2024 bursary call: art history applicants

South African National Research Foundation (NRF), SARCh I Chair programme in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa is offering grant holder‑linked Ph D, MA and Honours bursaries for 2024.

Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa is part of the Arts of Africa and Global Souths postgraduate research programme based in the Fine Art Department at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. It is run by Professor Ruth Simbao , and focuses on perspectives from the African continent and other global south contexts. Associate Professor Stephen Fọlárànmí and a number of Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows are also part of the research team.

A limited number of prospective students will be shortlisted for entrance into the programme and for bursaries. Those shortlisted must meet all NRF bursary requirements, and must demonstrate that their proposed research is relevant to the Arts of Africa and Global Souths programme and the 2024 r...