Africa 2020 Deadline Call for Papers: Law, Rights, and Governance in Africa. A look to the Future

Two-day workshop: “Law, Rights, and Governance in Africa. A look to the Future”

This workshop facilitates exchange and dialogue between 12 early career researchers working on topics of law, (human) rights and governance in Africa. We welcome researchers from a wide range of disciplines – i.e. African studies, law, anthropology, sociology, geography, political science and development studies - to apply in order to meet and exchange ideas and findings. Through adopting an interdisciplinary approach, we bring together researchers from different universities, faculties, and departments to exchange and work on new research agendas from diverse perspectives. Keynote lectures will be given by: Professor Elisio Macamo and Professor Thomas Bierschenk. This workshop is funded by LeidenASA and is part of Africa 2020.

Read the text of the call (Adobe PDF).

Venue: Location: Leiden University, The Netherlands
For: Early Career Researchers (PhD Candidates and Post-docs)
Date: 28 and 29 January 2020

Deadline submissions: 10 NOVEMBER 2019
Contact: future.lrga@gmail.com (both for submissions and questions)