Restitution and Reparation: Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition Fellowship – Spring 2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 1, 2025

Applications are open for the Restitution and Reparation: Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition Fellowship – Spring 2026. The program will convene students or practitioners excited by restitution and repatriation points associated to African artwork and artifacts. By fostering dialogue and analysis, the fellowship goals to make clear this essential situation and contribute to significant progress in returning looted artifacts to their rightful houses in Africa.

This fellowship program aligns with The Africa Institute’s broader mission to foster essential pondering and dialogue round African and African diaspora research. By bringing numerous voices and views collectively, the program guarantees to advance essential conversations about cultural heritage, historic accountability, and the path towards a extra simply future.

Benefits

Fellows spend one semester in residence at The Africa Institute (GSU) campus situated in Sharjah, UAE, participating with a worldwide neighborhood of researchers and contributing to a collective publication.

Participants may even:

• Conduct targeted analysis on restitution, repatriation, and African cultural heritage.
• Engage with main students, practitioners, and establishments in the area.
• Contribute to essential debates and public scholarship on the return of looted artifacts.
• Receive mentorship and assist for publishing or presenting their work.
• Join a community of fellows and consultants dedicated to advancing restitution, reparation, and cultural heritage advocacy.

Eligibility

• Candidates should have a minimal of a grasp’s diploma or Ph.D. in a related specialization and/or space of analysis.
• Candidates should show how their analysis aligns with and contributes to the broader targets of the Open Society-funded mission, together with the lecture collection, residential fellowships, convention, and remaining publication.
• Fellows are anticipated to current their work as part of The Africa Institute’s lecture collection and take part in the remaining convention and publication of its proceedings.

Application

All information have to be submitted in PDF format, mixed into one file, to streamline the assessment course of. The required paperwork needs to be submitted in the beneath order:

• Candidates should submit an in depth analysis proposal/letter of curiosity (1,500–2,000 phrases) outlining the summary for the publishable paper, mission objectives, analysis questions, methodology, and meant outcomes. The proposal should articulate how their work contributes to the bigger dialog on restitution, repatriation, and reparations, as framed by the synopsis
• Curriculum Vitae
• Two pattern writings (e.g., articles and guide chapters)
• Two reference letters from a specialist in an space related to the fellowship themes and targets

Name the file utilizing the residency title abbreviation and the applicant’s identify on this format: Open Society_LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME. Use the similar identify in the e-mail topic heading, make sure you specify the semester you’re making use of for, and ship the PDF as an e-mail attachment to [email protected].

For extra info, go to Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition Fellowship.