Please note that the call for applications for the 2026 Summer School “African Prisms” organized by the European Network of African Studies AEGIS is now open. The Summer School will take place in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) from May 26 to May 28 2026.
It is organised by the Centro di Studi Africani in Sardegna (CSAS) in collaboration with the AEGIS Centres in Roskilde (Denmark), Edinburgh (UK), Lisbon (Portugal), Oxford (UK), and LAM SciencePo Bordeaux (France). The aim of the Summer School is:
- to bring together advanced PhD students and teaching staff from AEGIS Centres in order to exchange field and research experience;
- to improve the students’ ability to prepare and present their research in an international context and more specifically to serve as a ‘feeder’ for the next European Conference on African Studies ECAS 11 in Lisbon (2027);
- to promote graduate training within AEGIS and stimulate African-European inter-university cooperation.
The workshop is open to up to 15 PhD students and young researchers coming from AEGIS Centres and their affiliates in Europe and Africa. Applicants are invited to submit proposals (a 500-word abstract as well as a one-page outline of their PhD status and current research – PHD SUPERVISOR(S) MUST BE IN CC WHEN APPLYING) that address the overall theme. Papers that apply and/or refine conceptual and theoretical approaches to the subject matter, while also presenting fresh empirical information, will be especially welcome. Applicants will be selected based on their research outline and their ability to engage with broader issues in African Studies today. Priority will be given to students and researchers with recent field experience and fresh research results. Applications from African students based in African Universities are encouraged. Subsidies for the participation of a limited number of successful African applicants will be available on the basis of merit.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 07 December 2025. Participants will be informed of acceptance by January 2026.
For the Application Form please click here.
For further information please refer to the call in PDF form.