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Call for Applications Theme: Democracy and Diversity Type: 13th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute Institution: Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TDCS), The New School University of the Witwatersrand Location: Johannesburg (South Africa) Date: 8.–24.1.2015 Deadline: 1.11.2014 __________________________________________________ The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies of The New School for Social Research in New York is pleased to announce the 13th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa this January 8-24, 2015. Organized by TCDS and our new partner, the University of the Witwatersrand, we will again welcome up to forty junior scholars from the U.S., sub-Saharan Africa, and other regions of the world for this intensive three week program of study in contemporary society, culture and politics. Johannesburg, the intellectual, economic and cultural hub of South Africa and the gateway to the rest of Africa, provides a stimulating setting for the 13th Democracy & Diversity Institute which is known as an intimate international forum for lively and rigorous debate on critical issues of democratic life. The Institute brings an interdisciplinary, comparative, and highly interactive approach to the social, political, and cultural changes facing today’s world. We welcome applications from an international range of scholars and practitioners. African graduate students and researchers are especially encouraged to apply. For more information please follow the link to the program website: http://blogs.newschool.edu/tcds/johannesburg-2015/ Contact: Claudia Gastrow Department of Anthropology University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 WITS 2050 South Africa Email: [email protected] Web: http://blogs.newschool.edu/tcds/johannesburg-2015/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
