Call for Applications: PhD in African Studies, Germany

The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), funded by the German Research Foundation as part of the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments, will admit PhD students to its doctoral programme beginning 1 April 2012.

The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies at Bayreuth University, Germany, brings together outstanding young African and non-African scholars to work jointly in the field of African Studies. It offers a centre of creative and innovative PhD training based on a multi- and cross-disciplinary research environment.

BIGSAS invites applications from candidates whose dissertation project fits into one of the Graduate School’s current Research Areas. For information concerning the Research Areas, please visit the website:  http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de.

Applicants must have a very good Master’s Degree in one of the disciplines represented at the Graduate School. Applications may be sent in German, English or French, the working language of BIGSAS is English.

For your online application please refer to: http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Application/index.html

Deadline: 1 October 2011

Applications reaching BIGSAS from the African continent will be pre-selected by the five Partner Universities after the initial formal screening at the University of Bayreuth. The interviews of candidates from Africa will take place at the following Partner Universities of BIGSAS:

Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa