Call for Papers: Africa and the Environment, Mid-America Alliance for African Studies, U of Tulsa, 10/09

The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies has chosen "Africa and the Environment" as its main theme for its 2009 conference at the University of Tulsa on 9-10 October 2009. The University of Tulsa and Tulsa Community College have kindly agreed to sponsor the conference.

Scholars and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to share their ideas and projects related to "Africa and the Environment" in a collegial setting. MAAAS is a collegial organization of scholars seeking to promote research on Africa. It aims to bring together Africanists from throughout the Great Plains region, although articipants have come from all over the United States as well as from African countries.

We particularly encourage graduate students to participate in our conference. The Ken Lohrentz Prize is given to the best paper presented by a graduate student at the conference. Possible topics include the following list, although other topics are certainly welcomed:

• conservation policies and practices
• African environmental history
• The environmental impact of African conflicts
• African ethnobotanical and ethnozoological knowledge
• Struggles over land, water, and resources
• African environmental activism
• Animal-human interactions in African history and politics

Please make all checks payable to MAAAS. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words for any presentation. Include your name, title, and institution information on the abstract. Please remember presenters must pay the conference registration fee. Abstracts will be accepted until 15 August 2009.

You may e-mail your proposal to Jeremy Rich at roiadende@yahoo.fr or send it

to:
Dr. Jeremy Rich
History Department, Box 23
Middle Tennessee State University

1301 E. Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

All participants must fill out the following conference registration form and send it with their payment.

2009 Mid-America Alliance for African Studies Conference Registration Form

Name: _____________________________________________
Institution:__________________________________________
Street address: __________________________________________
City: ___________________________ State/Country: ___________ Zip

code:________

Phone: ______________  E-mail address: _____________________________
Early Conference Registration (before August 1):
_____ $30 - faculty
_____ $10 - students & independent scholars

Late Conference Registration (after August 1):
_____ $40 - faculty
_____ $20 - students and independent scholars
MAAAS membership fees:
All conference presenters and participants must
pay both MAAAS membership fees and conference
registration fees.
_____$20 - faculty
_____$10 - students & independent scholars
Total: _____

All conference correspondence, including payment of MAAAS membership and conference registration fee, should be sent to:
Dr. Jeremy Rich
History Department, Box 23
Middle Tennessee State University
1301 E. Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

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