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JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (01/26/09)



JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (01/26/09)

J U A

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 8, Spring 2009
January 26, 2009

Dear JUA Readers,
Please find attached the eighth issue of JUA for 2008-2009. You can also find a copy of this and previous archived issues on our website: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/. As in the past, we are currently publishing a new issue every other Monday.

Remember that you can always send your submissions to africa@sas.upenn.edu. For the next issue, kindly send announcements by no later than Wednesday, February 4, 2009.

With best wishes for the New Year 2009,

Namrata Poddar,
JUA Editor

CONTENTS:

EVENTS
CALL FOR PAPERS
FELLOWSHIPS
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
OTHER RESOURCES


PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS

CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AROUND THE WORLD

On Wednesday, January 28th 2009 at 7:00pm at the University of Pennsylvania, Carriage House (3907 Spruce St. Philadelphia), join the University of Pennsylvania's African Studies Center, Middle East Center, South Asia Center, the Center for East Asia Studies, the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia and the Women's Campaign International for an engaging panel on homelessness throughout our world. Panelists: Kerri Kennedy, Executive Director Women's Campaign International, Dennis Culhane, Professor of Social Policy & Marja Hoek-Smit, Director of International Housing Finance Program - The Wharton School and Connie Hoe, Program Coordinator, Feldman Initiative. For more information, contact: Anastasia Shown at 215-898-6449 or shown@sas.upenn.edu or visit www.africa.upenn.edu

AFRICA-DINNERS @ THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (CA)

LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 5

If you are interested in learning more about different regions in Africa, join the Christian Association (118 South 37th Street, Philadelphia) to enjoy delectable African cuisine, watch a cooking demonstration, and discuss contemporary issues in Africa with students at the University of Pennsylvania. This dinner series raises awareness about Africa as part of the Open Mind for Africa Fund in honor of Louise Shoemaker. The dinner themes for Spring 2009 are as follows: LIBERIA: February 5 (Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM; NIGERIA: March 5(Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM; SOUTH AFRICA: April 2 (Thursday), 6.30-8.30 PM. RSVP is required one week before the dinner, or $5 at the door. Students pay $2, non-students pay $10. Reply to 215-746-6350 or upennca@dolphin.upenn.edu.

READ-A-THON FOR THE "LOST BOYS" OF SUDAN REUNION PROJECT

The Drexel University Writing Program and Harriton High School's Challenge Program are sponsoring a "Read-a-Thon" to expand the "Reunion Project." The program has created a suggested reading list and each participant will get pledges for each book read. These books encompass: the crisis in Sudan, African poetry and folktales, literary classics and other genocides in human history. The money raised will be used toward airfare to fund the reunion of "Lost Boys" in the Philadelphia area with their families living abroad. The project came about from last year's One Book, One Philadelphia selection "What is the What." We hope that all of you will participate at small or large levels. All participants (and participants are only by invitation) will be honored at a closing event in April with Sudanese locals and famous writers. For more information, please visit
http://www.drexel.edu/writingprogram/events/reunionproject.html

SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD: PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE

By ATHOL FUGARD, JOHN KANI and WINSTON NTSHONA; Directed by PETER DeLAURIER

>From January 30 - March 1, 2009, St. Stephen's Theater (10th and Ludlow,

Philadelphia) is proud to present "Sizwe Bansi is dead." From South Africa's most celebrated playwright comes a drama as powerful today as in its first performance 35 years ago. Styles (Forrest McClendon), an enterprising photographer, has a small storefront in a Port Elizabeth township. When Sizwe (Lawrence Stallings), a migrant worker, comes in to have his picture taken, the two explore issues of image and identity under South Africa's oppressive regime. Both soaring and personal, the play's attack on the dehumanizing laws of the apartheid era resonates with surprising humor and uplifting faith in the human spirit.
Single Tickets are $20-$50; Discounts available for Students and Groups of 10 and more. Student Rush $15. For more details, call 215.829.0395, email Leigh Goldenberg at lgoldenberg@lanterntheater.org or visit http://www.lanterntheater.org/shows/2009_sizwe.html

IN CONVERSATION: THE LANTERN'S AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT SERIES

SCHOLARS
In Conversation
ACTING AGAINST APARTHEID Monday, February 2, 7 pm Discussion with Wine and Cheese reception Pay what you can admission
DIRECTORS
In Conversation
Friday, February 6, 7 pm Free for all ticket holders
ARTISTS
In Conversation
Saturday, February 21, following the 2 pm Performance Free for all ticket holders.


OTHER EVENTS

REEL AFRICA AT RUTGERS FILM FESTIVAL 2008-2009

On Tuesday, January 27 at 7pm, in the Graduate Student Lounge, CAC Rutgers; Reel Africa-the year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, will present a screening of "AN BOKO"(HOMELAND) (Burkina Faso; 1988), directed by Gaston Kaboré; & with English subtitles. "Zan Boko" is a term that refers to the place the placenta is buried after a baby's birth in the Mossi culture, marking his or her ties to the earth and to the community's ancestors. The film celebrates these ties, even as it dramatizes a traditional village's encroachment by urbanization, as subsistence farming is replaced by commodity production, and oral culture cedes to mass communication. The film will be presented by Mamadou Wattara from the department of French. For complete festival information, please visit: http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

MEETING OF FRANCOPHONE COUNTRIES IN PREPARATION FOR CONFINTEA VI

>From 11-13 February 2009 in Lyon, France, The Agence nationale de lutte contre

l'illettrisme (ANLCI) and the French National Commission for UNESCO, in close collaboration with UIL, the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, will organize a CONFINTEA VI preparatory meeting. The theme of the meeting, "Enabling sustainable literacy: preventing and fighting illiteracy", will bring together Ministers and Directors of Education and Culture, NGOs, and representatives of bi- and multi-lateral agencies from the 54 OIF countries. Literacy - particularly sustainable literacy - is an essential issue in all countries. In order to be effective in the long-term, literacy must respond to the specific needs of the people concerned. This must be in terms of their personal and working lives and their lives as citizens including, where appropriate, measures enabling them to re-learn and retain knowledge. Literacy as a continuous process thus means that emphasis should be placed both on literacy and the fight against illiteracy. The recommendations of the meeting will be presented during the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), which will take place in Belèm, Brazil, from 19 to 22 May 2009. For further information or participation, please contact Madina Bolly, UIL Tel.: + 49 40 44 80 41 20; Fax: 49 40 4107723; E-mail: m.bolly@unesco.org Websites: www.anlci.gouv.fr www.unesco.org/confintea6

GLOBAL HEALTH AND INNOVATION SUMMIT

On April 18 and 19, 2009 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, join 2,500 people from all 50 states and from more than 60 countries for an innovative, high-impact idea incubator at the "Global Health and Innovation Summit - A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight" The conference will have 200 Speakers, including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, Nicholas Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and Dr. Harold Varmus. It will also include social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Save The Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation, mothers2mothers, and many others. Students, professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others; or anyone interested in international health and development, public health, eye care, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education are invited to attend. Register Online Today. Registration rate increases after January 31. For more information , please visit http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference


**********CALL FOR PAPERS**********



STUDIES IN ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed journal published in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes. Examples of these themes include: African borders and identity, Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in the Great Lakes, The media and ethnicity in Nigeria, Migration and xenophobia in African cities, Unresolved conflicts of national identity: Casamance and Western Sahara.

The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as contributions from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the early stages of their career. SEN especially encourages submissions from PhD candidates. For submissions to be considered for publication in 2009, please ensure your paper reaches us by 30th January, 2009. The word limit is 7000 words, including bibliography and references. All papers must be submitted on-line via the manuscript centre: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sena. For author guidelines and additional information, please visit SEN website: http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=1473-8481&site=1


"NEO-IMPERIALISM" IN POST-INDEPENDENCE AFRICA: DEFINITIONS, CASE STUDIES AND

HUMAN IMPACTS
Yale University, March 27 - 28, 2009

The Yale Council on African Studies and the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies invite submissions of papers by graduate students, advanced scholars and policy practitioners on the topic of "neo-imperialism" and its human impacts in post-independence Africa. Interested participants should send a one-page résumé and an abstract of approximately 300 words to Jason Warner at jason.warner@yale.edu by January 31, 2009. **Keynote Speakers will be Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale University) & Eunice Njeri Sahle (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) This symposium seeks to investigate the nature of Africa's international relations in the post-independence era in an attempt to understand if, and in what forms, contemporary versions of "neo-imperialism" exist on the African continent, and consequently, how they impact Africa's populations. In particular, it seeks to gain greater insight into the ways in which academics and practitioners understand and employ the term "neo-imperial" in relation to Africa. In this discourse, fundamental questions as to the nature of post-independence African international relations are raised, including: Have African nations truly gained the economic and political sovereignty that was implied by their accession to independence, or are they beholden to the whims outside poles of power? To what extent do larger geo-political struggles of power between nations continue to be played out as proxy wars on African soil and what are the implications for economic, political and human developments on the continent? Where can the distinction between "neo-imperialism" and "globalization" actually be drawn?
Topics of Interest Include:

  1. Definitions and discourse on understanding "neo-imperialism" in the African context: Historical, comparative and theoretical perspectives
  2. Case studies discussing questions of "neo-imperialism" of African relations with: Former colonial / Cold War powers; Emerging powers, specifically from the Global South; Multinational corporations; International Financial Institutions
  3. African responses to "neo-imperialism:" African agency in engaging and/or rejecting "neo-imperialism"; Responses from national, regional, pan-African, and Diasporic organisms
  4. Human impacts of "neo-imperialism," specifically in regards to: Economic development; Political development; Human rights

SIXTH ANNUAL NEW YORK AREA HISTORIANS OF AFRICA WORKSHOP, BROOKLYN COLLEGE

On Friday, March 6, 2009, the Sixth Annual New York Area Historians of Africa Workshop will provide a forum for established scholars and graduates students to present and discuss finished papers and works-in-progress, as well as engage in an informal exchange of scholarly ideas concerning issues in African history. Scholars from all academic disciplines whose work relates to African history are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers. Please submit a title, 250 word abstract, and a CV by February 16, 2009, as an email attachment to Dr. Lynda R. Day at lday@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Please see the Brooklyn College website for detailed directions: www.brooklyn.cuny.edu


*********FELLOWSHIPS**********



RMHC FUTURE BLACK ACHIEVERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Local Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) Chapters, with support from RMHC Global and McDonald's Corporation (McDonald's®), offer scholarships to students from communities who face limited access to educational and career opportunities. These scholarships are part of the charities' ongoing commitment to education. ELIGIBILITY: Currently enrolled high school seniors who have at least one parent of African American or Black Caribbean heritage and who are eligible to attend a two- or four-year college, university or vocational/technical school with a complete course of study. Applicants must be legal U.S. residents, be less than 21 years of age and reside within the geographic boundaries of a participating Chapter that offers a scholarship under the Future Achievers Scholarship program. Applicants may apply for only 1 RMHC scholarship program. The deadline is February 2nd. Please refer to http://rmhc.org/ to confirm which scholarship programs are offered in your county.

DEPARTMENT OF BLACK STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SANTA BARBARA: DISSERTATION

FELLOWSHIP FOR 2009-2010

The Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for two fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy at an accredited university. This fellowship is also open to international applicants. The department is particularly interested in scholars whose research focuses on intersections of race, class, gender or sexuality in African/Caribbean/African-American or Diasporic Studies.
The duration of the award is nine months and the fellowship grant is $20,000. Scholars are required to be in residence during the entire fellowship period and there is an expectation that the dissertation will be completed during the term of residency. Dissertation scholars will teach one undergraduate course and present one public lecture.
To apply, complete and mail the application to UCSB Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship along with a curriculum vitae, a brief description of the dissertation project (2-3 pages), a writing sample (approx. 20 pages) and three letters of reference to: Dissertation Fellowship Committee, Department of Black Studies, 3631 South Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3150. All materials, including letters of reference must be postmarked no later than February 2, 2009. No fax or e-mail submissions will be accepted. Please go to the following URL to download the application: http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/student_info/fellowship.html

CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SEEKS VISITING FELLOWS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The Center for Global Development (CGD), an independent Washington-based think tank, invites applications from leading scholars in developing countries for a visiting fellows program sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The program offers one-year sabbatical support for a senior researcher from a developing country on leave from his or her host institution. The ideal candidate will be engaged in policy research in at least one of the areas of CGD focus: aid effectiveness, trade, private sector development, financial markets, global health, or migration. S/he will be expected to participate in all facets of CGD's activities. The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications: Doctoral degree or equivalent in economics, political science or another relevant social science; Proven track record of applying quantitative research to practical, real-world policy problems; A distinguished record of publications; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Current employment at a university or research institution based in a developing country. Candidates will be judged on the substance of their proposed research project and the likelihood of completing a major project during the one-year period of support. The Visiting Scholar will be offered: a competitive salary; full benefits package; a part-time research assistant; travel budget, including round-trip airfare for travel to/from home country, and assistance with visa procurement. Applicants should send a short cover letter, CV, and a brief statement about proposed research (maximum: two pages), with information organized under the following headings: Research Question; Research Approach; Anticipated Outputs; Potential Policy Impact. Please send application materials to Ellen Mackenzie at hrjobs@cgdev.org by February 15, 2009 and indicate whether they are applying for the 2009/10 or 2010/11 academic year. CGD is committed to attracting and maintaining a diverse and dedicated workforce. Please use the title "IDRC Visiting Fellow" in all e-mail correspondence. For more information about the Center for Global Development, see http://www.cgdev.org.


**********JOB ANNOUNCEMENT**********



YALE UNIVERSITY, ASSISTANT CURATOR OF AFRICAN ART

Yale University Art Gallery announces a 3-year position of Assistant Curator in the Department of African Art. The Art Gallery is a teaching museum, and engages students and professors both in classes and as a working laboratory for students employed as assistants and guides. As the oldest college art gallery in the U. S., it has a long history of serving the academic community and the public.
**General Purpose
Reporting to the Curator of African Art, the Assistant Curator will support the curator in professional activities including managing and documenting the collection of objects ranging from the 5th century B.C. to the mid-20th century A.D.
**Essential Duties of Position

  1. Assist the curator in all aspects of the preparation, cataloguing, presentation, preservation, and interpretation of the collection.
  2. Interact with the public, visiting scholars, faculty, and students to exchange information on the collection; assist in research; assist in making the collection accessible, etc.
  3. Conduct advanced research for and assist in preparation, organization and installation of exhibitions on the permanent collection and special projects, including formulating proposals for such exhibitions and projects.
  4. Recommend objects for acquisition through gift or purchase.
  5. Contribute to and assist in the maintenance of the collection database.
  6. Prepare scholarly catalogue materials for new acquisitions and works not previously catalogued.
  7. Research and produce wall labels, wall texts, and collection and exhibition brochures.
  8. Assist in the planning of the reinstallation of the permanent collection in conjunction with other pertinent museum departments.
  9. Ensure that the Museum Assistant, Research Assistant, bursary students, volunteers, and interns are adequately instructed as to terminology, computer programs, filing systems etc. within the department. Supervise staff as directed by the Curator of the Department.
  10. Represent the department on Gallery and University committees.
  11. Participate in development activities, donor stewardship, and grant writing.
  12. Other projects and travel as requested by the curator.
  13. Additional duties of teaching, publishing, and lecturing are encouraged. **Experience and Training
  1. Ph.D. or ABD in Art History, Anthropology, Archaeology, or a related discipline, with a specialization in the art of Africa, or compensatory experience in scholarship and curatorship.
  2. At least one year of experience in a curatorial department or comparable professional experience.
  3. Proficiency in at least two European languages, in addition to English, and one African language: reading, writing, and speaking
  4. Field research experience in Africa. Applicants must apply online to the STARS system. Here is the link: http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html Closing date: February 1, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.yale.edu/hronline/stars/application/external/index.html


OTHER RESOURCES

SANGONET: THE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NETWORK

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) was founded in 1987, and over the past 21 years has developed into a dynamic civil society organisation with a history closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by South Africa during its transition to democracy. SANGONeT is still one of very few NGOs in Africa involved in the field of information communication technologies (ICTs) and continues to serve civil society with a wide range of ICT products and services. The NGO Pulse Portal and the weekly NGO Pulse e-newsletter provide a gateway to the South African NGO sector. Its four main objectives are to develop the institutional capacity of the NGO sector through the provision of information that is intended to support stronger management practises; map NGOs and their activities through Prodder, the most comprehensive database of its kind in Africa; create a community space for civil society exchange; and promote the benefits of ICTs in support of the work of civil society through the SANGOTeCH Technology Donation Portal. To view online, go to http://www.ngopulse.org/

PAMBAZUKA NEWS

Pambazuka News is the authoritative pan African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing cutting edge commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs, development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa. To view online, go to http://www.pambazuka.org/

OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES IN AFRICA

OCPA, the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa, is an independent pan-African non-governmental organization aiming to enhance the development of national cultural policies in the region and their integration in human development strategies through advocacy and promoting information exchange, research, capacity building and cooperation at the regional and international level.
OCPA has set up its World Wide Web resource centre at www.ocpanet.org (or www.culturelink.org/ocpa), offering access to a wide range of African cultural information.

CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: MODERNITY AND AFRICAN ART

Critical Interventions is a peer-reviewed journal of advanced research and writing on African art history and visual culture. Our mission is to provide a forum for cutting-edge scholarship in African art history and for sustained analysis of issues of urgent concern for the discipline. Critical Interventions foregrounds both the history of African modernity and the historiography of African Art History, and features an international array of authors. The journal proposes a critical intervention at a moment of great contradiction, when there are diminishing opportunities for new and in-depth scholarly research on African arts but also a parallel rise in interest in Africa's modernity among scholars and students. We believe further that studies grounded in research in Africa and based on deep knowledge of historical and contemporary experiences of African art and visual culture can illuminate the fields of modern and contemporary art history. For further information see http:// www.criticalinterventions.com

CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND ECONONICS IN FINANCE AFRICA

The Centre for Education and Economics in Finance.Africa(CEEF.Africa) invites you to explore our universe - http://www.ceefafrica.org - "A Universe of Opportunity for Critical Scarce Skills, Education and Strategic Leadership". CEEF.Africa's recently re-launched website acts as a gateway to the future and a hub of information and other resources to assist in acquiring, sharing, transferring and utilizing skills.

PAN AFRICAN VISIONS

The latest edition of Pan African Visions is now online at www.panafricanvisions.com

IDP NEWS ALERT

IDP News Alert is a weekly summary of selected global news on internally displaced persons, compiled by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council. The IDP News alert is available online at http://www.internal-displacement.org/

THE UCLA GLOBALIZATION RESEARCH CENTER-AFRICA REGION.

For more information, visit http://www.globalization-africa.org/

TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU)

This is the largest on-line peace and development university launched in 2003. TPU has been developed by TRANSCEND, a Peace and Development Network for Peace by Peaceful Means and provides the on-line form of Transcends global training programs. For more information, contact Cristina Barsony (cristina@transcend.org) or visit http://www.transcend.org/tpu

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER (NCLRC): THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE

NEWSLETTER

A bi-monthly webzine of NCLRC, providing practical teaching strategies, share insight from research, and announce professional development opportunities for elementary, secondary and post-secondary foreign language educators. The newsletters and archives can be viewed at the following website http://nclrc.org/readings/newsletter.html

AFRICAN COLOURS, ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

African Colours, online since July 2000, is a portal for Contemporary Art, as well as a dynamic force to link artists from different parts of the world so that they can share their ideas and culture and achieve a common goal. To make a contribution, you can send your news and editorials to editorials@africancolours.com. For more information, visit http://www.africancolours.net/

AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL)

AJOL is being re-launched on its own website. It provides free access to tables of contents and abstracts for over 175 journals published on the continent, and also provides a number of additional facilities. AJOL offers a document delivery service, and full (improved) searching and browsing facilities, as well as a new Email alert function. The service remains free to both users and participating journals (with charges only for document delivery requests from outside developing countries). For more information, visit http://www.ajol.info

ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVE LIFE IN THE AMERICAS: A VISUAL RECORD

This searchable collection contains about 1,100 images, including many historical drawings and maps on Africa. For more information, visit http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/

CODESRIA RESEARCH AND POLICY DIALOGUE PROGRAMME

The program theme is: The Social Sciences and HIV/AIDS, A Political Economy of Patient Welfare and Rights. The initiative is being undertaken as part of a broader project of interventions which will involve the fostering of a networked community of African researchers with the required competence and interest in the field of health studies. Within this framework, it is envisaged that a range of research, training and dissemination activities will be carried out and several policy dialogues organized. The research and policy dialogue components of the program will be spread over the period 2003 to 2005. For more information, visit http://www.codesria.org

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Current funding opportunities relevant to researchers and research institutes working on development issues in low and middle income countries are available through the Global Development Network. For more information, visit http://www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/funding_news/

HEALTH AND DISEASES IN AFRICA: A COMPREHENSIVE ON-LINE RESOURCE ON HEALTH IN

AFRICA

The objective of this on-line resource is to provide researchers, students, and the general public with resources that are integral to understanding health concerns in Africa. This is accomplished by harvesting information from existing websites and information providers. Links to and information on a wide array of health-related initiatives, facilities, and opportunities on Africa are provided. To access this on-line resource, visit http://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/. For more information, contact Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar (aadinar@sas.upenn.edu)

ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEBSITE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY

This site contains valuable content for scholars, activists, and media. Content includes bibliographies on rights, profiles and contact details for rights organizations in a range of countries, training materials, rights databases, and profiles of scholars and experts in various fields relating to Islam and human rights. All of this content is searchable through a Google-powered search engine. For more information, visit http://www.law.emory.edu/IHR/

ONLINE FORUM: WOMEN IN AFRICA

The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University is hosting a four month-long online forums beginning November 2005 on its website "Women in World History" (http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/). The forum will give world history teachers the chance to talk about ways to teach issues surrounding women and gender in African history. For more information, contact wwh@chnm.gmu.edu or visit http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/forum.html

SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND

Smithsonian Global Sound offers digital downloads of music and sound from Africa and around the world. The site has a wealth of educational content and downloads are accompanied by extensive liner notes. Our goal is to encourage local musicians and traditions around the planet through international recognition, the payment of royalties, and support for regional archives. For more information, visit http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/

USAID HIV/AIDS E-NEWSLETTER

The USAID HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter provides monthly updates on USAID's Office of HIV/AIDS and partner activities to prevent and mitigate HIV/AIDS across the developing world. The newsletter reflects activities exclusively to USAID and its implementing partners. For more information, visit http://www.synergyaids.com/newsletter.asp

AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE LAUNCHED

The Communication Initiative has introduced its revamped database of global media coverage on human rights issues. This feature is part of the Communication Initiative's Human Rights Window. It allows for a one-stop search related to media coverage for each individual article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Articles from over 200 developing country newspapers and 10 leading global newspapers are featured in the database. For more information, visit http://www.comminit.com/human-rights/newssearch.html

JOURNAL OF PAN AFRICAN STUDIES ON-LINE EDITION LAUNCHED

The Journal of Pan African Studies will be published on-line four times a year (March, June, September and December) by Amen-Ra Theological Seminary Press in association with the California Institute of Pan African Studies. The journal seeks to sustain an interdisciplinary scholarly discussion on the full dynamics of the African world community experience. For more information, contact Itibari M. Zulu (imz@ucla.edu)

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ON-LINE

South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history project. It was established in 1999 as a not-for-profit organization, to promote research; to popularize South African history and to address the biased way in which the history and cultural heritage of Black South Africans has been represented in our educational and heritage institutions. Includes lesson plans and other classroom material. Website: http://www.sahistory.org.za.

H-AFRICA ONLINE DISCUSSION NETWORK

An international scholarly online discussion list on African culture and the African past. H-Africa encourages discussions of research interests, teaching methods, and historiography. H-Africa is especially interested in the teaching of history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings. In addition, H-Africa publishes course materials, announcements of conferences and fellowships, book reviews, and the H-Net jobguide. H-Africa is also non-partisan and will not publish calls for political action. Visit [http://www.h-net.org/~africa] for more information.



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