In 2014, the Gerda Henkel Foundation initiated a scholarship programme supporting young humanities scholars from Africa in honour of the foundation's founder, Lisa Maskell. It is the largest international support programme for PhD students in the history of the Foundation. The Lisa Maskell Fellowships aim to strengthen universities in the partner countries, to counter the outflow of qualified young scholars and to ensure the doctoral students enjoy excellent academic training.
In this dossier, L.I.S.A. publishes interviews with Lisa Maskell Fellows, in which they talk about their research projects as well as their experiences during their academic career and the Lisa Maskell fellowship.
Today, we welcome Eddington Joseph Maseya from Zimbabwe. After graduating from the University of Zimbabwe with an M.A., he started his PhD in History with the thesis A Socioeconomic and Environmental Game and Wildlife History of Elephants in the Hlengwe Tribe of South-Eastern Zimbabwe from 1860 to 1990 at Stellenbosch University in 2023.