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The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)at the University of Bayreuth in Germany offers three fully funded PhDscholarships beginning 10/2014 in the following research areas:- Culture and Technology in Africa- Media in Africa- Development Economics in AfricaThe successful candidate in the area 'Culture and Technology in Africa'will be supervised by me - please feel free to get in touch withinquiries via uli.beisel@gmail.com. I particularly welcome applicationson questions of (renewable) energy and energopolitics in Africa. If youare interested in pursuing a PhD in this area, but do not have aconcrete research proposal yet, please also get in touch with me asthere may be an opportunity to link your PhD topic to a developingresearch project.Applicants must have an excellent Master's Degree. Applications may besent in German, English or French.The working language of BIGSAS is English.The online application portal is available at:www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en/phd_programme/application/index.html*Deadline: 15 May 2014*Applications from the African continent will be pre-selected by the sixPartner Universities after the initial formal screening at theUniversity of Bayreuth.The interviews of pre-selected candidates will also take place at thesePartner Universities:Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, BeninUniversité Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, MoroccoMoi University, Eldoret, KenyaUniversidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, MozambiqueAddis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaBayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies -- BIGSAS --Bayreuth University D-95440 Bayreuth - GermanyPhone: ++ 49 (0) 921 / 55-5101 fax: ++ 49 (0) 921 / 55-5102 e-mail:bigsas@uni-bayreuth.de web: http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de