MSU Tuesday Bulletin, 04/25/06

THE TUESDAY BULLETIN
Issue No. 15 Spring 2006
April 25, 2006

Weekly News from the AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 100 INTERNATIONAL CENTER

EAST LANSING MI 48824-1035

For back issues, see archive <http://africa.msu.edu>

BULLETIN CONTENTS

EVENTS
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONFERENCES

EVENTS

April 25, Tuesday

"Invisible Children" film showing, 7:00 p.m., West Circle. For information, visit: http://www.invisiblechildren.com.

April 27, Thursday

"The Role of the United Nations in the Implementation of the International Court of Justice Decision of 10 October 2002, Regarding the Land and Maritime Border Dispute Between Cameroon and Nigeria," African Studies Center Brown Bag talk with Cheik Oumar Diarrah, Visiting Scholar in the Department of Agricultural Economics, MSU, (Republic of Mali), 12:00 noon, Room 201 International Center.

April 28-30, Friday - Sunday

Workshop: "'Recapricorning' the Atlantic: Luso-Brazilian and Luso-African Perspectives on the Atlantic World." Michigan State University in collaboration with the University of Michigan. Please direct inquiries to: atlantic@msu.edu.

April 29, Saturday

Global Night Commute, meet at Beaumont Tower, 6:30 p.m. For information, visit: http://www.lansingglobalnightcommute.com.

Ongoing thru June

"Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa" and "Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory" two exhibitions currently featured a the MSU Museum. The exhibits will run through June. Visit http://www.msu.edu/msumps or call Professor Marsha MacDowell at (517) 355-6511 for more information.

MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer FLAS Fellowships Still Available for the Study of African Languages

The African Studies Center is still accepting applications for the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to study an African language through the Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute (SCALI) at Indiana University-Bloomington. The fellowship pays for tuition, stipend, and occasionally for transportation. The SCALI program begins on June 18th and ends August 4th. For more details, please visit http://africa.msu.edu/scali.php. The online application and related guideline for FLAS fellowships can also be accessed through the above URL. Fellowship funds will be awarded to qualified applicants on a first come first serve basis. Please direct any questions to Dr. Yacob Fisseha, (517) 353-1700.

Summer Course Announcement

EPI890 Sec. 14 -Health and Healthcare in Africa

This course will be offered by Professor Gretchen Birbeck, Summer Session, M/W, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. First class meets June 5, 2006.

In the era of AIDS and globalization, the health of Africans receives much attention in the American lay press, but the health of African peoples is determined by a complex array of social, economic, and cultural factors as well as infectious and environmental problems unique to the region. To begin to understand the state of health in Africa, it is necessary to examine determinants of health at the individual-level and place this in the broader context of regional economic, environmental health systems, and political realities. This course will provide an overview of the biomedical etiologies of disease in this region within this broader perspective.

Open to all graduate students and undergraduates with senior status. For more information, e-mail Dr. Birbeck at: Gretchen.Birbeck@ht.msu.edu.

Fall Course Announcement

SSC490 -Issues in International Development

SSC490 -Issues in International Development, meets Tu/Th, 3:00 - 4:20p.m.. This course focuses on the dilemmas facing industrialized and developing nations in ending severe global inequalities and poverty. We will explore how these dilemmas are explained and the solutions offered to solve them. Special attention will be given to issues of the environment, external assistance, women, and grass-roots participation within the context of historical legacies and contemporary globalization.

This course meets the requirements of a senior-level capstone course for the Undergraduate Specialization in International Development. For further information, contact: Dr. Rob Glew at 353-4818; e-mail: glew@msu.edu for further information.

Please note that this is the last edition of the Tuesday Bulletin for Spring 2006. There will be two Summer bulletins beginning in May, 2006.

Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.