany), University of Naples 'L'Orientale' (Italy), University of Leipzig (Germany), Moi University (Kenya), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), Federal University of Wukari (Nigeria)), as well as ‘Remote Fellowships’.

RecAf offers a total of nine fellowships, lasting for up to three months, at one of the German and African universities. Fellows are fully funded with a modest scholarship (travel, accommodation, daily allowance, health insurance, visa). The fellowship should take place between November 2019 and August 2020.

Fellows just finishing their PhD thesis or already with a PhD thinking about the postdoctoral research and in rare cases also students finishing their MA theses will be given the unique opportunity to work on or develop their own future research project at the respective university.Each fellow will work on his/her individual project and will be matched with a mentor from one
of the six universities. Fellows might be asked for a modest teaching contribution, dependent on their thematic and conceptual specialisation.

Application Deadline: 1 November 2019