JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (04/06/09)
JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (04/06/09)
J U A
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 13, Spring 2009
April 6th, 2009
Dear JUA Readers,
Please find attached the thirteenth 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, April
15th, 2009.
Sincerely yours,
Namrata Poddar,
JUA Editor
CONTENTS:
EVENTS
INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
CALL FOR PAPERS
OTHER RESOURCES
PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS
SPRING 2009 LECTURE SERIES: DARFUR & THE CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE IN SUDAN
On 13 April 2009, from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at Claudia Cohen Hall (Logan Hall), G17
Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center Spring 2009
Lecture Series presents: Prof. Salah Hassan (Cornell University) on "Darfur
and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan"
"Salah M. Hassan is Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of Africana Studies and
Professor of African and Diaspora Art History and Visual Culture at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York. He is the editor and founder of Nka: Journal of
Contemporary African Art, and consulting editor for African Arts and Atlantica.
He has authored and edited several books, among them: Power and Nationalism in
Modern Africa (2008); Unpacking Europe (2001); Authentic/Ex-Centric (2001);
Gendered Visions: The Art of Contemporary Africana Women Artists (1997). He has
contributed to numerous art journals and anthologies and curated several
international exhibitions. Most recently Hassan has co-edited with Carina Ray a
book on Darfur entitled: Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan
(forthcoming 2009)."
The event is free & open to the public. Co-Sponsors: Center for Africana
Studies, International Relations Program, Middle East Center, Political Science
Department
GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: TRAFFICKING WITH THE (ORGANS) TRAFFICKERS
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GLOBAL JUSTICE & THE TRAFFIC IN HUMANS FOR TRANSPLANT
On Thursday, April 9 at 4:30PM at College Hall 200, Global Distinguished Lecture
Series presents: "Trafficking with the (Organs) Traffickers: Global Justice and
the Traffic in Humans for Transplant" by Prof. Nancy Scheper-Hughes (UC
Berkeley).
"Nancy Scheper-Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and Founding
Director of Organs Watch, and she is currently serving as an adviser to the
World Health Organization on global transplant ethics and safety. A renowned
scholar and activist, Scheper- Hughes has received numerous grants, awards, and
book prizes including the Margaret Mead Award, the H.F. Guggenheim Essay Award,
and the Berkeley William Sloane Coffin Award, for moral leadership."
This lecture, based on fieldwork in Recife, Durban, and Jerusalem, will explore
the following questions: What kind of moral worlds do kidney hunters and organs
traffickers and their clients inhabit? How do they justify their actions? Dr.
Scheper-Hughes will explain how these intimate exchanges of life-giving body
parts concern more than medical necessity and individual life-saving, and what
they mean to a global moral consciousness. The event is free & open to the
public. The event is sponsored by the African Studies Center, Center for East
Asian Studies, South Asia Center, and Middle East Center
PERFORMANCE: BELA FLECK & THE AFRICA PROJECT
On Friday, April 10, 2009 at 8 pm, Zellerbach Theatre at Annenberg Center
presents Béla Fleck & The Africa Project.
In his most ambitious project to date, unrivaled master of the banjo Béla Fleck
traveled to Africa in 2005 to trace the roots of his instrument in the stringed
gourds and percussive lutes of Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali. Fleck
documented his travels and explorations in the film Throw Down Your Heart. Now,
in The Africa Project, Fleck brings his collaborations to life in a very special
performance featuring an extraordinary ensemble of all-star African musicians.
For more information, please visit http://www.annenbergcenter.org
FEMI KUTI & AMADOU MARIAM @ WORLD LIVE CAFE
Internationally Acclaimed African artists, Femi Kuti AND Amadou & Mariam are
coming to Philly! Both will be performing at World Cafe Live in June. Amadou &
Mariam (June 9) and Femi Kuti (June 26).
For more information, please visit
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2936
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2939
TALK @ BRYN MAWR: AFRICAN MIGRATIONS – BANLIEUES CULTURES & IDENTITIES
IN
FRANCE
On Thursday, 9 April 2009 at 4 PM at Bryn Mawr College(Thomas Hall, 224), the
Africana Studies program presents Ambroise KOM, Eleanor Howard O'Leary Chair &
Professor , College of the Holy Cross, on " African Migrations: Banlieues
Cultures and Identities in France". The event is cosponsored by the Department
of French & Francophone Studies.
NATIONAL EVENTS
THE CHALLENGE FOR AFRICA - A CONVERSATION WITH WANGARI MAATHAI
On Monday, April 13, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Atrium Hall, Ronald
Reagan Building (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004) , please
join the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program and
Africa Program for a book launch of "The Challenge for Africa" featuring
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Green Belt Movement.
Africa faces severe and wide-ranging challenges, from Darfur to HIV/AIDS,
massive debt to election fraud, cross-border conflicts to environmental
degradation. Yet the portrait of Africa painted in the media-poverty-stricken,
desolate, and desperate-frequently ignores the intricacies of the issues. In
The Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai analyzes roadblocks to development,
including: population pressures and enduring hunger; the absence of peace and
security; the lack of technological development; and the dearth of genuine
political and economic leadership. Maathai stresses the need for Africans to
invent and implement their own solutions, rather than relying on foreign aid
and Western visions of change. As she writes, "At both the top and the bottom,
all Africans must believe in themselves again; that they are capable of walking
their own path and forging their own identity, that they have a right to be
governed with justice, accountability and transparency, that they can honor and
practice their cultures and make them relevant to today's needs, and that they
no longer need to be indebted-financially, intellectually, and spiritually-to
those who once governed them. They must rise up and walk."
Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through
networks of rural women, has planted more than 30 million trees across Kenya
since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's parliament in the first free
elections in a generation, and in 2003 was appointed Assistant Minister for
Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of
2004, she is the author of Unbowed: A Memoir. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with
your name and affiliation.
CARE NATIONAL CONFERENCE & CELEBRATION; MAY 5-6, 2009; WASHINTON D.C.
This two day event will feature policy seminars by issue experts and meetings
with Congressional members to deliver this message: "now is the time to end
global poverty." In these challenging times, we can help ensure that the voices
of the poor are heard on Capitol Hill. At this year's gathering, you will learn
about CARE's innovative new advocacy agenda, strengthen your skills, make
connections with leaders on Capitol Hill and in your community and hear from
experts and policy makers about what we can do together to change the world!
This year we will hear from Richard Gere, who will be presented with CARE's
Humanitarian Award for Global Change. CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Gwen Ifill of PBS
will speak, along with many other panel and workshop leaders including CARE
staff from the front lines of international development and humanitarian
crisis. Please don't miss your chance to join CARE supporters making history.
Learn more and register today @ www.carenationalconference.org
INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
USAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
USAID's Africa Bureau expects to have a limited number of Summer 2009
internships available in a few overseas missions in sub-Saharan Africa as well
as in Washington, D.C. This is an excellent opportunity for outstanding
students interested in pursuing careers in international development.
Selection criteria:
- Students must be American citizens.
- Students must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students. Student status will
be verified by USAID.
- Students should inform their university's office of international programs or
the equivalent that they are applying for an internship. It is in the interest
of the student that the university be aware of the application.
Applications will be accepted from March 10 to April 8, 2009. The application
web site will be taken off-line April 8. Letters of recommendation will be
accepted until April 8. More about this opportunity at:
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/internships.html
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA Presents
SUMMER 2009 - "INTERDISCIPLINARY ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OG GHANA
JUNE 8 –JULY 3 2009 ; DEADLINE FOR ENROLLMENT: APRIL 15 2009
You are invited to JOIN this educative and fun ethnographic study trip in Ghana.
This course provides students with the opportunity to experience and learn the
dynamics of Ghanaian culture; visual art, Heritage (historical &
archaeological), tourism and hospitality, educational system, music,
traditional practices, health care system, traditional and national governance,
as well as environmental and other socio-cultural practices. The course (SIX
CREDITS) has two components: an integrated coursework and a field study session
in Ghana. Participants will acquire and practice skills in field research by
proposing their own topics and collecting data to write their reports. It is our
goal that this bottom-up approach will help students to understand and better
appreciate the diversity of cultures in Africa. For further Information and
application forms, please contact: Dr. Wazi Apoh: wapoh @bloomu.edu or wazital
@gmail.com OR Dr. Kodzo Gavua (Chair of Dept): kgavua @ug.edu.gh
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - TUBMAN INSTITUTE, YORK UNIVERSITY, CANANDA
«Slavery, Memory and Citizenship » is a Major Collaborative Research
Initiative (MCRI) based at the Tubman Institute at York University,
funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanties Research Council
(SSHRC), and involving a team of international researchers drawn from a
number of research networks. The project focuses on slavery, memory and
citizenship to highlight the global migrations of African peoples from
the 15th century to the present, offering a comparison of historic
patterns of slavery to inform current public policy on issues arising
from the persistence of slavery and racism into the 21st century. The
aim is to increase our understanding of contemporary problems inhibiting
the achievement of a multicultural world based on values of peace and
justice and to inform the issues that need to be confronted to combat the
persistence of slavery into the 21st century. We propose to examine the
interplay between history and memory through interdisciplinary
collaboration that compares the trans-Atlantic experience of slavery in
the development of the Americas with that of forced migration into the
Islamic world, including the Mediterranean, as well as the Indian Ocean
world.
The project invites applications for a post doctoral fellowship from
candidates whose academic work falls within this broad framework and in
particular concerned with one or more of the following areas of our
research agenda: diaspora linkages, memory and /patrimonie/, legalities
of slavery, citizenship and slavery. The specific details of the
fellowship will be determined by the background of the successful
applicant and their potential contribution to the research activities of
the network.The Post-doctoral Fellowship is for one year commencing July 1st
2009 with the possibility of renewal during the lifetime of the project and
remunerated at rates set by SSHRC (32,000). Applicants must send a letter
outlining their research interests in relation to this project, a c.v., and two
letters of reference to Professor Paul Lovejoy (Principal Investigator, Slavery,
Memory and Citizenship; The Harriet Tubman Institute, Founders College, York
University)at plovejoy@yorku.ca. Deadline: May 1, 2009.
CALL FOR PAPERS
IFE JOUNRAL OF SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY (IJSA)
A new journal is born! IJSA is a bi-annual publication of the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology,Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife,Nigeria.The
journal is set to provide an international forum for the dissemination of
scholarly works on issues relating to the African
environment-Sociology,Anthropology,Social Problems,Politics,Change and
Development,Globalization,Economics,Psychology,Public Policy,Management
Studies,and other related disciplines concerned with the shaping of human
behaviour;and the structure of institutions and customs in the African
continent. IJSA welcomes scholarly contributions from both African scholars,
and scholars elsewhere working on African issues and concerns. Manuscripts
could be any of the following: original research, review articles, short
reports,and book reviews.Manuscripts can be submitted any time in the year. For
more information, please contact Prof. M.A.O. Aluko, The Editor-in-Chief
Ife Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,Nigeria. Email:
niyialuko@oauife.edu.ng, ijsanig@yahoo.com
FROM COLONIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION: THE INTELLECTUAL & POLITICAL LEGACIES OF
DR.
KWAME NKRUMAH & AFRICA'S FUTURE
>From August 19-21, 2010 at its beautiful Richmond campus in British Columbia,
Canada, Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites you to participate in the Kwame
Nkrumah International Conference, "From Colonization to Globalization: The
Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future."
The Conference will commemorate the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah, Africa's Man of the Millennium, and bring scholars and students from
Canada and from the around the world to share research and ideas on Africa's
place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and
shortcomings of Africa's foremost Pan-Africanist. Molefi Kete Asante, USA-based
Temple University Professor Molefi Kete Asante—one of one of the most
distinguished contemporary scholars, as well as the author/co-author and editor
of no less than 68 books and scholarly articles—will provide a keynote address
in celebration of the conference with other scholars of similar calibre and
talent in the context(s) of Pan-Africanism, post/neo-colonialism and
globalization via a cross-disciplinary, multi-centric, and international
perspectives.
Abstracts of approx. 250 words for papers of 20 minutes duration, and
suggestions of panels consisting of 3 panelists each are welcome and should be
e-mailed, with a short bio-note (50 words) contact address, and one to three
keywords related to the area of research to Dr. Charles Quist-Adade (Faculty,
Sociology Kwantlen Polytechnic University) at KNIC@kwantlen.ca no later than
August 30th, 2009, final notification of selection to be communicated by
September 30, 2009. Conference Website: www.kwantlen.ca/knic
SEEKING PANELIST FOR "WARS & CONFLICTS IN AFRICA"
The conference, with the general theme "Overcoming the African Predicament",
will be hosted on the 29/10/2009 by the Africa Berlin International Conference,
an affiliate of Mediateam IT Educational Centre, Berlin, Germany. As part of the
above conference on problems of (under)-development in Africa, to be held in
Germany later in the year, this panel seeks for four or five papers exploring
the different issues involved in the constellation of wars and conflicts in
Africa. The panel seeks not only papers that significantly explore how wars and
conflicts have under-developed Africa but also papers that pay specific
attention to contents of most wars and conflicts' occurrence, patterns of their
prosecution, and methods of their resolution. Such papers, to contribute
significantly to the conference, must not only recognize the problems
bedeviling development but must also engage new means and measures of
combating, resolving and managing wars and conflicts in Africa.
Interested scholars, researchers, conflict and security studies experts should
direct their abstracts of not more than 300 words to Oyeniyi Bukola Adeyemi,
formerly Ag Head, Department of History and International Relations, Redeemer's
University, Nigeria at oyeniyib@gmail.com. Ensure to cc (send) a copy of the
same Abstract to africaberlin-conference@mediateamit.com on or before 30th
April, 2009.
AFRICA TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE , OCTOBER 2-3, 2009 @ UNIVERSITY OF
KANSAS
The future for hundreds of millions of Africans lies in promoting the rule of
law and the development of trade, business, and enhancing investment
opportunities in an era of globalization. In light of this, the Kansas African
Studies Center in collaboration with the Eisenhower International Law Society
and the Department of Economics at the University of Kansas (KU) cordially
invites you to an interdisciplinary conference focusing on issues of trade and
development affecting Africa in the 21st century. This interdisciplinary
conference will bring together Africanist scholars and business experts who
specialize in trade, investment and finance issues in Africa. African diplomats
and representatives from businesses that engage in trade and investment in
Africa will also be invited to participate. Plenary sessions will feature
keynote speakers who are experts and scholars in this field.
This conference will feature topics targeting the following areas:
-Globalization and how this has affected trade in or with Africa; -Governance
and its effects on working with African businesses; -The role of new
technologies in business and trade in and with Africa; -Trade imbalance between
Africa and the West and the implications on African businesses; -Legal and
financial impediments to business growth in Africa; -African Free Trade
Agreements and Customs Unions; -Africa's debt crisis, IMF and World Bank
policies; -Best practices in African entrepreneurship; -The role of education
in economic development
Proposals focusing on the above or other related areas are welcome. They should
include a title and not exceed 250 words.
Collaborative panels, poster sessions, and graduate research papers are also
encouraged.The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2009. Papers from the
proceedings will be published in an edited book. Other selected papers will be
published in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy of the KU Law School.
This conference is made possible by The Department of Education Title VI Grant
and The Chancellors Office, KU. Please send abstracts to Jane Irungu,
University of KS, KASC,1440 Jayhawk Blvd. Bailey 10, Lawrence KS 66045. Phone
(785)864-1064 , Fax: (785)864-5330.
"AFTER THE WALL : 20 YEARS ON SCHOLARSHIP & SOCIETY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, SOTH
AFRICA
The fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the collapse of communism in eastern
Europe and the Soviet Union, as well the end of the Cold War. It also had an
immediate impact on southern African where the Cubans withdrew from Angola,
South Africa ended its occupation of Namibia, and a relatively peaceful
political transition was achieved. This conference offers an opportunity to
reflect on how post-Cold War/colonial developments have affected human society
and scholarship in the region.More specifically, the organisers wish to engage
with the legacy of the Cold War, especially with regard to its imprint on
society in southern Africa. We also wish to examine how post-Cold War/colonial
thinking continues to shape the world in which we live.
The conference will be held to coincide with twentieth anniversary of the breach
of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November 1989. The distinguished scholar of the
Cold War, Marilyn Young of New York University, has accepted an invitation to
deliver a key-note address. The organizers plan to invite another high profile
speaker. Proposals comprising a 500-word abstract should be emailed to the
organizers by 8 May 2009. Please submit proposals to Gary Baines (History
department , Rhodes University, South Africa ) at g.baines@ru.ac.za and cc to
Undine Weber: u.weber@ru.ac.za
********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
-
Zulu (imz@ucla.edu)
SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ON-LINE
South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history project.
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Please add the USIP fellowship, I emailed it to you earlier..
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:29 PM, African Studies Center <africa@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
Ali,
Waiting for your green signal!
N.
JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (04/06/09)
J U A
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 13, Spring 2009
April 6th, 2009
Dear JUA Readers,
Please find attached the thirteenth 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, April
15th, 2009.
Sincerely yours,
Namrata Poddar,
JUA Editor
CONTENTS:
EVENTS
INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
CALL FOR PAPERS
OTHER RESOURCES
PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS
SPRING 2009 LECTURE SERIES: DARFUR & THE CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE IN SUDAN
On 13 April 2009, from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at Claudia Cohen Hall (Logan Hall), G17
Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center Spring 2009
Lecture Series presents: Prof. Salah Hassan (Cornell University) on "Darfur
and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan"
"Salah M. Hassan is Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of Africana Studies and
Professor of African and Diaspora Art History and Visual Culture at Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York. He is the editor and founder of Nka: Journal of
Contemporary African Art, and consulting editor for African Arts and Atlantica.
He has authored and edited several books, among them: Power and Nationalism in
Modern Africa (2008); Unpacking Europe (2001); Authentic/Ex-Centric (2001);
Gendered Visions: The Art of Contemporary Africana Women Artists (1997). He has
contributed to numerous art journals and anthologies and curated several
international exhibitions. Most recently Hassan has co-edited with Carina Ray a
book on Darfur entitled: Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan
(forthcoming 2009)."
The event is free & open to the public. Co-Sponsors: Center for Africana
Studies, International Relations Program, Middle East Center, Political Science
Department
GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: TRAFFICKING WITH THE (ORGANS) TRAFFICKERS
–
GLOBAL JUSTICE & THE TRAFFIC IN HUMANS FOR TRANSPLANT
On Thursday, April 9 at 4:30PM at College Hall 200, Global Distinguished Lecture
Series presents: "Trafficking with the (Organs) Traffickers: Global Justice and
the Traffic in Humans for Transplant" by Prof. Nancy Scheper-Hughes (UC
Berkeley).
"Nancy Scheper-Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and Founding
Director of Organs Watch, and she is currently serving as an adviser to the
World Health Organization on global transplant ethics and safety. A renowned
scholar and activist, Scheper- Hughes has received numerous grants, awards, and
book prizes including the Margaret Mead Award, the H.F. Guggenheim Essay Award,
and the Berkeley William Sloane Coffin Award, for moral leadership."
This lecture, based on fieldwork in Recife, Durban, and Jerusalem, will explore
the following questions: What kind of moral worlds do kidney hunters and organs
traffickers and their clients inhabit? How do they justify their actions? Dr.
Scheper-Hughes will explain how these intimate exchanges of life-giving body
parts concern more than medical necessity and individual life-saving, and what
they mean to a global moral consciousness. The event is free & open to the
public. The event is sponsored by the African Studies Center, Center for East
Asian Studies, South Asia Center, and Middle East Center
PERFORMANCE: BELA FLECK & THE AFRICA PROJECT
On Friday, April 10, 2009 at 8 pm, Zellerbach Theatre at Annenberg Center
presents Béla Fleck & The Africa Project.
In his most ambitious project to date, unrivaled master of the banjo Béla Fleck
traveled to Africa in 2005 to trace the roots of his instrument in the stringed
gourds and percussive lutes of Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali. Fleck
documented his travels and explorations in the film Throw Down Your Heart. Now,
in The Africa Project, Fleck brings his collaborations to life in a very special
performance featuring an extraordinary ensemble of all-star African musicians.
For more information, please visit http://www.annenbergcenter.org
FEMI KUTI & AMADOU MARIAM @ WORLD LIVE CAFE
Internationally Acclaimed African artists, Femi Kuti AND Amadou & Mariam are
coming to Philly! Both will be performing at World Cafe Live in June. Amadou &
Mariam (June 9) and Femi Kuti (June 26).
For more information, please visit
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2936
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2939
TALK @ BRYN MAWR: AFRICAN MIGRATIONS – BANLIEUES CULTURES & IDENTITIES
IN
FRANCE
On Thursday, 9 April 2009 at 4 PM at Bryn Mawr College(Thomas Hall, 224), the
Africana Studies program presents Ambroise KOM, Eleanor Howard O'Leary Chair &
Professor , College of the Holy Cross, on " African Migrations: Banlieues
Cultures and Identities in France". The event is cosponsored by the Department
of French & Francophone Studies.
NATIONAL EVENTS
THE CHALLENGE FOR AFRICA - A CONVERSATION WITH WANGARI MAATHAI
On Monday, April 13, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Atrium Hall, Ronald
Reagan Building (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004) , please
join the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program and
Africa Program for a book launch of "The Challenge for Africa" featuring
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Green Belt Movement.
Africa faces severe and wide-ranging challenges, from Darfur to HIV/AIDS,
massive debt to election fraud, cross-border conflicts to environmental
degradation. Yet the portrait of Africa painted in the media-poverty-stricken,
desolate, and desperate-frequently ignores the intricacies of the issues. In
The Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai analyzes roadblocks to development,
including: population pressures and enduring hunger; the absence of peace and
security; the lack of technological development; and the dearth of genuine
political and economic leadership. Maathai stresses the need for Africans to
invent and implement their own solutions, rather than relying on foreign aid
and Western visions of change. As she writes, "At both the top and the bottom,
all Africans must believe in themselves again; that they are capable of walking
their own path and forging their own identity, that they have a right to be
governed with justice, accountability and transparency, that they can honor and
practice their cultures and make them relevant to today's needs, and that they
no longer need to be indebted-financially, intellectually, and spiritually-to
those who once governed them. They must rise up and walk."
Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through
networks of rural women, has planted more than 30 million trees across Kenya
since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's parliament in the first free
elections in a generation, and in 2003 was appointed Assistant Minister for
Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of
2004, she is the author of Unbowed: A Memoir. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with
your name and affiliation.
CARE NATIONAL CONFERENCE & CELEBRATION; MAY 5-6, 2009; WASHINTON D.C.
This two day event will feature policy seminars by issue experts and meetings
with Congressional members to deliver this message: "now is the time to end
global poverty." In these challenging times, we can help ensure that the voices
of the poor are heard on Capitol Hill. At this year's gathering, you will learn
about CARE's innovative new advocacy agenda, strengthen your skills, make
connections with leaders on Capitol Hill and in your community and hear from
experts and policy makers about what we can do together to change the world!
This year we will hear from Richard Gere, who will be presented with CARE's
Humanitarian Award for Global Change. CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Gwen Ifill of PBS
will speak, along with many other panel and workshop leaders including CARE
staff from the front lines of international development and humanitarian
crisis. Please don't miss your chance to join CARE supporters making history.
Learn more and register today @ www.carenationalconference.org
INTERNSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
USAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
USAID's Africa Bureau expects to have a limited number of Summer 2009
internships available in a few overseas missions in sub-Saharan Africa as well
as in Washington, D.C. This is an excellent opportunity for outstanding
students interested in pursuing careers in international development.
Selection criteria:
- Students must be American citizens.
- Students must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students. Student status will
be verified by USAID.
- Students should inform their university's office of international programs or
the equivalent that they are applying for an internship. It is in the interest
of the student that the university be aware of the application.
Applications will be accepted from March 10 to April 8, 2009. The application
web site will be taken off-line April 8. Letters of recommendation will be
accepted until April 8. More about this opportunity at:
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/internships.html
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA Presents
SUMMER 2009 - "INTERDISCIPLINARY ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OG GHANA
JUNE 8 –JULY 3 2009 ; DEADLINE FOR ENROLLMENT: APRIL 15 2009
You are invited to JOIN this educative and fun ethnographic study trip in Ghana.
This course provides students with the opportunity to experience and learn the
dynamics of Ghanaian culture; visual art, Heritage (historical &
archaeological), tourism and hospitality, educational system, music,
traditional practices, health care system, traditional and national governance,
as well as environmental and other socio-cultural practices. The course (SIX
CREDITS) has two components: an integrated coursework and a field study session
in Ghana. Participants will acquire and practice skills in field research by
proposing their own topics and collecting data to write their reports. It is our
goal that this bottom-up approach will help students to understand and better
appreciate the diversity of cultures in Africa. For further Information and
application forms, please contact: Dr. Wazi Apoh: wapoh @bloomu.edu or wazital
@gmail.com OR Dr. Kodzo Gavua (Chair of Dept): kgavua @ug.edu.gh
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - TUBMAN INSTITUTE, YORK UNIVERSITY, CANANDA
«Slavery, Memory and Citizenship » is a Major Collaborative Research
Initiative (MCRI) based at the Tubman Institute at York University,
funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanties Research Council
(SSHRC), and involving a team of international researchers drawn from a
number of research networks. The project focuses on slavery, memory and
citizenship to highlight the global migrations of African peoples from
the 15th century to the present, offering a comparison of historic
patterns of slavery to inform current public policy on issues arising
from the persistence of slavery and racism into the 21st century. The
aim is to increase our understanding of contemporary problems inhibiting
the achievement of a multicultural world based on values of peace and
justice and to inform the issues that need to be confronted to combat the
persistence of slavery into the 21st century. We propose to examine the
interplay between history and memory through interdisciplinary
collaboration that compares the trans-Atlantic experience of slavery in
the development of the Americas with that of forced migration into the
Islamic world, including the Mediterranean, as well as the Indian Ocean
world.
The project invites applications for a post doctoral fellowship from
candidates whose academic work falls within this broad framework and in
particular concerned with one or more of the following areas of our
research agenda: diaspora linkages, memory and /patrimonie/, legalities
of slavery, citizenship and slavery. The specific details of the
fellowship will be determined by the background of the successful
applicant and their potential contribution to the research activities of
the network.The Post-doctoral Fellowship is for one year commencing July 1st
2009 with the possibility of renewal during the lifetime of the project and
remunerated at rates set by SSHRC (32,000). Applicants must send a letter
outlining their research interests in relation to this project, a c.v., and two
letters of reference to Professor Paul Lovejoy (Principal Investigator, Slavery,
Memory and Citizenship; The Harriet Tubman Institute, Founders College, York
University)at plovejoy@yorku.ca. Deadline: May 1, 2009.
CALL FOR PAPERS
IFE JOUNRAL OF SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY (IJSA)
A new journal is born! IJSA is a bi-annual publication of the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology,Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife,Nigeria.The
journal is set to provide an international forum for the dissemination of
scholarly works on issues relating to the African
environment-Sociology,Anthropology,Social Problems,Politics,Change and
Development,Globalization,Economics,Psychology,Public Policy,Management
Studies,and other related disciplines concerned with the shaping of human
behaviour;and the structure of institutions and customs in the African
continent. IJSA welcomes scholarly contributions from both African scholars,
and scholars elsewhere working on African issues and concerns. Manuscripts
could be any of the following: original research, review articles, short
reports,and book reviews.Manuscripts can be submitted any time in the year. For
more information, please contact Prof. M.A.O. Aluko, The Editor-in-Chief
Ife Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,Nigeria. Email:
niyialuko@oauife.edu.ng, ijsanig@yahoo.com
FROM COLONIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION: THE INTELLECTUAL & POLITICAL LEGACIES OF
DR.
KWAME NKRUMAH & AFRICA'S FUTURE
>From August 19-21, 2010 at its beautiful Richmond campus in British
Columbia,
Canada, Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites you to participate in the Kwame
Nkrumah International Conference, "From Colonization to Globalization: The
Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa's Future."
The Conference will commemorate the centenary of the birthday of Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah, Africa's Man of the Millennium, and bring scholars and students from
Canada and from the around the world to share research and ideas on Africa's
place in the global community, and to discuss the life, achievements and
shortcomings of Africa's foremost Pan-Africanist. Molefi Kete Asante, USA-based
Temple University Professor Molefi Kete Asante—one of one of the most
distinguished contemporary scholars, as well as the author/co-author and editor
of no less than 68 books and scholarly articles—will provide a keynote address
in celebration of the conference with other scholars of similar calibre and
talent in the context(s) of Pan-Africanism, post/neo-colonialism and
globalization via a cross-disciplinary, multi-centric, and international
perspectives.
Abstracts of approx. 250 words for papers of 20 minutes duration, and
suggestions of panels consisting of 3 panelists each are welcome and should be
e-mailed, with a short bio-note (50 words) contact address, and one to three
keywords related to the area of research to Dr. Charles Quist-Adade (Faculty,
Sociology Kwantlen Polytechnic University) at KNIC@kwantlen.ca no later than
August 30th, 2009, final notification of selection to be communicated by
September 30, 2009. Conference Website: www.kwantlen.ca/knic
SEEKING PANELIST FOR "WARS & CONFLICTS IN AFRICA"
The conference, with the general theme "Overcoming the African Predicament",
will be hosted on the 29/10/2009 by the Africa Berlin International Conference,
an affiliate of Mediateam IT Educational Centre, Berlin, Germany. As part of the
above conference on problems of (under)-development in Africa, to be held in
Germany later in the year, this panel seeks for four or five papers exploring
the different issues involved in the constellation of wars and conflicts in
Africa. The panel seeks not only papers that significantly explore how wars and
conflicts have under-developed Africa but also papers that pay specific
attention to contents of most wars and conflicts' occurrence, patterns of their
prosecution, and methods of their resolution. Such papers, to contribute
significantly to the conference, must not only recognize the problems
bedeviling development but must also engage new means and measures of
combating, resolving and managing wars and conflicts in Africa.
Interested scholars, researchers, conflict and security studies experts should
direct their abstracts of not more than 300 words to Oyeniyi Bukola Adeyemi,
formerly Ag Head, Department of History and International Relations, Redeemer's
University, Nigeria at oyeniyib@gmail.com. Ensure to cc (send) a copy of the
same Abstract to africaberlin-conference@mediateamit.com on or before 30th
April, 2009.
AFRICA TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE , OCTOBER 2-3, 2009 @ UNIVERSITY OF
KANSAS
The future for hundreds of millions of Africans lies in promoting the rule of
law and the development of trade, business, and enhancing investment
opportunities in an era of globalization. In light of this, the Kansas African
Studies Center in collaboration with the Eisenhower International Law Society
and the Department of Economics at the University of Kansas (KU) cordially
invites you to an interdisciplinary conference focusing on issues of trade and
development affecting Africa in the 21st century. This interdisciplinary
conference will bring together Africanist scholars and business experts who
specialize in trade, investment and finance issues in Africa. African diplomats
and representatives from businesses that engage in trade and investment in
Africa will also be invited to participate. Plenary sessions will feature
keynote speakers who are experts and scholars in this field.
This conference will feature topics targeting the following areas:
-Globalization and how this has affected trade in or with Africa; -Governance
and its effects on working with African businesses; -The role of new
technologies in business and trade in and with Africa; -Trade imbalance between
Africa and the West and the implications on African businesses; -Legal and
financial impediments to business growth in Africa; -African Free Trade
Agreements and Customs Unions; -Africa's debt crisis, IMF and World Bank
policies; -Best practices in African entrepreneurship; -The role of education
in economic development
Proposals focusing on the above or other related areas are welcome. They should
include a title and not exceed 250 words.
Collaborative panels, poster sessions, and graduate research papers are also
encouraged.The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2009. Papers from the
proceedings will be published in an edited book. Other selected papers will be
published in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy of the KU Law School.
This conference is made possible by The Department of Education Title VI Grant
and The Chancellors Office, KU. Please send abstracts to Jane Irungu,
University of KS, KASC,1440 Jayhawk Blvd. Bailey 10, Lawrence KS 66045. Phone
(785)864-1064 , Fax: (785)864-5330.
"AFTER THE WALL : 20 YEARS ON SCHOLARSHIP & SOCIETY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, SOTH
AFRICA
The fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the collapse of communism in eastern
Europe and the Soviet Union, as well the end of the Cold War. It also had an
immediate impact on southern African where the Cubans withdrew from Angola,
South Africa ended its occupation of Namibia, and a relatively peaceful
political transition was achieved. This conference offers an opportunity to
reflect on how post-Cold War/colonial developments have affected human society
and scholarship in the region.More specifically, the organisers wish to engage
with the legacy of the Cold War, especially with regard to its imprint on
society in southern Africa. We also wish to examine how post-Cold War/colonial
thinking continues to shape the world in which we live.
The conference will be held to coincide with twentieth anniversary of the breach
of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November 1989. The distinguished scholar of the
Cold War, Marilyn Young of New York University, has accepted an invitation to
deliver a key-note address. The organizers plan to invite another high profile
speaker. Proposals comprising a 500-word abstract should be emailed to the
organizers by 8 May 2009. Please submit proposals to Gary Baines (History
department , Rhodes University, South Africa ) at g.baines@ru.ac.za and cc to
Undine Weber: u.weber@ru.ac.za
********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
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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.
African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
647 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2615
Phone:(215)898-6971
Fax:(215)573-7379
Email:africa@sas.upenn.edu
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.