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All researchers involved in research projects networked and coordinated by CASAS are designated Associates of the Centre.
In other instances, where and when funds are available, CASAS may grant fellowships to individual researchers it deems fit to be accorded such status for periods of up to 2 years in each case. Circumstances permitting, such fellowships can be renewed once. Fellowships will only be granted in cases where specific project funds are available or can be raised.
Post-Graduate researchers and visiting researchers with independent means who wish to undertake research in the region as part of their post-graduate studies or for other purposes, can be accorded Associateship of the Centre provided they have their own research funding.
In these and similar instances, all costs of such attachment will be borne by the Associate. CASAS may provide desk-space to such researchers. CASAS will facilitate the acquisition of research funding where possible.
Recent Visiting Scholars (2008)
Professor Al Mtenje , Director, Centre for Languages (Malawi) was hosted for part of his sabbatical leave from 1st September to 30th November 2008. He helped with programmes like the planning of teachers workshops in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda; organizing and conducting training sessions/programs/orientations to upcoming academics and language practitioners on some general linguistic aspects of Bantu languages and their role in the education sector for them to appreciate the development of harmonized orthographies, etc. etc.
Professor Mubanga Kashoki, the doyenof Zambian linguists and former Vice-Chancellor of, the Copperbelt University, Zambia, was a Visiting Scholar at CASAS during his Sabbatical Leave. While he was here, he worked on his book, Keeping in Step with Modern Times: A Comprehensive Account of Lexical Adoptives in Icibemba.
Mr J.O. Asamani, retired librarian provided consultancy services to initiate a Library System for CASAS in March 2008. He installed a library system for CASAS. He also initiated four CASAS staff (Michelle Booysen, Shelly Delbridge, Carole Holderness and Grace Naidoo), in the use of the system.
Professor Wiseman Magwa of the Midlands State University(Zimbabwe) visited CASAS for different lengths of time throughout 2008 as coordinator of the Shona/Zimbabwe work.
Other Visiting Scholars (Shorter periods) 2007 - 2009
Mr Ahmmardouh N.U. Mjaya, Centre for Languages, Chancellor College, University of Malawi
Professor Herbert Chimhundu, African Languages Research Institute, University of Zimbabwe
Mr Chiika Muyebaa, Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education, Government of Zambia
Mr Kutsirayi Timothy Gondo, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe
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