IJR and KAS cordially invite you to a morning briefing on:
20 Years of the SA Constitution – People, Institutions and Rights: Sometimes Hope gets quite tired
Findings from the 2015 SA Reconciliation Barometer (SARB) Survey and 2016 SARB Mobile Survey
Date: Thursday, 8 December 2016
Time: 9h30 for 10h00 – 12h00 (followed by a light lunch)
Presentation by SARB, followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Pierre de Vos (Department of Public Law, UCT)
Albie Sachs (former Constitutional Court Judge)
Nomfundo Walaza (Executive Director of Inyathelo)
Venue: Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, 105 Hatfield Street, Gardens, 8001, Cape Town , South Africa
RSVP to Pam Vutula via email PVutula@ijr.org.za on or before Monday 5 December 2016
The SA Reconciliation Barometer (SARB) Survey is the only South African public opinion survey of its kind that measures public opinion on national unity and reconciliation. The most recent survey was conducted amongst a nationally representative sample of South Africans during August and September 2015. In addition, a mobile survey was conducted during October 2016 with specific questions relating to citizens opinions on the role of the Constitution, perspectives on the rights it upholds, and citizens’ confidence in the institutions tasked with its protection and implementation.
Join the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), as we celebrate – and contemplate – 20 years since the promulgation of South Africa’s Constitution, and what it means for South African citizens.
For more information on the survey visit http://www.ijr.org.za
Deadline: 27th December 2016
Date: February 27-28
Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
CODESRIA’s Program on Humanities seeks to foster work in the Humanities and engender conversations between scholars in the Humanities and the Social Sciences on themes of interest to the Council with the goal of producing insights that often escape lenses peculiar to any one of these two fields of knowledge. The organization of a workshop on the sidelines of the bi-annual Pan-Africa Film and Television Festival, FESPACO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso has for years served as an opportunity for CODESRIA and its partners to assemble scholars, artists and practitioners to discuss burning themes in African film and theater. For the 2017 workshop, CODESRIA in partnership with la Guilde Africaine des Réalisateurs et Producteurs and the Pan African Film & Television Festival (FESPACO), is pleased to announce a two-day workshop on “‘Emergence’ on Screen and on Stage.” The workshop will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on the 27th and 28th of February 2017 and is an important follow-up to the last one held under the theme “From STAGE to SCREEN: Interface between African Theatre and Film” on the 28th of February and 1st March 2015.
CODESRIA invites artists, scholars and practitioners to reflect on the trope of emergence on screen and on stage in Africa. ‘Emergence’ has come to dominate discussions of political economy in Africa. Whether styled as the various ‘plan(s)emergeant’ that are bandied about in many francophone countries or dressed in other slogans like ‘A better Ghana,’ the ‘Cameroon of Greater Achievements’ or the ‘African renaissance’ for example, the idea of rising out of an abyss into a place and time of glory has come to play multiple roles in African life. ‘Emergence’ and its synonyms have become integral parts of the struggle over the (re)presention, definition, governance, dominance, exploitation and ‘development’ of the continent in ways that recall the storied history of ‘emancipation’ and ‘liberation’ in an earlier era. It has been a defining theme for Pan-Africanism in literature since Casely Hayford’s Ethiopia Unbound (1911)
The idea of emergence is also integral to African film and theater as a favored leitmotif around which stories are created and performed. The spouse emerging from an abusive marriage, the student finally emerging from a period of scholarly mediocrity, the former house-help emerging from a life of poverty and hardship, the community finally freeing itself from the oppressive tyrant and the poor society attaining the heights of wealth all embody the idea of the shedding of shackles to achieve better states of being.
On another level, talk of the rise of film industries often captured in the terms Nollywood, Ghallywood, and ever new ‘…woods’ is common, and parallels pervasive discourses concerning our national and continental creative economy.
On screen or on stage, understood here to include that of national and international politics, the imagination and performance of ‘emergence’ raises certain questions that participants in the 2017 workshop are invited to explore:
- How is the end point of the process of emergence understood and portrayed? What are the conceptions of the good life, the good place and the good time that we can distil from the staging of ‘emergence’ on screen and on stage in Africa?
- To what extent does the imagination and performance of emergence include a fabrication of a point of departure through an exercise in historical revisionism that permits the future to stand out as a distinct quantitative and qualitative improvement on the past and the present? In what ways are points of departure in the voyage of emergence imagined and performed on screen and on stage in Africa?
- How is the process of change imagined and performed on screen and on stage in Africa?
- What is the role and impact of religion, especially new religious movements, in the performance of emergence on screen and on stage in Africa?
- What are the parallels between the performance of emergence on screen and on stage by actors and performances of emergence on the state/stage of national and international politics by policy makers, political actors, NGOs, and civil society?
- What insights can the performance of emergence on stage and on film hold for discourses on emergence in political economic life in Africa?
Artists, scholars, film and theatre practitioners interested in participating in the workshop are invited to send papers of 5000 to 5500 words and a CV with full contact details including email addresses and phone numbers to CODESRIA no later than December 27. All documents should be sent in Word format by email to humanities.programme@codesria.sn. Please use the subject line ‘CODESRIA@FESPACO WORKSHOP 2017’ when sending your email.
Humanities Program
CODESRIA
BP 3304, CP 18524
Dakar, Senegal
Tel: +221 – 33 825 9822/23
Fax: +221- 33 824 1289
E-mail: humanities.programme@codesria.sn
Re-Advertising Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary
Deadline: 5th December 2016
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites applications from suitably qualified senior African scholars for the position of Executive Secretary in its pan-African Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal. This position, which will fall vacant in 2017, is the most senior management post in the Executive Secretariat and the successful candidate will be expected to function as the leader of the institution and a diverse team of staff under the overall supervision of the Executive Committee of the Council.
Established in 1973 as a pioneering, independent, pan-African and not-for-profit organisation for the development of social research in Africa, CODESRIA is today widely recognised as the premier institution on the continent for the generation and dissemination of multidisciplinary research knowledge in the social sciences and humanities. The position of Executive Secretary is a key one both in the development of the programme mandate of the Council and the realisation of the strategic institutional objectives set by the triennial General Assembly of its members. The successful candidate will be required to:
- Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the affairs of the Council to the highest professional standards on behalf of the Executive Committee;
- Lead the Secretariat in implementing the scientific programmes and intellectual agenda of the Council;
- Serve as the Secretary to the General Assembly, the Executive Committee, and the Scientific Committee;
- Be responsible for the development and implementation of the Council’s fundraising strategy;
- Negotiate and sign all contracts on behalf of the Council;
Undertake representational duties on behalf the Council; - Raise funds and manage them efficiently
- Manage existing donor relations and expand the core donor base and secure new sources for the funding of the intellectual agenda and strategic plan of the Council;
- Coordinate the production of activity and financial reports for the funders of the Council;
- Enhance the membership base of the Council and structure a system of accountability to its members;
- Mobilise the members of the Council to participate fully in its programme of activities;
- Recruit and manage staff for the effective implementation of the Council’s work programme;
- Take a lead role in the development of new programmes and activities, and in the mobilisation of researchers across Africa to participate in them in accordance with existing institutional rules and strategy;
- Manage relations with other organisations in the interest of the Council;
- Promote contacts with researchers, universities and other research institutions, professional associations and regional organisations within Africa, across the global South and in the rest of the world; and
- Play a lead role in the realisation of the scientific mission and mandate of the Council.
Qualifications
Applicants must:
- Have a sound university education and at least ten years of post-doctoral working experience in a reputable research and/or research training environment;
- Have a good knowledge of CODESRIA, its institutional mandate and programme strategy;
- Possess a demonstrable ability to mobilise and promote the work of African researchers;
- Be familiar with the African social research environment and be recognised by the African social research community;
- Have a first-hand knowledge of the African higher education system in general and the African university context in particular;
- Have a strong personal track-record of research;
- Demonstrate multidisciplinary research experience on development issues;
- Have a good grasp of trends in international social science research and programming;
- Have proven experience of institution and programme management in an academic environment;
- Be experienced in fund-raising, resource management and the preparation of reports for funding partners;
- Have a distinguished record of publications;
- Have demonstrable skills in the leadership and management of personnel in a diversified, multi-cultural environment; and
- Knowledge of ICTs and their applications
- Be fluent in English, French, Arabic, or Portuguese and have a good working knowledge of at least one of the other languages.
Working Conditions
The salary level that will be offered will depend on the successful applicant’s experience and qualifications, and will be broadly comparable to those of similar posts in other international organisations.
Additional Information
More information about CODESRIA can be obtained from the Council’s website: www.codesria.org. It is CODESRIA policy to reflect the disciplinary, gender, generational and linguistic diversity of the African social science community in its structures. In this connection, female candidates meeting the required qualifications are especially encouraged to send in their dossiers for consideration for this position.
How to Apply
All applicants wishing to be considered for this position are required to supply the following documents:
- A written application;
- A detailed CV describing the candidate’s professional experience;
- Three reference letters, two of which must come from people living in African countries other than the applicant’s country of residence; and
- Four of the candidate’s recent publications.
The application letters and other supporting documents of candidates should be sent in a sealed envelope marked “Application Documents”, or sent by email to the address below.
The reference letters in support of candidates must be sent by the referees themselves directly and should be marked “Confidential Reference”.
Applications and the reference letters should be addressed to:
The President
CODESRIA
Av. Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV
BP 3304, CP 18524
Dakar / SENEGAL.
(Tel: +221338240374)
Email: newexecutive.secretary@codesria.sn
newexecutive.secretary@codesria.org
Closing Date
All applications must be received by 5th December 2016. Any application received after this date will not be considered.
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GRADUATE MPACS PROGRAM OF STUDY
Core Courses (5 courses)
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Internships and Skill-Building
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- Search for Common Ground, Washington D.C.
- Sembrando Paz, Sucre, Colombia
- Peace Border School, Cheorwon, South Korea wat2
- United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials
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- Peace and Education Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support, Kitchener
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- Understanding Conflict
- Culture, Diversity and Conflict Management
- Narrative Mediation
- Transformative Mediation
- Peacemaking Circles
- Peace Research & Directed Peace Readings
Students that are wishing to pursue research as a career are encouraged to enroll in our Peace Research & Directed Peace Readings course. Students enrolled in these courses work with a faculty supervisor to advance their academic research and writing skills.
For more information:
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies
Conrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G6
519-885-0220 x24216
cgcmpacs@uwaterloo.ca
uwaterloo.ca/mpacs