PROF EZRA CHITANDO

DPhil (UZ 2001); MA (UZ 1993); BA HONS ( UZ 1991)

Email: chitsa21@yahoo.com

Research Profile:

Area of Specialization: Phenomenology/History of Religions

Research Focus/Area: Gender and HIV, Phenomenology of Religion, Religion and Gender, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.

Research Fellowships:

Humboldt Georg Forster Research Award, Bamberg, Germany, 2016.

Humboldt Research Fellowship, Bayreuth, Germany, 2004-5

Nordic Africa Institute Guest Researcher, Uppsala, Sweden, 2001.

DAAD Scholarship, Bayreuth, Germany, 2001.

Short-Term Fulbright Fellowship, New York, 1999.

African Guest Researcher, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1997.

Research Contracts:

EHAIA Religion and HIV in Africa, 2010

CODESRIA: National Working Group, African Independent Churches and HIV.

Courses Taught

Postgraduate:

Doctoral supervision in the following areas: Religion and Gender, HIV, Politics, Leadership, Development, Sexualities, Human Rights, Environment, Biblical Interpretation

Dr A Chiwara

Senior Lecturer

Dphil (UZ)[MA (UZ ), BA DUAL HONS (UZ )

Email: agnesschiwara@yahoo.com

Research Profile:

Area of Specialization: Phenomenology/Islamic Studies

Research Focus/area:Islamic studies; Religion and Law; Religion and Social Transformation; Religion and Gender, Islam in Central and Southern Africa; Inter-religious dialogue.

Courses Taught

RS 2160 Early History of Islam

RS2170  Doctrine of Islam

RS3450  Islam in Eastern and Southern Africa

RS3460  Islam in Africa: Inter-regional themes

HRS0710  Early History of Islam

HRS0720Doctrine of Islam

HRS0730Islam in Eastern and Southern Africa

HRS0740Islam in Africa: Inter-regional themes