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AAU e-Courier
Association of African Universities
Association des Universités Africaines
‫ﻻﺗﺤﺎد اﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺎت اﻷﻓﺮﻳﻘﻴﺔ‬
Issue No. 19
28th April 2005
AAU e-Courier
An electronic update on Higher Education events, services and products
Inside Pages:
•
First Global Meeting of Associations,
Alexandria, Egypt, p. 2
•
eContent Development Training –
Availability of Start-up Kit, p.2
•
College on Soil Physics, p.2
•
The Changing Politics of Land in
Africa: domestic policies, crisis
management and regional norms, Call
For Papers / Transformation Des
Politiques Foncières En Afrique:
Politiques Nationales, Gestion De
Crises Et Normes Régionales, Appel A
Contributions, p.3
•
The African Mathematics Millennium
Science Initiative (AMMSI), p.4
•
COVIDSET 2005 Grants to ANSTI
Member Institutions, p.4
•
The ASC-CODESRIA Award for
Students Researching the Societies of
Sub-Saharan Africa, p.4
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CODESRIA
Small Grants Programme
for Thesis Writing 2005
Objectives: The Council for the
Development of Social Science Research
In Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to
announce the fourteenth competition under
its Small Grants Programme for Thesis
Writing. The grants are intended to
contribute to the development of the social
sciences in Africa and the strengthening of
the research capacity of African
universities through the funding of primary
research conducted by post-graduate
students and professionals. In this
connection, candidates whose applications
are successful are encouraged to use the
resources available under the grants to
cover the cost of their fieldwork, the
acquisition of books and documents, the
processing of data which they have
collected and the printing of their
thesis/dissertation.
Eligibility: The Programme is open to
graduate students and professionals
registered in African universities preparing
their theses in all social science fields and
other disciplines involving social or
economic analysis.
Application Procedures: Grants are
awarded solely on the strength of the
applications received by CODESRIA. All
applications must contain the following:
(i) Research Proposal: The proposal
should not exceed ten type-written pages
and should contain a clear statement of the
research hypotheses, a critical review of
the existing literature, the methodology
to be used, the expected results of the
work, and a detailed work plan and
timetable. The research proposal should be
based on an innovative problematic which
sets out the originality of the theme in
relation to on-going research in the same
area;
(ii) Budget: Applicants should present a
detailed budget with expenses clearly
linked to specific phases of their research.
The budget should not exceed USD3000
for those preparing a PhD, USD2,500 for
those preparing an M.Phil, and USD2,500
for those preparing an MA or MSc.
Apart from trips for fieldwork in the
country in which the research is actually
conducted, travel abroad is not funded
under the grant.
(iii) Statement of Institutional Support:
A statement is required from the
applicant's institution of affiliation
giving approval for the proposed
research and an assurance of continued
institutional support throughout the
preparation of the thesis/dissertation.
This statement of institutional support
should be done on the institutional
letterhead and must carry the official
stamp;
(iv) Letters of Reference: Two letters of
reference must accompany each
application,
one
from
the
thesis/dissertation supervisor assessing
the applicant's research proposal and
abilities and another from a faculty
member assessing the applicant in
relation to other graduate students and
commenting on the scientific merit and
validity of the proposed research;
(v) Curriculum Vitae: Applicants
should include a current Curriculum
Vitae which, among other things,
indicates their discipline and nationality,
and provides a list of their recent
publications and on-going research
activities in which they are involved.
Application Deadline and Selection
Procedures: The deadline for the
receipt of applications is 30 April, 2005.
Applications found to be incomplete or
which arrive after the deadline will not
be taken into consideration. The
independent
Selection
Committee
charged with screening all applications
received will meet in May 2005 and the
results of its deliberations will be
announced shortly thereafter.
All applications should be submitted to:
The Small Grants Programme for Thesis
Writing
CODESRIA, BP 3304, CP 18524,
Dakar, Senegal.
Tel.: +221-825 9822, Fax: +221-824
1289 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.codesria.org
AAU e-Courier (28th April 2005)
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First global Meeting of Associations
Alexandria, Egypt, 14 - 16 November 2005
The International Association of Universities (IAU),
founded in 1950, is a UNESCO-based international nongovernmental organisation. It brings together universities
and institutions of higher education and organisations of
universities from around the world for reflection and action
on common concerns. The Association collaborates with
various international, regional and national bodies and
groups active in higher education. Its services are available
to organisations, institutions and authorities concerned with
higher education, as well as to individual policy and
decision-makers, specialists, administrators, teachers,
researchers and students.
The International Association of Universities (IAU) - in
partnership with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Arab
Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
in Egypt - will organize a first global Meeting of
Associations and International Conference on Cross-Border
Education and Internationalisation of higher education,
gathering national, regional and international associations
of universities to debate cross-border education and to
envisage possible strategies and actions, and to discuss the
principles and recommendations of the policy Statement
Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders
elaborated by IAU, AUCC, ACE and CHEA (available
online at:
http://www.unesco.org/iau/p_statements/index.html).
More information (programme, registration forms, fees and
hotel information) for both events are available and
updated
regularly
on
the
IAU
website
(www.unesco.org.iau).
eContent Development Training –
Availability of Start-up Kit
UNESCO, through its agency for Science and Technology,
The African Network for Scientific and Technological
Institutions (ANSTI) is announcing the availability of a selflearning course on how to develop e-content. The course
entitled “How to develop electronic Content” version 1.2.1 is a
valuable resource for any individual, department or university
(or organization) that wishes to develop e-content to
complement existing instructional techniques such as face-toface.
The course is distributed on CD and it comprises three
modules namely, Introduction to the process of e-content
development, The tools for e-content development and an
Introduction to E-learning platforms.
The CD is interactive in design and presents content in text
narrative, examples, graphics and images, audio and video
modes. It has used the concept of Objectives to drive and
derive the learning experiences. At the end of each unit, there
is a self-evaluation quiz with instant feedback of outcome.
The next version of this CD will be out shortly. A French
version equivalent is also underway. For further information,
please contact the ANSTI secretariat at [email protected].
ANSTI/UNESCO Secretariat,
P. O. BOX 30592, Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: - +254 2 622619/20, 622725, 622716
Fax: - +254 2 622538, 622750
Email: - [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected]
College on Soil Physics
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, will organize a college on Soil
Physics, to be held from 12 -30 September 2005.
The college aims to provide participants with knowledge of soil physical properties and processes so that they may
understand and solve engineering, agronomic and environmental problems and activities such as drainage, irrigation,
erosion, pollution, solute transport, and this in different climatological regions. During this three week college the
following main topics will be covered: 1. Soil physical properties and processes (intrinsic, spatial, temporal) 2. Soil
degradation and desertification processes (physics, factors, prediction, control) 3. Climate and soil-water-plantatmosphere continuum (infiltration, evaporation, soil water balance).
The college is for students and professionals with varied background in physics, mathematics, soils, engineering,
agricultural and environmental sciences.
The application form is available from the ICCTP WWW server: http://agenda.ictp.trieste.it/smr.php?1674 or from the
activity secretariat. It should be completed and returned before 25 May 2005 to:
College on Soil Physics, (smr 1647 – c/o Ms. Rosanna Sain), The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy, Or E-mail: [email protected] , http://www.ictp.it/
ANSTI/UNESCO Secretariat, P. O. BOX 30592
Nairobi, KENYA, Tel: - +254 2 622619/20, 622725, 622716, Fax: - +254 2 622538, 622750
Email: - [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
AAU e-Courier (28th April 2005)
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The Changing Politics of Land in Africa: Domestic Policies, Crisis Management and Regional Norms
Call For Papers
Date: 28-29 November 2005
Venue: University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Transformation Des Politiques Foncières En Afrique: Politiques Nationales, Gestion De Crises Et Normes
Régionales
Appel A Contributions
Ending post-colonial conflicts in Africa and reconstructing
states and societies in their aftermaths is the focus of much
international activism since the 1990s. In cases such as
Mozambique and South Africa, the movement from war to
peace has resulted in tangible economic and social
improvements in the lives of individuals and the communities.
And yet, for all the successes that can be pointed to, there
remain numerous instances where peace still has only a
tenuous grip on society or conflict has re-asserted itself. A
common denominator of those states which have succumbed
to political violence is the failure of post-conflict
reconstruction to address the issue of land. As a primary and
fundamental but also highly symbolic resource for the vast
majority of African peoples, land holds a unique position
within so-called traditionalist societies and economies. Indeed,
much of the conflict experienced in the colonial and postcolonial period can be traced back to its summary
expropriation from the peasantry by various authorities. In this
sense, the absence of any systematic analysis of the status of
land, changes to tenure and, ultimately, the integration of these
insights into post-conflict reconstruction strategies - embarked
upon by African governments and international community potentially undermines their very success.
This conference will seek to examine and analyse the role of
land as a site and source of conflict, especially with regard to
post-conflict reconstruction. The central aim of the conference,
being comparative in nature, is to gain insight into the nature
of policy making concerning land, not only at national level
but at the broader African state system level as well and the
degree to which the challenges facing it - in the form of new
norms of governance of state and markets (most recently
articulated in the NEPAD initiative or put forward by several
African State leaders supporting anti-imperialist policies) –
influence the latter.
As such, the conference will compare responses to internal
crisis related to land across a range of African sub-regional
groupings. It will adopt a continental perspective on the topic,
that is to say, investigate cases drawn from all regions across
Africa. Papers (selected through an international review
committee) are welcomed from academics, policy makers or
main practitioners dealing with the politics of land.
Proceedings will be compiled and edited for publication. The
conference is linked to a three-year project on land policy in
Southern Africa jointly sponsored by the French Institute of
South Africa (IFAS) and the London School of Economics
(LSE).
Abstract of papers (2000-2500 characters)
(in English only) should be sent to:
Politics of Land Conference
Email: [email protected]
before the 30th of April 2005 at the latest
La fin des conflits post-coloniaux en Afrique et la
reconstruction des Etats et des sociétés ont été l’objet de
beaucoup d’attention de la part de différents mouvements
militants internationaux depuis les années 1990. Dans des cas
comme le Mozambique et l’Afrique du Sud, l’évolution des
guerres et des conflits vers la paix a donné lieu à des
améliorations considérables des conditions de vie des
individus et des communautés. Néanmoins, parmi tous les cas
de succès qui peuvent être évoqués, nombreux sont ceux où la
paix n’est que très fragile, voire où les conflits réapparaissent.
Un dénominateur commun de ces Etats ayant succombé à la
violence politique, est l’échec de la reconstruction postconflictuelle sur la question foncière. Ressource primaire et
fondamentale mais également symbolique pour la grande
majorité des Africains, la terre jouit d’une position particulière
au sein des sociétés et des économies dites traditionnelles. En
effet, nombreux sont les conflits des périodes coloniales et
post-coloniales émanant de l’expropriation sommaire de la
paysannerie par des autorités diverses. Dans ce sens, l’absence
d’analyses systématiques du statut de la terre, de la
transformation des tenures foncières et, enfin, de l’intégration
de ces aspects aux stratégies de reconstruction postconflictuelle dans lesquelles les gouvernements nationaux et la
communauté internationale se sont engagés, compromet
potentiellement leur contenu même.
Ce colloque tentera d’analyser et de comprendre le statut de la
terre comme lieu et source de conflit, en particulier en liaison
avec les stratégies de reconstruction post-conflictuelle. Se
voulant comparatif, l’objectif central de ce colloque sera de
mieux comprendre le processus d’élaboration des politiques
foncières, non seulement au niveau national mais également au
niveau des systèmes régionaux inter-étatiques. En particulier,
le colloque permettra de saisir l’impact des défis posés au
développement de politiques, sous forme de nouvelles normes
de gouvernance des Etats et des marchés, récemment articulées
dans l’initiative NEPAD et de la montée de discours antiimpérialiste sur les questions foncières.
La conférence comparera ainsi les réponses aux crises internes
liées au foncier à travers un certain nombre de sous-régions
africaines. La conférence adoptera donc une perspective
continentale sur le sujet, c’est-à-dire étudiera des cas issus des
différentes régions du continent africain. Des articles
(sélectionnés par un comité scientifique international)
d’universitaires, de décideurs politiques ou de praticiens
concernés par les politiques foncières sont les bienvenus. Les
actes seront regroupés et édités pour publication. Cette
conférence fait partie d’un programme de recherche sur la
réforme foncière en Afrique australe soutenu par l’Institut
Français d’Afrique du Sud (IFAS) et la London School of
Economics (LSE).
Les résumés (2000-2500 signes) des articles proposés
(en anglais uniquement) sont à envoyer à :
« Conférence sur les politiques foncières »
Email : [email protected]
Impérativement avant le 30 avril 2005
AAU e-Courier (28th April 2005)
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The African Mathematics Millennium
Science Initiative (AMMSI)
Postgraduate & Research/Visiting
Scientist Fellowships
AMMSI is a project established by the Millennium Science
Initiative (MSI) whose primary goal is to create and nurture
world-class science and scientific talent in the developing
world by strengthening S&T capacity through integrated
programmes of research and training, planned and driven by
local scientists.
With the support of The Mellon Foundation and The
International Mathematical Union (IMU) AMMSI is offering
postgraduate scholarships as well as support for research or
visiting scientists to travel to different institutions. All
individuals who wish to take advantage of the scholarships and
fellowships on offer from AMMSI can visit www.ammsimaths.org
You may also download the attached AMMSI prospectus or
information pamphlets on AMMSI postgraduate scholarships
and research/visiting fellowships.
ANSTI/UNESCO Secretariat, P. O. BOX 30592, Nairobi,
KENYA, Tel: - +254 2 622619/20, 622725, 622716
Fax: - +254 2 622538, 622750
Email: - [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected]
COVIDSET 2005 Grants to ANSTI
Member Institutions
ANSTI will be giving one full grant and one partial
grant to representatives of each ANSTI member
institution participating in the 1st African Regional
Conference of Vice Chancellors, provosts and Deans
of
Science,
Engineering
and
Technology
(COVIDSET 2005) that has paid all its ANSTI
membership fees.
Therefore, all member institutions that have fully
paid their membership fees for this year are invited to
register for the Conference and to send their
nominees to [email protected] quoting COVIDSET 2005 grants to ANSTI Member
Institutions - as the subject line.
ANSTI/UNESCO Secretariat,
P. O. BOX 30592, Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: - +254 2 622619/20, 622725, 622716
Fax: - +254 2 622538, 622750
Email: - [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
The ASC-CODESRIA Award for
Students Researching the
Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
The award
This annual award has been set up jointly by the African
Studies Centre (ASC) in Leiden, the Netherlands and the
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar, Senegal. It aims to encourage
student research and writing on Africa, and to promote the
study of African cultures and societies. It will be presented to a
student whose Master’s thesis has been completed on the basis
of research conducted on Africa. The award may also be
granted to any other final-year piece of work in the form of
film, video or CD Rom that presents a clear analysis of an
issue relating to Africa. (The term ‘thesis’ is also used to
include these other forms of scientific reporting.) The award
consists of a prize of $1000 for the winning thesis, the
publication of the work in the ASC Research Report Series
and the publication of an article by the winning author in
CODESRIA Bulletin.
Who can apply
Any final-year student who has completed his/her Master’s
study with distinction (Dutch rating: 8 or more) at a university
in Africa or the Netherlands can be awarded the ASCCODESRIA Master’s thesis prize. The thesis must be based on
independent empirical research related to Africa in one of the
subjects listed in the following section. It must have been
examined within one year prior to the deadline for submitting
manuscripts (see below). Work that has already won a prize
elsewhere will not be considered for this award.
Any thesis thematically related to socio-geographical,
economic, political, historical, juridical or anthropological
issues or focusing on the humanities (with the exception of
language, literature and/or semiotic studies) can be submitted.
Theses can be submitted to CODESRIA or the ASC (but not to
both) depending on the following criteria:
- a thesis can be submitted to CODESRIA if it is written in
English, French, Portuguese or Arabic and if its geographical
focus is on Africa as well As on its migrant communities
elsewhere in the world.
- a thesis can be submitted to the ASC if it is written in
English, French or Dutch and if in terms of geographical
focus, the subject is limited to Sub-Saharan Africa and its
migrant communities elsewhere in the world.
From the submissions to both institutes, a shortlist will be
drawn up from which the winning thesis will be selected by a
joint jury.
The annual deadline for the submission of theses is 31 May
2005.
For more information or queries regarding the submission of a
thesis,please contact the secretary of the ASC Awards
Committee, Ms Gitty Petit: [email protected] or the
secretary of the CODESRIA Awards Committee,
Ms Chifaou I. Josiane Amzat: [email protected] or
[email protected]