TOAfrica Summer School - Call for Applications

The University of Turin, Italy invites applications for the 2021 TOAfrica Summer School set for 14-18 June 2021. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 edition of the TOAfrica Summer School will be held online. Application deadline - 20th May 2021. Access details at: https://www.toafrica.it/

***About the TOAfrica Summer School

The TOAfrica Summer School offers Master’s students and professionals an introductory framework to the African continent with particular attention to the sub-Saharan regions, that in recent years have undergone impressive changes: demographic and economic growth, fast urbanization, internal and external mobility, the development of digital technologies, artistic creativity, social, cultural and religious transformations, but also conflicts and environmental, health and political crises. A new landscape which has repositioned the continent in the global perspective, generating interest in international observers and investors.

The program, entirely offered in English, is organized by the Africanistic section of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society (CPS Africa) of the University of Turin and the Torino World Affairs Institute (T.wai), in collaboration with with the Nordic Africa Institute (Uppsala, Sweden) and the Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda), one of the most renowned academic institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and with whom UniTo has been conducting an Erasmus Partner Countries Program for the last four years.

Candidates are preferably enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program, and are selected on the basis of their academic and professional profile. Merit bachelor’s students and professionals with relevant experience in sub-Saharan Africa will also be considered during the selection process. Scholarships are available.

See Summer School poster and other details below

Date: 
Monday, June 14, 2021 - 08:00 to Friday, June 18, 2021 - 05:00
Event Venue: 
Online programme
College/School: 
Contact Information: 
1. Francesco Merlo, Programme Officer, Università degli Studi di Torino | T.wai – Torino World Affairs Institute/ Email: fra.merlo@unito.it /2. Hasifa Kabejja/ Principal Communication Officer, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University/Email: pr.chuss@mak.ac.ug/Mobile No: +256774904211