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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2016

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International Workshops: Alumni Networking Grants

In support of APSA’s International Workshops, approximately $75,000 in annual small grant funding is available to members of the Africa Workshops (with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) and MENA Workshops (with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York) alumni communities. Funding is used to support alumni participation in professional development opportunities, facilitate networking potential, and encourage regional collaboration among scholars and academic institutions. Small grants were awarded from July 2015 to January 2016.

AFRICA WORKSHOPS

Alumni Networking Grant recipients are listed below with the year of their Africa Workshop listed in parenthesis followed by the amount of their grant.

Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai (2014) – $1,200

Ndubuisi Christian Ani (2015) – $460

George Bob-Milliar (2012) – $1,500

Enock Mudzamiri (2015) – $713

Yacouba Ouedraogo (2013) – $1,223

Odette Murara (2015) – $2,000

Mohamed Bakari, John Clark, Lucy Massoi, and William Walwa (2015) – $11,000

Ahmed Ibrahim, Aditi Malik, and Cori Wielenga (2015) – $11,500

Doreen Alusa, Dalaya Asheanfi, Bamlaku Assegu, and Sabala Kizito (2015) – $11,500

Hassan Njifon Njoya and Josiane Tousse Djou (2015) – $3,000

Total Grant Amount: $44,096.00

MENA WORKSHOPS

Alumni Networking Grant recipients are listed below with the year of their MENA Workshop listed in parenthesis followed by the amount of their grant.

Hadi Abdalhadi Alijla (2015) – $1,000

Mohamed-Ali (2015) – $1,000

Huda Alsahi (2015) – $1,000

Kristin Eggeling (2015) – $1,000

Mamdouh Shouman (2015) – $1,000

Kristen Kao (2015) – $1,000

Luai Allarakia (2015) – $1,000

May Darwich (2013) and Somaia ElSayed (2014) – $12,000

Total Grant Amount: $19,000.00

Additional information on these grant programs can be found on the Africa Workshop (www.apsanet.org/africaworkshops) and MENA Workshop (http://web.apsanet.org/mena/) websites. Questions should be directed to Andrew Stinson at (for Africa Workshop grants) and Ahmed Morsy at (for MENA Workshop grants).

2016 MENA Workshop alumni and coleaders in Al Shaheed Park in Kuwait

APSA Workshops in the Middle East and North Africa

APSA’s 2015 MENA Workshops program concluded with a one-week conference in Kuwait, hosted by the Alsalam Center for Development and Strategic Studies from December 13–17, 2015. The event was part of a multi-year initiative to support political science research and networking in the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the MENA Workshops program is a major component of APSA’s efforts to engage with international political science communities and support research networks linking US scholars with their colleagues overseas.

The Kuwait workshop was the second in a two-part series “The Resource Curse in Middle East and North Africa.” Coleading the program were Justin Gengler (Qatar University), Michael Herb (Georgia State University, USA), Ghanim Alnajjar (Kuwait University), Alanoud Al Sharekh (Kuwait University), and Mark Tessler (University of Michigan, USA).

Participating scholars included 22 PhD students and early-career faculty from across the MENA region, Europe, and the United States. Each scholar is currently undertaking research related to the rentier state literature and issues currently affecting resource-rich states. The workshop featured eight research panels in which participants presented their findings and received feedback from their colleagues and workshop coleaders. Additionally, the program included professional development sessions on publishing, networking, and the profession, as well as a public lecture delivered by Mohammad Al-Sabah, former Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Following their participation in the 2015 MENA Workshops program, alumni received a three-year membership to APSA and are eligible to apply for small grant funding to advance their research.

Since 2013, APSA has organized six workshops throughout the MENA region. Approximately 70 scholars have taken part in the program, which is funded through 2016. For more information, visit APSA’s MENA Workshops website at http://web.apsanet.org/mena/. ■

APSA International Membership

Total international membership as of February, 2016 is 2,125 in 111 countries. The number of international members per country is listed below.

Canada 341

United Kingdom 335

Germany 185

Japan 164

Australia 63

Switzerland 63

Sweden 56

Denmark 49

Israe l46

Italy 46

China 44

Mexico 42

Republic of Korea 42

France 40

Netherlands 40

Brazil 34

Singapore 33

Turkey 33

Norway 32

Taiwan 32

Spain 25

Nigeria 24

Belgium 23

Austria 19

Chile 18

Ireland 17

South Africa 16

Russian Federation 15

Egypt 14

India 14

New Zealand 12

United Arab Emirates 11

Hungary 9

Colombia 8

Argentina 7

Czech Republic 7

Ghana 7

Lebanon 7

Finland 6

Cameroon 5

Kazakhstan 5

Kuwait 5

Malaysia 5

Poland 5

Romania 5

Greece 4

Pakistan 4

Portugal 4

Saudi Arabia 4

Slovenia 4

Thailand 4

Botswana 3

Cyprus 3

Dominican Republic 3

Ethiopia 3

Kenya 3

Mozambique 3

Palestine 3

Philippines 3

Tanzania 3

Uganda 3

Bangladesh 2

Burkina Faso 2

Congo 2

Cote d’Ivoire 2

Iceland 2

Indonesia 2

Jordan 2

Malawi 2

Morocco 2

Peru 2

Qatar 2

Slovakia 2

South Sudan 2

Uruguay 2

Zimbabwe 2

Albania 1

Armenia 1

Bahamas 1

Bahrain 1

Belarus 1

Benin 1

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1

Brunei Darussalaam 1

Bulgaria 1

Croatia 1

Djibouti 1

Ecuador 1

Estonia 1

Fiji 1

Gabon 1

Greenland 1

Iran 1

Iraq 1

Jamaica 1

Luxembourg 1

Macedonia 1

Madagascar 1

Mali 1

Moldova 1

Namibia 1

Niger 1

Senegal 1

Serbia 1

Sudan 1

Tunisia 1

Ukraine 1

Venezuela 1

Total International Membership: 2,125