West African Research Association (WARA) Fellowships, Summer-Spring 1998

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER

Two (2) research and teaching fellowships are being offered for the Spring/Summer of 1998 in West Africa. These fellowships are offered primarily to provide opportunities for faculty at liberal arts colleges to conduct short-term research and to lecture at an African university in order to enhance and broaden their teaching effectiveness and their course offerings. The competition is open to U.S. citizens who teach in the humanities and social sciences at four year colleges in the United States. This fellowship program has been funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education.

Each fellowship will provide round trip travel to a West African country and a stipend of $6,000 for ten to twelve weeks. The West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal (WARC/CROA - Centre de Recherche Ouest Africaine) will assist in selection of the university affiliation, recommendations for lodging and establishment of local contacts in the West African country chosen by the fellow.

Candidates must submit an essay describing the concept, methodology, and significance of their research project, explaining their -interest in teaching and conducting research and showing how the fellowship will further research and teaching interest at their college or university and beyond; three letters of recommendation by established scholars in their field or specialty; and a curriculum vitae. Please direct inquiries and submit all relevant materials to: WARA, 1414 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Telephone: 608-262-2487; Fax: 608-2654151; email: cwillardgmacc.wisc.edu. Deadline: January 16, 1998.

Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar