CODESRIA TEXTBOOK PROGRAMME: Call for Proposals for
2004
CODESRIA TEXTBOOK PROGRAMME: Call for Proposals for 2004
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the re-launching of its revamped programme
for the publication of textbooks for use in African universities. The
programme was initially introduced as part of a broad set of objectives for
achieving greater balance and relevance in curriculum development in African
universities by making available to teachers and students, textbooks that are
adapted to the African historical context and the environment of research and
learning on the continent. In this role, it was conceived as an important
element of the Council's wider institutional mandate and publications strategy
but it also helped, alongside other CODESRIA publications to assuage the book
famine that afflicted the African social research community in the 1980s and
1990s. Through the revamped text book programme, the Council aims to continue
to contribute to the nurturing and growth of younger African researchers
brought up in a tradition of critical, engaged and rigorous scholarship
premised on theoretical and methodological foundations that enable them to
contribute meaningfully to the advancement of the frontiers of knowledge.
Against the background of the foregoing, African researchers are invited to
submit proposals for textbook projects for consideration by the Council. All
those wishing to send in proposals must already be senior scholars with a
proven track record of academic achievement and a demonstrable knowledge of
the domain in which they wish to produce a CODESRIA textbook. In deciding
which proposals to support, the Council will place emphasis on the value which
is likely to be added by the project. Proposals for consideration could be by
individuals wishing to be single authors or by scholars hoping to pool
together a group of other contributors whose input they will then edit into a
book for use in African universities. Furthermore, multi-author proposals or
proposals consisting of the identification and collection into one volume of
classics produced by some of the most outstanding thinkers will also be
welcomed. Each textbook could either be organised around a discipline or body
of disciplines, or on a specific theme. The textbooks could also either cover
the entire African continent or a specific sub-region.
Applications for consideration under the textbook programme should include the
following materials:
i A proposal which includes a clear theoretical, methodological and pedagogic
justification for the project;
ii The curriculum vitae(s) of the project leader(s) and a bio-sketch of all
the other contributors;
iii Two copies of the publications of the project leader(s) which they
consider to be the most significant and relevant to their proposal;
iv A detailed calendar and budget for the implementation of the project.
All applications received will be examined by an independent selection
committee and those which are recommended for support will be eligible for
funding by the Council. For indicative purposes, prospective applicants for
support within the textbook programme may wish to note that up to USD10,000
may be available from CODESRIA resources to assist them in realising their
projects. To be eligible for consideration for support within the 2004
financial year of the Council, all applications should be received by 30
November 2004. Applications should be sent to:
The CODESRIA Textbook Programme
Department of Training and Grants
CODESRIA
Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV
BP 3304
Dakar, 18524
Senegal.
Tel.: +221-8259822/23
Fax.: +221-824 1289
E-mail: <mailto:text.book@codesria.sn>text.book@codesria.sn
Website: <http://www.codesria.org/>www.codesria.org
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