The Centre of African Studies invites applications for the Smuts Research Fellowship in

African Studies, from candidates at the postdoctoral level in all disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Applicants will have gained a PhD (or equivalent) within the last five years or will have gained a PhD by the time of the appointment. The appointment will be from 1 October 2007 for a period of three years, and is non-renewable. To apply, please send a copy of your c.v. plus a brief description (not more than 1,500 words) of your intended research. Please also send up to 10,000 words of scholarly work (published or unpublished).

This work need not refer to your proposed research programme. Three academic reference letters are to be sent directly to the Centre.

Founded in 1965 by the pathbreaking anthropologist Audrey Richards, the Centre of African Studies holds a 40,000 volume library, co-ordinates a prestigious seminar series, organizes periodic conferences, and hosts a yearly cohort of visiting fellows from African universities. It acts as a platform for interdisciplinary research, bringing together the several dozen Africanist scholars working at the University with academics and policy-makers from Africa, Europe, and the United States. In 2007 the Centre will relocate to refurbished new quarters, which will allow it to expand its activities considerably.

The Smuts Fellow in African Studies can normally expect to be offered a fellowship at one of the colleges of Cambridge University. The College may expect its Fellows to assist in the teaching of undergraduates, for which the Fellows are paid. Colleges generally offer a room or rooms, meals on High Table, and other privileges that are intended to draw the Fellow into the life of the college. The emoluments of a teaching Fellowship vary from college to college.