UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER |
"War and Peace i n Contemporary Africa"
Friday, January 31st, 2003
University of Pennsylvania Campus
The African Studies Consortium (comprised of the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore) is solic iting presentations that address War and Peace in Contemporary Africa. Given the complexities of conflict on the continent, we invite scholars and practitioners to explore this issue as creatively as possible. Submissions from the humanities and soc ial sciences that examine this issue in ways that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries are especially welcome.
The format will be structured in a way that reflects the content of submissions<> we envision a combination of formal and informal panels and/or roundtables, and possibly sessions devoted to discussing current initiatives for peace in places such as Liberia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, etc. Part of the program will also be devoted to artistic, literary and musical representations of war and peace on the continent. Contributions by local Africans in the diaspora are especially welcome to contribute to this initiative.
One of the goals of this year's workshop is to collect the paper s/projects presented to produce an edited volume for possible publication. Anyone interested in being considered for inclusion in this volume will need to submit a relatively advanced draft of his/her project before the workshop. Abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Paul Kaiser by email (pkaiser@sas.upenn.edu) no later than November 30, 2002.
For more information, contact:
Paul J. Kaiser
Associate Director
African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
Williams Hall 646
Philadelphia, PA 19104
tel: 215-898-6449
fax: 215-573-7379
email: pkaiser@sas.upenn.edu
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