Welcoming the AfOx-TORCH Fellows for 2022/23

TORCH is delighted to announce three AfOx - TORCH Fellows have been awarded for the 2022 - 2023 academic year.

The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme is designed to allow exceptional African researchers to build international networks and focus on a project of their choice in collaboration with Oxford-based scholars. The Fellowship is open to researchers across all academic fields. Awarded Fellows are affiliated with the University of Oxford for 12 months, including ten months of virtual engagement and a two month in-person visit to Oxford during Trinity Term.

TORCH is supporting the three incoming Fellows with interdisciplinary projects from a broad range of research areas in the Humanities. Please click on their names below to learn more about their individual research interests.

Dr Ahmed Hamden, Associate Professor of Egyptology, October 6 University, Egypt. His academic host will be Elizabeth Frood,  Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Dr Nelson Mlambo, Senior Lecturer, Language & Literature Studies, University of Namibia. His academic host will be Elleke Boehmer,  Faculty of English

Dr Madhlozi Moyo, Head of the department of Greek, Latin, and Classical studies, University of the Free State, South Africa. His academic host will be Stephen Harrison, Faculty of Classics