February 28, Monday, "Agenda 95: What Should Our Priorities Be?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Women and International Development Seminar, Janet Owens (Graduate Student, Agricultural Economics, MSU), 204 International Center, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
March 1 Tuesday, "Radical Empiricism as a Basis for Understanding ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Creative Process of Improvisation in Zimbabwe" Special Guest Seminar co-sponsored by the African Studies Center and the MSU School of Music, Linda Williams (Ph.D. candidate, Ethnomusicology, Indiana University), 201 International Center, noon.
March 3, Thursday, Sambizanga - An African film in the series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Women Depicting Women," sponsored by International Studies and Programs. This is a Thursday series of international films about women, produced and directed by women. Room 206, Old Horticulture, 7:15 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 355- 2350.
March 3, Thursday, "Employment Growth among Small Enterprises in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Africa" African Studies Center Brown Bag, Donald Mead (Faculty, Agricultural Economics, MSU), 201 International Center, noon.
March 4, Friday, Gender Issues, Land Tenure Policy Issues, and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Environmental Decisions by Rural Women in the Gambia" Society for International Development (SID) Luncheon Seminar, Nanette Hegamin (Visiting Scholar, Department of Family and Child Ecology, MSU), 117C Crossroads Cafeteria, noon.
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Fragile Lakes, Fragile Lands: International Cooperation in the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Management and Development of Lakes
Malawi and Victoria and their Watersheds" is a special African Lakes
Conference of the MSU <
9:00 am The Ecological Health of Lake Victoria: An Overview
Panel with Drs. Bugenyi, Otieno, Maembe, Harris and
Wiley.
11:00 am Discussion of Lake Victoria
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm The Ecological Health of Lake Malawi: An Overview Panel
with S. Alimoso, S. Donda, S. Munthali, R. Mkandawire, A.
Ferguson, B. Derman and P. Reinthal.
3:15 pm Discussion of Lake Malawi
4:15 pm "The Implications of Ecological Trends on the Lakes for
Lakeside Management and Research Institutions" - Dr.
Brian Davy, IDRC.
Interested persons should contact Profs. Bill Derman, Anne Ferguson,
Craig Harris, or David Wiley through the African Studies Center, (517)
353-1700.
The Institute of International Agriculture at MSU recently
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ published "Summary
Descriptions of Current and Proposed Africa-Related Projects in
Agriculture and Natural Resources" For more information, contact the
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on campus.
"Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Systems in Southern
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Africa" is a 1994
summer study program offered by the MSU College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources and the Department of Agricultural and Extension
Education. The course of study will focus on exposing students to
agricultural policy, natural resource and economic development, and
rural sociology and environmental issues. Students will examine how
these components contribute to agricultural development. The program
includes visits to universities and colleges in southern Africa, the
Highvelds surrounding Johannesburg and Mbabane, and sites throughout
mountainous Lesotho.
MSU students from all academic majors and students from other
universities are encouraged to enroll. Students may earn up to six
semester credits by enrolling in ANR 475, ANR 491 or AEE 491. In
addition to the normal sources of financial assistance, the College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources will provide a significant number of
scholarships to students enrolled in the College. Overseas study
scholarships are also available to qualified students who apply at the
Office of Overseas Study. <
The Society for International Development (SID) invites community
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ members, students and
faculty who are interested in international development issues to join
the MSU-Lansing chapter of SID. SID is a professional society committed
to encouraging international development and informing researchers,
practitioners and community members about development activities. The
local chapter sponsors a Friday Luncheon Seminar Series throughout the
academic year, organizes various professional and social activities, and
maintains membership records for the international headquarters in Rome
and the USA Chapters Center in Washington, D.C. Dues-aying members
receive weekly program announcements from the local chapter and
publications from the national and international organizations. Dues
for regular members are $30/year; students pay $11/year. For more
information, contact SID through CASID (Center for Advanced Study of
International Development), 306 Berkey Hall, MSU, East Lansing, MI
48824. Phone: (517) 353-5925.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Elementary Standard Arabic will be offered by the Department of
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Near Eastern Studies at the University of
California at Berkeley this summer. A full year of Arabic is covered in
ten weeks from June 20-August 12, 1994. The cost is $1,260 for 10
units. <
CONFERENCES
^^^^^^^^^^^
Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies at
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boston
University will be held March 25-26, 1994. This is an interdisciplinary
conference intended for students at all levels of their graduate
careers. Research proposals, thesis chapters, methodological papers,
and outlines of ideas will be presented in an informal and friendly
setting. For more information, contact: Beth Pratt at (617) 424-6838;
E-Mail: bethp@acs.bu.edu. Or, Jennifer Seif at (617) 739-2698; E-
Mail: jabulani@acs.bu.edu.
"Zimbabwe, South Africa and Southern Africa in the 1990's" is an
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International
Faculty Development Seminar in Harare hosted by the University of
Zimbabwe from June 12-18, 1994. This seminar, open to full-time college
and university faculty and administrators from all disciplines and
administrative areas, is part of a series of International Faculty
Development Seminars offered by the Council on International Educational
Exchange (CIEE). For more information, contact: CIEE, Department of
Professional and Continuing Education Programs, 205 East 42nd St., New
York, NY 10017. Phone: (212) 661-1414, ext. 1110. Fax: (212) 697-
7235.
The Francophone Africa Research Group (GRAF) is organizing a
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ two-day interdisciplinary
conference to be held in October 1994 at Boston University. The 50th
anniversary of the 1994 Franco-African Conference at Brazzaville will
serve as a base for a critical evaluation of Franco-African interaction
over the past half-century. African, European and North American
scholars are invited to submit proposals for papers and/or panels on
politics, "cooperation," economics and culture, literature and the arts,
and sociology. <
FELLOWSHIPS
^^^^^^^^^^^
The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) offers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ travel grants for
educational programs in the Third World, including Robert B. Bailey III
Minority Student Scholarships for study abroad, work abroad, and
international workcamps. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent
residents who have enrolled in or applied to a CIEE-administered study
abroad, work abroad, international volunteer workcamp, or secondary
school program. (MSU is a member of CIEE). <
JOBS
^^^^
Lector in Kiswahili. Yale University's Program in African and
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ African-American Studies
anticipates an opening for a Lector in Kiswahili. This is a position
for one year with possible extension to three years, beginning in
September 1994. Responsibilities will be to teach Kiswahili at any of
four levels Elementary through Advanced, and to participate in related
language programs in the U.S. and abroad. An M.A. is required, and
candidates with a Ph.D. will be preferred. Candidates should have natie
or near-native fluency in Kiswahili, and should have competence to teach
at least one other African language. Candidates should also have
experience in language teaching, expertise in an area of linguistics
(phonetics, phonology, syntax or sociolinguistics) or in the field of
African Literature, and an interest in developing language materials
using videotapes and computer software. Send a letter of application,
c.v, sample article or paper and the names and addresses of three
references to: Sandra Sanneh, Chair, Kiswahili Search Committee,
Program in African Languages, P.O. Box 206891, New Haven, CT 06520-6891.
<
African/African-American/Black Studies faculty position.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youngstown State
University is looking for candidates for an <
Assistant Professor in History. Pembroke State University in North
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carolina has a position for an
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