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XIII Factories of Ideas
Bahia, Brazil, 5 - 23 July 2010
Call for applications - deadline 31 March
The PROGRAM FACTORY OF IDEAS of the Federal University of Bahia announces, for the thirteenth consecutive year, the Course Factory of Ideas, a Course that seeks to contribute to the training of researchers who are dedicated to elucidating processes of racialization and ethnic identity formation. Special emphasis is given to black-white relationships and the production of black cultures in Latin America, Africa and the African Diaspora. The course adopts a comparative perspective, exploring several aspects of race relations framed within the perspectives presented by Brazilian and international intellectual productions. It hopes to promote exchanges between students and scholars from diverse regions of Brazil and other countries, especially along the South-South axis.
For more information: download the flyer
The electronic registration form can be found on www.fabricadeideias.ufba.br
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Fellowship Bangalore, India
Call for applications - deadline April 10
The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) offers a fellowship awarded by SEPHIS to a student from any country in the South to spend one academic year in Bangalore, India, beginning July 2010.
The main purpose of the fellowship programme is to help develop alternative frameworks for research and teaching as well as new theoretical paradigms that take into account the specific experiences of non-Western societies. The student can either register with CSCS for the Ph.D. in Cultural Studies (validated by the Manipal University and Kuvempu University) or register in his/her own country and do the CSCS coursework for two semesters. Read more
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Alternative Research Methodologies
Phillippines, 18 - 29 October 2010
Call for applications - deadline June 15
The fourth SEASREP-Sephis training workshop on Alternative Research Methodologies will take place in the Philippines on 18-29 October 2010. The workshop aims to provide PhD students from the South an opportunity to strengthen the theoretical and methodological quality of their work under the guidance of experienced researchers from the South. Two weeks of lectures and discussions, knowledge building, and individual tutorials on research proposals will enable the participants to redesign their research project, improve their proposal and enhance their research capabilities.
For more information: download the flyer
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Sephis E-magazine
Global South is a platform for scholars, researchers and students based in the South to engage in conversations about their many visions of development and history. Read more
