Political Science Workshops in Africa
APSA is pleased to announce the undertaking of a major international project, supported by an $896,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation over three years, to convene annual residential workshops in Africa starting in July 2008.
The workshops that form the core of the effort will build intellectual communities by improving training, generating scholarship, disseminating results, fashioning networks, and conducting critical reviews. The residential workshop model, led by significant figures from both Africa and the United States, will bring together primarily younger scholars from across Africa for a period of three weeks. Each workshop will gather some 30 individuals for an intensive intellectual experience covering substantive scholarly issues, particular methodologies, and reviews of research.
The inaugural workshop will address the theme of “Political Participation” and be convened in Dakar, Senegal, from July 6–27, 2008, at the facilities of the West African Research Center (WARC). The four workshop leaders are: Leonard Wantchekon (New York University, department of political science, U.S.), Augustin Loada (Faculté de Droit et de Science Politique de l'Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Alioune Badara Diop (Unité d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de l'Université Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Senegal), and Catherine Boone (University of Texas at Austin, department of government, U.S.).
The project originated in 2005, led by then-APSA President Ira Katznelson (Columbia University). A planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation facilitated the development and submission of a comprehensive proposal in 2007. APSA has partnered with CODESRIA to issue the call for applications across Africa for the first year of the project. For more information, visit the project website at http://www.africaworkshops.org.
Upcoming International Events
2008
July 23–27: 2008 Silvaplana Workshop in Political Economy, European Journal of Political Economy, Silvaplana, Switzerland.
July 29–August 1: 6th Meeting of the Brazilian Political Science Association, Campinas, S[~]ao Paulo, http://www.cienciapolitica.org.br.
August 21–22: SOSRES First International Conference on Social Sciences, Izmir, Turkey, http://www.sobiad.org/icss-conference/icss-main.htm.
August 25–September 13: 7th Leadership Course on Gender, Sexuality, and Health in Southeast Asia and China, Vientiane, Laos, http://www.seaconsortium.net.
August 26–28: Identity Politics in a Transnational Context, Aarhus, Denmark, http://www.esse2008.dk/.
September 5–6: Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/centres/cres/events/representing_islam/.
September 11–13: ASAUK 2008: The Presence of the Past? Africa in the Twenty-First Century, Preston, UK, http://www.asauk.net.
2009
July 12–16: 21st IPSA World Congress, Santiago, Chile, http://www.ipsa.org.
For a complete listing of upcoming conferences, visit the APSA conference calendar at: http://www.apsanet.org/section_181.cfm.
APSA International Membership by Country
APSA International Membership by Country
