Opportunities from The Africa Institute

The open call includes the Toni Morrison and Ali A. Mazrui Senior Fellowships and the Okwui Enwezor and Fatema Mernissi Postdoctoral Fellowships. Senior fellowships are full-time one-year residencies from September 2027 to June 2028; postdoctoral fellowships are full-time two-year residencies from September 2027 to June 2029. Applicants are expected to arrive in Sharjah in mid-August 2027. The official page does not publish a monetary stipend or funding amount, so none is stated here.

Senior Fellowships are open to scholars at associate-professor or full-professor level, or equivalent independent authors/public intellectuals with recognized work relevant to African and African diaspora studies. Postdoctoral applicants must hold a PhD awarded within the last five years before assuming the fellowship. Discipline-specific fit varies by named fellowship.