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Francophone Africa Updates

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  • Human rights abuses

As G5 heads of state gather in N’Djamena, Human Rights Watch calls for action on human rights abuses by G5 forces.

  • Twenty UN Peacekeepers wounded in Mali

Read more on reuters.com – Twenty U.N. peacekeepers wounded in central Mali attack

  • Climate risks in Tunisia

Hanne Knaepen’s research paper explores the socio-economic, political and governance challenges to Tunisia’s capacity to adapt to climate risks in the agri-food system.

Read more on cascades.eu – Climate risks in Tunisia: Challenges to adaptation in the agri-food system

  • Elections in Niger

Akouvi Gloria Nella Vossah discusses the second round of presidential election in Niger.

Read more on wathi.org – Niger : le second tour de l’élection présidentielle opposera l’ancien président Ousmane et l’ancien ministre Bazoum

Research Fellow in Periodicals and Print Culture, Nottingham Trent University (Closing date: 22/02/2021)

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Job reference: 008413

Location: Clifton Campus

Closing date: 22/02/2021

Salary : Grade G (£28,331 – £32,817 pro rata)

Employment type: Fixed-term contract

Department: Academic Schools

School/Section : School of Arts & Humanities

Additional Information: This is a part time role of 0.5FTE and is a fixed-term contract for 3 years.

This post is for a Research Fellow to support the AHRC/DFG funded project on Spaces of Translations: European Magazine Cultures, c.1945-65. This is a joint research project between NTU and JGU, Mainz (Germany).

The post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of the research project on Spaces of Translation (SpaTrEM), based in the Periodicals and Print Culture Research Group at NTU, which is led by Prof Andrew Thacker and Dr Catherine Clay, and based in the School of Arts and Humanities. The main subject areas of this specific role will be in modern periodical culture, translation studies, and comparative literature.

Closing Date: 22nd February 2021

Interview Date: TBC

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Professor Andrew Thacker via email andrew.thacker@ntu.ac.uk.

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