Rift Valley Institute Field Courses 2012 - Horn of Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, Great Lakes – Apply now

Applications for the Rift Valley Institute 2012 annual field courses are open.

 [This is not a scholarship or fellowship, you are required to secure a fund for the courses by your own.]

The three courses offer an immersive, dawn-to-dusk programme of seminars, lectures and panel discussions, examining the historical, environmental and cultural features of specific subregions of Eastern and Central Africa. Taught by teams of leading international and regionally-based experts, they provide the basis for an understanding of current political and developmental challenges.

Great Lakes Course 

The Great Lakes Course covers Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 2012 course focuses on the roots of conflict and challenges to institutional reform in the region. It will be held in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 7 to 13 July 2012. The application deadline is 30 April 2012.

Horn of Africa Course 

The Horn of Africa Course covers Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Puntland and Northern Kenya. The 2012 course examines why the Horn remains the world’s most crisis-ridden region. It is held in the vicinity of Mombasa, on the Kenyan coast, from 16 to 22 June 2012. The application deadline is 16 April 2012.

Sudan and South Sudan Course

The course covers all areas of Sudan and South Sudan, with a special emphasis on the borderlands between the two countries. It is held in Rumbek, in Lakes State, South Sudan, from 26 May to 1 June 2012. The application deadline is 30 March 2012.

For more information about the courses, please see the attached course prospectus. Alternatively you can visit www.riftvalley.net/courses or write to courses@riftvalley.net.  You can apply online Here or via www.riftvalley.net. Applications will be considered in order of receipt. 

N.B. RVI monitors closely the security situation in the region and in specific course locations. Applicants will be kept advised of developments and courses will be relocated if necessary. 

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