The African Critical Inquiry Programme is glad to announce the Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards for 2022, which will support African doctoral students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) seeks to advance inquiry and debate about the roles and practice of public culture, public cultural institutions, and public scholarship in shaping identities and society in Africa.
The ACIP is committed to collaboration between scholars and the makers of culture/history, and to fostering inquiry into the politics of knowledge production, the relationships between the colonial/apartheid and the postcolonial/postapartheid, and the importance of critical pluralism against nationalist discourse.
ACIP is a partnership between the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Laney Graduate School of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Awards will support doctoral research projects focused on topics such as institutions of public culture, particular aspects of museums and exhibitions, forms and practices of public scholarship, culture and communication, and the theories, histories, and systems of thought that shape and illuminate public culture and public scholarship.
Awards
Grant amounts vary depending on research plans, with a maximum award of ZAR 40,000.
Eligibility
- The Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Awards are open to African postgraduate students (regardless of citizenship) in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
- Applicants must be currently registered in a Ph.D. program in a South African university and be working on topics related to ACIP’s focus.
Application Process
To apply, eligible applicants should submit the following as a single file attachment with documents in the order listed:
- curriculum vitae
- current academic transcript and proof of registration at their current institution
- completed cover sheet
- abstract of the proposed research project (250 words maximum)
- research proposal outlining the project’s goals, central questions, significance, and relevance for ACIP’s central concerns.
- bibliography of up to two additional pages
- projects budget.
- two referee letters; one of these must be from your supervisor.
Deadline: May 02, 2022.
For more information, visit the official site.
