Due to a weirdly high number of participation rejections, Ben Smith & I are looking for papers for APSA's Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research. This is to fill two slots on a panel. Pls send candidates! Can be an APSA 2024 rejected paper or something that was never proposed.

Not sure if it will appear in the next physical issue, but there is a great symposium on Michael Wahman 's new book up on ASR's website. Search for Wahman & you can find all contributions.

An impassioned editorial on Sudan fr Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Glad that Thomas-Greenfield (& now Perriello) are the key US personnel involved, but the editorial's calls for international community to 'step up' do not sound promising re an end to the conflict. nytimes.com/2024/03/18/opi…

Senegal's Const. Court ruled unconstitutional Sall's attempt to postpone election👍🤞 Public law scholar Alioune Ngom & I explain why & how we got there in op-ed Libération. Adrienne LeBas kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) Rachel Beatty Riedl Leonard Wantchekon Sebastian Elischer Leonardo A. Villalon Professor Landry Signé

Africa-based public health scholars: see this call for medium-largish grants w UK-Africa institutional partnership. Target seems med sciences but expansive enough to include social sciences. ukri.org/opportunity/af…

Georgetown is hosting a pre-doctoral summer workshop for junior & senior undergrads who want to do a PhD in polisci. Deadline Feb 15th. Must be students in DC, DE, MD, VA, or WV. Disadvantaged / underrep'd applicants preferred. government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi/

Very interesting notice from NSF about the use of generative AI in the review and the preparation of NSF proposals. tl/dr: don't do any of it. new.nsf.gov/news/notice-to…

Is anyone aware of junior scholars doing social sciences fieldwork in Rwanda? If so, can you DM me?

I will note that I gasped. --> 'The 13% drop in deaths is so remarkable that 'I was surprised I didn’t hear any gasps when it was stated,' joked medical epidemiologist Mary Hamel, who led the WHO pilot program.'

SSRC fellowships for Africa-based and/or African national scholars. Several targeted at research support in six countries -- Gh, Ke, Naija, SAf, Tanz, & Uga -- but not limited to citizens of those countries. Deadlines in Feb. See attached or ssrc.org/programs/afric…

The African Politics Conference Group (APCG) Online Colloquium is now accepting applications for workshop papers in Oct., Nov., Dec. 2023. Please apply by October 5, 2023, here: forms.gle/bQh7JQy3KpzAjd…… Please re-tweet and share with your networks.

Exciting AU news.

The 2024-25 Fellowship Competition is now OPEN! We invite scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in conducting research and interacting with policymakers. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2023. Apply today: buff.ly/44P9tzi

Great opportunity for African national PhD candidates or recent PhDs in relevant disciplines (not just econ!): World Bank World Bank Africa fellowship program provides 6 mos consultancy, etc. Must be <33yo. Deadline August 26. worldbank.org/en/region/afr/…

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Emerging scholars of Africa: opportunity for PIPES mentoring program at African Studies Association US annual meeting in November. Targets junior scholars, African scholars, and others fr underrepresented groups. Apply by August 1st. More details: africanstudies.org/annual-meeting…

🔴 Urgent Announcement

Attention to all individuals whose passports were seized and destroyed at the US Embassy in Khartoum U.S. Embassy Khartoum ! 🇸🇩
Due to the war situation, my passport has been seized and destroyed, leaving me stranded in Sudan...(1)

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The way I audibly, deeply gasped.

Deadline for CSAE visiting fellowship is May 30th. Open to African PhDs in economics for residency in Jan-March 2024; includes travel, accommodation, small stipend. csae.web.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fello…