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African Studies Center Bimonthly Newsletter
Issue # 2, Spring 2000
March 20, 2000

AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
University of Pennsylvania 647 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-6971
FAX: 215/573-8130

e-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/

CONTENTS:
EVENTS & LECTURE SERIES
CONFERENCES
CALL FOR PAPERS
STUDY ABROAD
JOBS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
EVENTS AT PENN:
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March 24, 2000 7th

Annual African Studies Workshop : "Human Rights in Africa"
Logan Hall, Terrace Room
8:00a.m.- 8:30 p.m.

Teacher's Workshop -
DuBois College House, 3:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

March 31, 2000

"Scholar for a Day" featuring Karin Barber
Veranda, 3615 Locust Walk; 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

April 7, 2000
"Careers in Africa Day"
Christian Association Lounge 36th& Locust Walk

2:00p.m.-6:00p.m. followed by:
African Studies Language and Cultural Festival
6:00p.m.-8:00p.m.

April 13-15, 2000

African Language Teacher's Association
Stiteler Hall

April 20-21, 2000
"Transcending Tradition:African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies in the 21st Century"
Penn Tower Hotel
9:00a.m.-5:00p.m.

April 26, 2000

Randall Robinson
President, TransAfrica Forum
"Reparations for Africa & the African Diaspora"
Christian Association Lounge36th& Locust Walk
12noon

CONFERENCES

"Careers in Africa" Day,
Friday April 7, 2000
Verandah Room
3615 Locust Walk

Co-sponsored by the Office of Planning and Placement
University of Pennsylvania
More Info:

(http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/About_African/abtcareers.html)

CALL FOR PAPERS

African immigrants in the United States
The West African Research Association is organizing a panel at the 2000 ASA meeting on the topic of African immigrants in the United States. If interested in participating, please send a paper abstract by March 20 to the panel chair, Leigh Swigart:Leighswigart@hotmail.com
visit: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ASA/propos00.html

ASA Annual Meeting

The 43rd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association is November 16-19, 2000, at the Convention Center and Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, TN. The theme for the conference is "People and Power in 21st Century Africa."

For more information, please contact:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/ASA_Menu.htm

STUDY ABROAD

PENN In Tanzania
- July 10 to August 11
Summer Abroad program at the University of Dar Es Salaam

Courses include:
-"Government, Politics, and Development in Tanzania and other East African Countries"
-"Social Structure of Tanzania Societies"
-"African Theater"
-"Swahili Language and Culture"

For information contact: Penn Summer Abroad
College of General Studies
215.898.5738
website: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/

2000 Summer Cooperative African Language Institute

The 2000 Summer Cooperative African Language Institute will be held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the support of Title VI African Studies centers across the country. The Institute will run for eight weeks, from 12 June to 4 August, and will be the equivalent of a full year of language instruction. Additional information, including an on-line registration form, is available at SCALI's website: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/scali.html.

If you have any questions about the Institute or its offerings, please contact Mark L. Lilleleht at scali@mhub.facstaff.wisc.edu.

JOBS

Associate Director at UPenn African Studies Center

The AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER of the University of Pennsylvania seeks an Associate Director beginning July-August 2000.
The position requires the following qualifications:

-Advanced degree in African Studies; preferably Ph.D.;
-Experience in sub-Saharan Africa;
-Experience in and knowledge of a nationally-funded African Studies Center;
-Strong interpersonal and communications skills;
- AA/EOE

Application review to begin March 25 and continue until the position is filled.
For more information, please contact:
Lynette Loose
Program Coordinator African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
645 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: 215-898-3883; Fax: 215-573-8130

Work/Intern Positions

Founded in 1999 by University of Pennsylvania Alums, Ubuntu Education Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the educational institutions of the black townships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is devoted to assisting young people in overcoming the destructive legacy of apartheid through knowledge and education. Interested in Education, Health and AIDS, Sustainable Development?

Please contact: Jacob Lief 215-951-0330 (ext.162)

Lectureship in Development Economics

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES
University of London
Lectureship in Development Economics
2 year Fixed Ter--Vacancy 00/14

Applications are invited for a lectureship in Development Economics tenable from 1 September 2000 in the Department of Development Studies. It is expected the appointee will contribute to teaching on the MSc in Development Studies. For more information, please contact the Personnel Office, (please quote the relevant vacancy number), School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (Tel: 020 7691 3400 or 020 7898 4144;Fax: 020 7898 4149; e-mail address: personnel@soas.ac.uk; website: www.soas.ac.uk). Overseas applicants may apply by letter supported by a full CV and the names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers of three referees. Closing date: Friday 14 April 2000

Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar

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