Call for Applications for Leaders for 2009 Workshop in Accra, Ghana

APSA is pleased to announce a call for applications from U.S.-based APSA members interested in organizing a team of leaders for a three-week political science workshop, scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana, in the summer of 2009.

Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the 2009 Accra workshop is part of an ongoing three-year effort to organize annual residential political science workshops in Africa. The workshop will bring together up to 30 scholars and cover substantive issues, methodologies, and reviews of research.

The first Africa Workshop, convened on the theme of "Political Participation" in Dakar, Senegal, successfully concluded on July 27. Information about the 2008 workshop in Dakar, including a list of participants, photo gallery, and reading materials, is now online.

To learn about the 2009 workshop application process, visit: www.apsanet.org/~africaworkshops/content_56295.cfm. The deadline for applications is October 24.