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THE TUESDAY BULLETIN Issue No. 2 Summer 2002
August 27, 2002 Weekly News from the
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 100
INTERNATIONAL CENTER
EAST LANSING MI 48824-1035 For back issues,
see archive <http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies>
August 28, Wednesday
"The Struggle against Poverty and Neo-colonialism in Africa," Special talk by Segun Olagoke Aderemi, a distinguished human rights activist from Nigeria, Lagos State, 12:00 noon, Spartan Room B & C, Crossroads Food Court, International Center. This event is sponsored by Socialist Alternative, Justice Newspaper.
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
Visiting Scholars
Visitor from Botswana
Professor Monageng Mogalakwe, Ph.D., visited MSU from June 23 to July 31, 2002. Professor Mogalakwe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Botswana. He was at MSU writing a book on Botswana's post-colonial developments.
University of Dar es Salaam visitors
Senior administrators and faculty members from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in Tanzania, visited MSU June 24 to July 23, 2002. The senior officials had been at work finishing a write-up on the final UDSM strategic planning document for UDSM. This work has been commissioned and supported by the Rockefeller, Mellon, Carnegie, and MacArthur Foundations under their "$100 million African universities initiative."
Visiting faculty included: Dr. Tolly S.A. Mbwette, Professor in Environmental Engineering
Dr. Marcellina M. Chijoriga, Faculty of Commerce and Management
Professor Daniel J. Mkude, Chief Academic Officer, Professor in Faculty of Art and Social Science
Professor Cleo A. Ngirwa, Faculty of Commerce and Management.
Vice Chancellor Matthew L. Luhanga, Faculty of Engineering who also joined the group July 12-23, 2002.
The UDSM faculty completed two volumes on their self- study while visiting MSU.
Virtual University Class (Every Semester)
RD 876, "International Rural Development" is a course designed for people who care about improvement in human condition in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is offered as a web-based course every semester. This "live" seminar is taught by Professor George H. Axinn, Professor Emeritus. The course is offered as a graduate credit course, for three credit hours, and as a non-credit course. Since the course is offered in a weekly a- synchronous conversation, it can fit into any schedule, regardless of the timing. Preview the class on the web at: http://www.vu.msu.edu/preview/rd876 or contact Professor Axinn via e-mail at: axinn@msu.edu for more information.
MSU Faculty Notes
Thomas Jayne (Agricultural Economics) presented a paper at Oxford University, Center for Study on African Economies, summarizing how allocation within the small-scale farming sector in six countries of Eastern and Southern Africa affect household incomes and food security. The paper was co-authored with Takashi Yamano, Michael Weber, David Tschirley, Rui Benfica. David Neven, Antony Chapoto and Ballard Zulu, can be seen at www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/papers/idp24.pdf
Nicolas van de Walle wrote an article entitled "Elections Without Democracy: Africa's Range of Regimes," Journal of Democracy, Vol 13, No. 2, April 2002. Professor van de Walle is a Fellow at the Center for Global Development and Professor of Political Science at MSU. He is the author most recently of African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999 (2001).
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Institute for International Cooperation and
Development
The Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) is a small non-profit alternative education school that trains and sends between 60-80 student-volunteers a year to work overseas. Volunteers have built houses in Brazil, staffed schools for street children in Zimbabwe, worked in teacher training colleges in Mozambique, and taught entrepreneurial training courses in Nicaragua.
The Institute feels that students currently in language programs might be interested in a hands-on way of further developing the skills they have learned, and that both they and their communities might benefit from the leadership skills and cross-cultural perspective that they will gain from the IICD program. For more information, you can check out the web address, www.iicd_ volunteer.org or call (413) 458-9828 or email: info@iicd-volunteer.org.
The Library of African Cinema 2002 Collection
California Newsreel is pleased to announce the publication of its 2002 Library of African Cinema catalogue that showcases the rich diversity of themes, styles and genres in contemporary African film from 25 different countries. The 64 different film titles in the Library of African Cinema collection include 14 new films (including three shorts under one title) and represents the single largest and economically accessible collection of African films available in North America. The catalog features several significant firsts.
These films are available for purchase on videocassette to universities as well as at discounted prices to public libraries, high schools, and community organizations. Scholars and educators in African Studies, French, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Women's Studies and other disciplines should find the films of interest. For a free 48-page catalogue, contact California Newsreel at 1- 800-621-6196 or visit the web site at www.newsreel.org To order videocassettes, please call 1-877-811-7495 or email: contact@newsreel.org
Call for Papers-Illinois State University
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East seeks critical essays for a special issue entitled "Comparative (Post) colonialisms: The Literary Issue." Papers should explore comparative perspectives on postcolonial literature and theory, that critically examine the hegemony of colonial languages within postcolonial studies, and that investigate how postcolonial theory might be enriched, critiqued, nuanced, or exposed through the perspectives of non- colonial (indigenous or "lesser taught") languages, comparative literature, or area studies. How does the field of postcolonial studies as currently constituted in the academy contribute to the linguistic, cultural, or institutional dominance of English? What kinds of texts, discourses, or practices elude, or are repressed by this framework?
Submit essays of between 5,000 and 12,000 words (note and reference inclusive), by September 15, 2002. Please send electronic submissions to Wail Hassan, whassan@ilstu.edu and Rebecca Saunders, rasaund@ilstu.edu or mail essays to: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Department of English, Box 4240, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4240.
2002 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner
At the 2002 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner, Thursday evening, October 24, 2002 at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., Africare will host what is now the largest annual event for Africa in the United States.
This year's event will pay tribute to Harry Belafonte- singer, actor, producer and activist, honored for his outstanding contributions to humankind worldwide and, specifically, to the civil rights struggle in the United States and the liberation struggles in Africa.
For further details, contact Africare Dinner Office, 440 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001; Phone: (202) 328-5364; email: dinner@africare.org.
Refugee Services - Lansing, MI
Refugee Services of Lansing is seeking motivated students for internships and volunteer positions for the summer and fall semesters of 2002. Positions include providing services such as establishing employment, assisting with school enrollment, health care, immigration, and a variety of other services for clients.
Interns and volunteers must be comfortable working with non-English or limited English speakers. Fluency in another language, however, is not necessary. Interns and volunteers must be able to work efficiently in an office environment. If you are interested in participating and are willing to help others, contact Vincent Delgado at Refugee Services, 2722 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 100-B, Lansing, MI 48912, or call (517) 484-1010, ext. 165.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education is a program that enables students who have limited financial means to participate in study abroad opportunities worldwide. The program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students at two-and four-year institutions to pursue semester or academic-year long study opportunities in other countries. To be eligible, students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning. For more information, application deadlines and the online application, please access the Gilman Program web site at: www.iie.org/gilman.
CONFERENCES
CODESRIA _ Africa in the New Millennium
10th General Assembly, December 8-12, 2002 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce its 10th General Assembly which is coming up in Kampala, Uganda, from December 8-12, 2002. The Assembly, Africa's biggest triennial gathering of scholars actively involved in social research, will be held under the broad theme: Africa in the New Millennium.
Among the sub-themes around which sessions will be organized are: Higher Education in Africa: Crises, Reform, and Transformation; Academic Freedom in Africa: The Kampala Declaration Revisited; Health, Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa; Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospect; The Changing Political Economy of Land in Africa; Conflict and Reconstruction in Africa; Re-thinking (African) Development; New Regionalist Impulses in Africa; and The African Diaspora and Diaspora Linkages.
Please submit paper abstracts and panel proposals by August 31, 2002. Address to: The Secretary, CODESRIA 10th General Assembly, BP 3304, Dakar, Senegal. Or email: general.assembly@codesria.sn; Fax: +221-824 5795.
Fourth Annual International Conference Call for Papers
The International Academy of African Business and Development, Fourth Annual International Conference will be held in London, United Kingdom on April 9-12, 2003.
This year's conference theme is "African Business and Development in the Global Economy." The conference will feature competitive paper sessions, plenary presentations, case studies, research-in progress and panel discussions. The primary goal is to provide a unique international forum to facilitate the exchange of leading-edge ideas for effective advancement of knowledge in African business and development.
Submission of papers that address the conference theme, as well as other areas of African business and development, are welcome. For specific guidelines and information contact one of the following people: Franklyn Manu, Program Chair, Department of Business Administration, School of Business & Management, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA, email: fmanu@moac.morgan.edu; or Frances Ekwulugo, Department of Marketing, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS, United Kingdom; Tel: 44- 207-911-5000 ext. 3295; Fax: 44-207-911-5839; email: ekwuluf@wmin.ac.uk or Michael Hodd, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster; Tel: 44- 207-911-5000 ext. 3041; email: hoddm@wmin.ac.uk
Deadline for submission is November 15, 2002.
JOBS
Lecturer in Southern African Languages - SOAS
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Southern African Languages in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Univ. of London, UK.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and supervise courses, in conjunction with the Language Centre, in at least one major Southern African language at a range of levels available to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Candidates should have a PhD in an appropriate field and have relevant teaching experience.
Candidates seeking further information should contact the Head of the Department, Professor Graham Furniss - Africa Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG; Tel: 020 7898 4366 or visit the web site at: www.soas.ac.uk. Starting date is September 1, 2002.
Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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