ASAUK news
ASAUK Teaching Fellowship, 2011-12
The ASAUK Council, in association with the British Academy, is offering a teaching fellowship of up to £9,000 to a UK based academic for work in an African University during 2011-12. Ideally we are looking for applications from early career academics that have recently finished doctoral degrees on African topics in British Universities. But we will also consider doctoral students, especially those with some teaching experience, and other applicants based in British universities. The award is designed to cover travel expenses and about six month’s subsistence. The award can cover any field in the social sciences and humanities. Applicants should negotiate links and teaching responsibilities themselves. Applicants should send:
- a CV, including research plans and teaching experience
- a short description of teaching plans and any co-funding or partnership arrangement
- a letter of support from a sponsor in an African institution
- a letter of support from a supervisor or other referee in the UK.
by Friday the 30th of September 2011 to David Kerr: d.kerr(AT)bham.ac.uk
ASAUK Directory of British Africanists
A new edition of the ASAUK Directory of British Africanists is being produced. While the previous three editions of 1986, 1990 and 1996 have all been paper editions, the new directory will be online, regularly updated and constantly renewed with additional names.
You may have received an email asking you to add your details to the directory, if you have not yet entered your details in the directory please go to the website: www.africadesk.ac.uk
All records on the directory will be edited by Anne Merriman prior to becoming viewable live on the website.
The directory is part of the new Africadesk website jointly managed by the ASAUK and the British Academy. In addition to the Directory of British Africanists, it will host a new directory of African scholars who have, through scholarships, fellowships or collaborative research projects, established and wish to maintain links with UK social sciences and humanities scholars. In due course, there will also be a SCOLMA-managed directory of UK and European library collections as well as information on UK-based African studies centres, and African studies journals published in the UK on the website.
ASAUK is committed to enhancing academic links between the UK and Africa and we hope that the Africa Desk will help scholars in the UK and Africa identify partners for future research projects and build strong, enduring relationships. The Africa Desk will also be a central point of information on the UK Africanist community featuring information on scholarships, fellowships and research opportunities, as well as information on other initiatives to support research and collaboration.
If you are aware of British Africanists not currently in the directory, in order that they may be invited to join, then please pass their name to: contact(AT)africadesk.ac.uk
ASAUK is deeply indebted to Professor Richard Hodder-Williams (President ASAUK 1996-1998 and Honorary Treasurer 1998-2008) for the work that he has put into setting up the directory of British Africanists. Without his commitment and perseverance the current directory would not have been produced.
Nominations for Mary Kingsley Zochonis Lecturer, 2011
ASAUK seeks nominations for the Mary Kingsley Zochonis lecturer. The Mary Kingsley Zochonis lecture will be delivered at an ASAUK event in 2011. The lectureship award’s purpose is to encourage and support a young African scholar at an African University. The candidate should be at the beginning of their career, and the content of the lecture should be non‐scientific, non‐technical and on an African subject. Zimbabwean, Ugandan, South African, Ethiopian, Nigerian and Kenyan academics have delivered the lecture in recent years. The allowances include an economy return air fare to London, a prize of £500, accommodation and food expenses up to £500 and additionally, up to £250 for travel expenses to allow the lecturer to travel to other centres of African studies in the UK. The proposed lecturer should be nominated by a colleague; no selfnominations please. CV and a short statement on the topic of the proposed lecture by 28 February 2011 to both David Kerr: dkerr@bham.ac.uk and Nici Nelson: n.nelson@gold.ac.uk
ASAUK Distinguished Africanist Award
The Distinguished Africanist Award was inaugurated by the ASAUK as a way of paying tribute to people who have made exceptional contributions to the field of African studies, i.e. scholars who have in one way or another expanded and disseminated knowledge of Africa, and interest in Africa. The award is not confined to academics. It is intended for people who have contributed largely to African Studies in the UK, or who have strengthened links between African Studies here and in Africa itself. Read more...
Audrey Richards prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies
The Audrey Richards Prize is awarded biennially for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies which has been successfully examined in a United Kingdom institute of higher education during the two calendar years immediately preceding the ASAUK Conference. Read more...
