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.

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The electronic registration form can be found on www.fabricadeideias.ufba.br

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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.

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