2009 Accra Workshop Leaders and Theme Selected

The co-leaders for the 2009 APSA Africa Workshop (Accra, Ghana, June 21-July 11) have been officially selected by the Project Steering Committee. The U.S.-based leaders of the workshop will be Dr. Dan Smith (University of Florida) and Dr. Kevin Fridy (University of Tampa) and the theme of the workshop will be "Elections and Democracy: Exchanging African and Comparative Perspectives." The two Africa-based workshop leaders will be Dr. Beatrix Allah-Mensah (University of Ghana, Legon) and Dr. Ukoha Ukiwo (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria).

The Call for Applications for the Accra Workshop will be issued by mid-February 2009. The official Application Form, more about the workshop content and leaders, and other detailed information will be posted here in the weeks ahead.