FELLOWSHIP | Dr Dorothy Tembo, Senior Lecturer at the University of Malawi and Editor-in-Chief of Africa Journal of Religion and Culture, has recently been awarded a British Academy grant to facilitate a mentorship scheme for early-career researchers in select African countries. These include Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa in the SADC region. This project is a collaboration between the University of Malawi and the University of Edinburgh.
The British Academy grant is titled "Writing Religion and Social Transformation in Africa: Publishing and Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Humanities and Social Science Researchers". The main focus will be on the intersection of religion and health, religion and ecology, and religion and technology. The mentorship grant is being used to implement a program under the Africa Journal of Religion and Culture. The program aims to provide early career researchers and PhD students with the necessary skills to publish their work in high-impact journals. The program collaborates with editors from various journals to train and mentor all mentees. These experts will guide and support participants in writing papers that can be accepted for publication in high-impact journals. The journal editors who will participate in the program are:
Prof Robert Launay, Professor, Anthropology, Northwestern University, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Religion in Africa (Brill).
Prof. Emma Wild–Wood, Professor, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Editor-in-Chief, Studies in World Christianity (Edinburgh University Press).
Dr Barbara Bompani, Reader, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Editor, Religion and Development (Brill).
Dr Dorothy Tembo, Senior Lecturer, University of Malawi, Editor-in-Chief, Africa Journal of Religion and Culture.
Individuals participating in the project will be assisted in establishing a peer-review process within their institutions. This will involve sharing their learning and committing to ongoing peer support in research and writing. A small fee will be provided to help them organise a dissemination workshop within their institutions. The goal is to have participants explain what they have learned, encourage them to share information with their colleagues, and foster good relationships that will benefit their institutions in the long run.
More about the project at: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/writing-religion-and-social-transformation-in-africa-publishing-and-mentoring-workshop-for-early-career-arts-humanities-and-social-science-researchers/
Heidi Sonnekus | FAR-LeaF Programme
