The 2008 summer school will focus on Borders and Border-Crossings in Africa. It will be sponsored by AEGIS-Naples in collaboration with the AEGIS Centres of Bayreuth, Edinburgh and Leiden. The aim of the summer school is: a) to bring together advanced Ph.D. students and teaching staff from AEGIS Centres (and possibly beyond) in order to exchange field and research experience; b) to improve the students’ ability to prepare and present their research in an international context; c) to promote graduate training within AEGIS and stimulate African-European inter-university cooperation. Application deadline 15 March 2008.

UNDP Regional Service Centre now have a possibility for an internship in Democratic Governance/Aid Effectiveness at the centre in Johannesburg, for Southern and Eastern Africa. The internship will be unpaid, preferably for a minimum of 6 months, and starting in March or April. Women and candidates from Southern or Eastern Africa are especially encouraged to apply.

To apply, interested individuals are asked to send a cover letter to [email][email protected] with their stated preference for work or focus within Governance, Aid Effectiveness, Corruption or a related area, identifying how this would relate to any academic work they have pursued or will be pursuing in this period, if applicable. Kindly attach a CV. Preference will be given to candidates who reply by 10 March.

Cebound Projects and Ditiro Productions are calling for submissions of poems, essays, reviews, stories and artworks for a new literary journal called Mo(v)ements.

Mo(ve)ments is an annual journal of prose, poetry and visual arts focused on writers and artists from Free State and Kwazulu-Natal writing in English, Sesotho, Isizulu, Isixhosa, Afrikaans, Setswana, Sepedi and isiswati.

MISSION
To create a platform for the exposure of budding and established artists in Free State and KZN and to promote greater interaction between writers, artists and readers from these two provinces, and to expose their works to the rest of the country.

AIMS
[1] Provide a platform for writers and artists to reach a wider audience and readership.

[2] Promote the culture of reading and writing

[3] Encourage writers to write in all South African languages

[4] Increase the body of literature written in these languages

[5] Appreciation of the beauty of the languages and literature.

EDITORIAL AND SUBMISSION POLICY

Copyright in the works submitted shall belong to the writers and artists themselves. All contributors shall receive two free copies of the issue of Mo(v)ements in which their works appear. Contributors should include a self-addressed and stamped envelope (SASE). It is recommended that submitted works be typed but hand-written works shall be accepted provided they are readable. Works by writers and artists from Free State and Kwazulu-Natal shall be given first priority, as there are no other literary magazines in these provinces.

Editors reserve the right to decide which submitted works to publish in the magazine. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to [email][email protected] or [email][email protected] or by post to Ditiro Productions PO BOX 48002 Qualbert 4078.