The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced 39 fellowship awards to African scholars in the second year (2010) of its African Humanities Program (AHP), a multi-year initiative of the international competitions funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
In a bid to advance the humanities as a core component of higher education and research in Africa, the AHP provides two fellowship competitions to scholars from Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria. One program promotes the completion of PhD dissertations in humanities by providing stipends to support the final year of writing. The second fellowship competition supports on-going research and publication of early career researchers by providing one year leaves from teaching in the form of postdoctoral fellowships. Out of the 39 fellowships awarded to Africans, 23 of the awardees are Nigerians and 7 of the Nigerians are from the University of Ibadan.
In addition to providing fellowships, the program organizes public meetings in the above mentioned countries for discussions of new intellectual directions and standards of quality in humanities scholarships. One of such meetings was held at the University of Ibadan from 21 to 23 June, 2010 with participants from across Nigeria and other countries.
The ACLS defines the humanities as the investigation of human cultures, languages, and histories through qualitative approaches in disciplines such as anthropology, history, literature, religion, philosophy and studies of the fine and performing arts.
For more information and applications visit: www.acls.org/program/ahp; ahp@acls.org
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