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CONTENTS: AREA EVENTS & LECTURE SERIES CONFERENCES & CALLS FOR PAPERS CALLS FOR ARTICLES SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES
AREA EVENTS & LECTURE SERIES SAVE THE DATE October 3-4, 2003 11th Annual African Studies Consortium Workshop
November 15, 2003 The Wharton African Business Forum "Reinventing Business in Africa: From Entrepreneurship to Corporations" Place: Philadelphia Convention Center
CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR PAPERS University of Edinburgh Centre of African Studies Annual International African Studies Conference "Remaking Law in Africa: Transnationalism, Persons, and Rights" Edinburgh, Scotland May 21-22, 2003 The University of Edinburgh Centre of African Studies will hold the Annual International African Studies Conference May 21-22, 2003 in Edinburgh. The conference title is "Remaking Law in Africa: Transnationalism, Persons, and Rights." In 2003, the Centre's annual international conference will examine the way that law is embedded in and shaped by processes that have an impact upon political, economic, and social development in Africa.
Scholars have observed that law represented the cutting edge of colonialism in its attempts to control and govern its subjects while bringing about their transformation and that of the societies in which they lived. Its role continued to have a powerful presence in the postcolonial period when many newly independent countries turned to law as a form of social engineering within the nation-state. In recent y ears attention has focused on globalization as a phenomenon and local communities' response to it. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of transnational forms of law and ordering derived from diverse sources, including the World Bank, the European convention on Human Rights, the WTO, WHO, IMF, African Union and religious movements. The success and failure of polities and persons' access to, and use of, law raises questions about the power and authority to construct meaning at multiple levels, including local, regional, national and international domains that intersect with one another in a variety of ways. This conference aims to explore the ways in which law operates in different places at different levels and at different moments in the historical record, in order to gain a more informed view of the processes that underpin continuity, transformation and change.
In the tradition of the Centre, it is hoped that participants will be drawn from a number of academic disciplines including history, social anthropology, politics, economics, health, education and law, as well as from international agencies, state institutions, NGOs and development actors.
Themes include: Human Rights Constitutional Issues Tribunals and other forms of Justice Law, Development and Gender Resource Entitlement Rights to Health, Education and Intellectual Property
All inquiries should go to Pravina King Centre of African Studies 21 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LD Scotland African.Studies@ed.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 3878/9 Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 6535
"Oceans Apart, Worlds Together: Africa and Asia in South-South Contexts" Halifax, Nova Scotia May 31-June 4, 2003 "Oceans Apart, Worlds Together: Africa and Asia in South-South Contexts" will be held as Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and is organized by the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) along with the South Asia Council of the Canadian Asian Studies Associations (CASA). The conference will be held May 31-June 4, 2003. The keynote speaker will be John Mackenzie, the author of works on the political, social and environmental history of colonialism.
Topics will include: Colonial and Post-Colonial Linkages Rural Livelihoods and the Global Economy Making Gender, Understanding Women Regional, National and Interstate Conflict Development and Democracy
For more information, contact: CAAS Secretariat c/o CETASE Universite de Montreal PO Box 6128 Succ. Centre-Ville Montreal, Quebec Canada H3C3J7 Email: caas@cetase.umontreal.ca Found in the Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
Colloquium on International Commercial Arbitration
and African States June 4-5, 2003 University of London
Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
in Africa is now witnessing a more interesting time
than ever before. With economies liberalizing and
governance democratizing in African states, more of
those states are enacting laws on arbitration and
conciliation based on models created by the United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
or by the Organization for the Harmonization of Business
Law in Africa (OHADA). Moreover, more arbitration
institutions, centers and associations are springing-up
in African states, consequent upon the establishment
of the first arbitration institution in the continent
by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
(AALCO). African states are parties, or are preparing
to become parties, to bilateral and multilateral treaties
dealing with arbitration, ADR, foreign investment,
regional integration and other aspects of international
commercial, trade, investment and related transactions,
which treaties might, in particular circumstances,
be implemented nationally. At the same time, the United
Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
and its related organization, the International Trade
Centre (ITC), of the World Trade Organization (WTO),
are initiating measures that would enlighten and empower
developing states in international dispute resolution
matters, whilst the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) has its own dispute servicing (a mediation
and arbitration) center engaged in activities with
enormous importance to African States.
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and King's College London (KCL), University of London, believe this colloquium to be timely. It is hoped that papers and discussion at the Colloquium will be published, editing to be undertaken by Dr. Asouzu of KCL.
For more information about the Colloquium and a list
of the issues to be discussed can be found at www.kcl.ac.uk/law/events/colloquium/index.html
For registration and enquiries, contact: Ms Lauretta
Alexander Colloquium Administrator School of Law Kings
College, London London WC2R 2LS Email: l.a.alexander@kcl.ac.uk
Tel: + 44(0) 20 7848 226 Fax: + 44(0) 20 7848 2465
www.kcl.ac.uk/law/events/colloquium/index.html
Southern African Historical Society University of the Free State, Bloemfontein "Southern Africa: Yesterday and Today" June 29-July 1, 2003 Southern African Historical Society of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein presents its biennial conference, "Southern Africa: Yesterday and Today," which will be hosted by the Department of History , University of the Free State on June 29-July 1, 2003. This conference will seek to address the structural changes in the political, economic, social and environmental fabrics of the Southern African society throughout the region's historical past. This conference will also host the follow-up meeting of the South African Historical Association's (SAHA) conference called "Heritage, Creation and the Restructuring of Historical Studies," which was held at Rand Afrikaans University June 2002).
For more information, please contact: SAHS 2003 Conference Department of History University of Free State PO Box 339 Bloemfontein 9300 South Africa Fax: +27-51-4483942 Email: barnards@hum.uovs.ac.za or steynms@hum.uovs.ac.za Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
"The Description of African Languages in a Rapidly Changing Field" 4TH WORLD CONGRESS OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS (WOCAL 4) 34th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 34) June 17 - 22, 2003 Rutgers University, New Jersey The 4th World Congress of African Linguistics and the 34th Annual Conference on African Linguistics will be held on June 17 - 22, 2003 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Theme of both conferences: "The Description of African Languages in a Rapidly Changing Field." In addition, we are pleased to announce the following symposium to be held at the same time and location: "International Symposium on The Marginalized Languages of Africa." The Symposium is open to all WOCAL participants.
For details, contact Matthias Brenzinger Email: Matthias.Brenzinger@uni-koeln.de Website: http://www.wocal4.rutgers.edu/WOCAL4.html
13th Annual Conference of the Pan African Anthropological Association Anthropology and the Contemporary Global Trends University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa June 29-July 4, 2003 Anthropologists as well as other social scientists should make a concerted effort to understand the underlying historical and cultural motivations that contribute to ethnic and religious conflicts so that they may assist in humankind's understanding of its existence and the need for cooperation in the global village. There is a challenge for social scientists to explore the sub-themes mentioned below.
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Aids/HIV and Health Inequalities in Africa Gender and Development Issues Sport, Culture and Tourism The teaching of Anthropology and its future in the 21st century Ethnicity and Racism issues Perspectives on NEPAD and AU Poverty and Human Rights Research Ethics and Methodologies The Conference will be held at the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa from June 29-July 4, 2003.
PAN AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (PAAA) University of Port Elizabeth PO Box 1600 Port Elizabeth 6000 South Africa Tel: 27 41 504 2185 Fax: 27 41 504 7425 Email: ANADLB@upe.ac.za
David Mills, Anthropology Coordinator, C-SAP: Centre for Learning and Teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT Phone: 01865 793328 Fax 0121 414 7920 Email: d.mills@bham.ac.uk Website: www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk
15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies July 14-18, 2003 Hamburg, Germany The 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies is organized by the University of Hamburg, Germany. The thematic focus will be on the humanities, with several sessions devoted to various aspects of archaeology, history, religion, languages, literature, arts, anthropology and social sciences (including law and politics).
For more information, contact: 15th ICES Organizing Committee Hamburg University Asia-Africa Institute Edmund-Siemers-allee 1, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany Fax: +49-40-42838-5675 E-mail: ices2003@uni-hamburg.de Website: www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/ICES2003
22nd Annual Meeting of Sudan Studies Association "Crossing
Borders: Sudan in Regional Contexts" 3rd International
Conference of SSA, SSUK and IAAS July 31- August 2,
2003 Georgetown University Washington, DC The fact
that Sudan shares borders with nine countries (Chad,
Libya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire
and Central African Republic) has allowed for the
movement of people across the borders, and it has
influenced cross-border cultural and political interaction.
The nature of such relationships influences both the
border zones and the country at large, particularly
when wars and crises over natural resources occur
along political boundaries. In addition, relationships
between Sudan and its neighbors are not merely limited
to border areas, but such influences could transcend
borders such as in political, social, and economic
trends.
The Sudan Studies Association (SSA) seeks proposals that address various issues (past and present) related to the relationships between Sudan and it's immediate neighbors, pertaining, for example, to issues in history, politics, culture, belief systems, literature, and relevant fields. SSA welcomes proposals not only from Sudan specialists, but from experts on neighboring countries as well.
The Sudan Studies Association has been organizing annual conferences of academics, policymakers, Sudanese citizens and other interested persons for over 20 years. Many previous conference proceedings have been published, with assistance from the Association and generous donors such as the Tannenbaum Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Small stipends are available for assistance to graduate students for travel. A preliminary program will be announced on May 15, 2003. Late proposals for papers will be considered only if space is available. Proposals and paper abstracts submitted earlier will receive preferential treatment in scheduling. Acceptance for presentation will depend on the quality of the abstract and the judgment of the program committee. For more information, please visit the Sudanese Studies Association website at www.sudanstudies.org.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar African Studies Center University of Pennsylvania 650 Williams Hall Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA E-mail: aadinar@sas.upenn.edu Tel: 215-898-6610 Fax: 215-573-7379
The South African AIDS Conference 2003 ICC Durban August
4-8, 2003
The South African AIDS Conference of 2003 will be held
at the ICC on August 4-8, 2003. The South African
AIDS Conference will combine science and the community
to obtain a broader African perspective.
For more information, please contact: Tilda Reyneke
Email: tildar@samedical.org
Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter
"African News"
The Review of African Political Economy and the Centre
of West African Studies "Africa: Partnership
as Imperialism?" University of Birmingham September
5-8, 2003 The Review of African Political Economy
and the Centre of West African Studies, University
of Birmingham is sponsoring "Africa: Partnership
as Imperialism?" on September 5-8, 2003. Africa
is being actively encouraged to seek partnerships
with international agencies, western capital and donor
governments as a way of promoting economic growth and
improved governance, and enhancing living standards.
Yet Africa's experience with world markets, aid and
trade has not enhanced the continent's growth.
For further information contact: Reginald Cline-Cole Email: r.e.a.cline-cole@bham.ac.uk
Lynne Brydon Email: l.brydon@bham.ac.uk Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
University of Botswana Khoe San Conference September
10-12, 2003 The University of Botswana is planning
to host an international Khoe and San conference on
10th-12th September 2003. This conference will follow
in the steps of the 1991 Bleek and Lloyd: 1870-1991
conference in Cape Town, the 1994 Khoisan Studies:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives conference in Tutzing
and the 1997 Khoisan Identities and Cultural Heritage
conference in Cape Town.
The theme for this conference will be Research for Khoe
and San Development. As the title suggests, it will
be an academic conference, but with an applied focus.
We envisage that on the morning of each day of the
conference there will be a number of parallel thematic
sessions at which researchers can present their papers.
In the afternoon there will be a plenary 'policy dialogue'
at which the issues raised in the morning papers will
be addressed by a panel of Khoe and San representatives,
development practitioners, and government officials.
The topics to be covered in the conference will be:
Land Education Leadership and representation Language
Culture and Art Health Natural resources and conservation
Economic empowerment Majority - minority relationships
History and archaeology Gender and human rights
Identity We see this as an opportunity to allow academic
work with San to inform understanding of important
issues faced by San, and to encourage academic agendas
to be more closely directed by the priorities and concerns
of San themselves.
A planning committee headed by Dr. O. Selolwane, Head
of the Sociology Dept. at UB and by Dr. Michael Taylor
has been laying the groundwork. Session leaders from
the international academic community have now volunteered
to organize the contributions for the themes listed.
Should you be interested either in participating of
for additional information, please contact: Mrs. H.
Hudson Email: ubtromso@mopipi.ub.bw Tel: 2673555034
7th Biennial Scientific Conference on Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem "Beyond the Arch: Community and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone and East Africa Yellowstone National Park Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming October 6-8, 2003 >From October 6-8, 2003, the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Beyond the Arch: Community and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone and East Africa, will be held at the Mammoth Hotel in Yellowstone National Park.
The goal of this conference is to generate, in non-technical language, a publicly-oriented discussion of issues that draw together national parks in the Greater Yellowstone and East Africa. We will make comparisons and foster dialogue across boundaries marking the intersections of global and local, private and public, natural and cultural, and scientific and social. Managers, scientists, policymakers, and the public will come together to discuss and consider the interdependence of both nature-society relations and natural and cultural history in local and global contexts. The conference will promote understanding of the ecological and social challenges facing parks in the Greater Yellowstone and East Africa, and initiate the development of useful strategies for sustaining the national park idea at the dawn of the 21st century. The conference is interdisciplinary in nature.
Session topics will include: Valuing Landscapes: ecology, culture, & economy Boundaries and Borders: geographic, political, & biological Globalization and Vulnerability Learning from the Land
Sponsors of this special event include: National Park Service (www.nps.gov) Yellowstone Association (www.yellowstoneassociation.org) Big Sky Institute (http://bsi.montana.edu) Montana State University (www.montana.edu) American Studies Program (http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/AMS) Environment and Natural Resources Institute and Research Office (www.uwyo.edu/enr/enrschool.HTM) or (http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/Research) University of Wyoming (www.uwyo.edu) Draper Museum of Natural History (www.bbhc.org/dmnh/index.cfm) Buffalo Bill Historical Center (www.bbhc.org) Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program (http://glcrsp.ucdavis.edu) USAID (www.usaid.gov).
For more information, please visit http://www.nps.gov/yell/technical/conference2003/mission.htm
Orality and Literacy III: Memory International Conference
Rice University, Houston, Texas October 10-12, 2003
Deadline for Abstracts: June 1, 2003 The Rice Conference
is the third of a series of three annual conferences
dealing with issues of orality and literacy that have
been organized under the auspices of the University
of Natal, South Africa (Jonathan Draper), the Free
University of Brussels (Baudouin Decharneux) and now
Rice University (Werner Kelber). In August 2001 this
series of conferences was launched at the University
of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa under the
topic Orality and Literacy I: Colonialism. The second
conference was convened in October 2002 at the Free
University of Brussels and entitled Orality and Literacy
II: The World of the Spirits. The Rice conference
will commence on Friday, Oct. 10th, at 7 pm with a
keynote address by Prof. Isidore Okpewho, SUNY at
Binghamton.
Memory and remembering are presently much in vogue in
the humanities and social science discourses. We experience
the revival of a topic that has played a principal
civilizing role in human culture. A steadily growing
body of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
has developed around memory. In view of this scholarly
development, one cannot escape the impression that
memory has risen to the status of paradigmatic significance
in the humanities and social sciences. Recent work
on memory has interfaced with orality-literacy studies
in fruitful ways. Oral cultures assign memory certain
roles and functions in the context of mobilizing cognitive
processes and techniques of knowledge retention. Subsequent
media, ranging from chirographic to typographic to
electronic communication, reconfigure knowledge management
and revise modes of memories individual and collective
arbitrations.
Papers from all cultural settings are welcome. In this spirit, we extend a special invitation to colleagues from Africa and Asia. As far as the Western tradition is concerned, papers dealing with antiquity, the Middle Ages, modernity and post-holocaust studies will all be considered. Moreover, we take orality-literacy in the broadest sense of media studies or technologies of communications. That is to say, we ask for consideration of some interconnectedness between memorial practices and communications media, be they orality, chirography, typography, electronic media or artistic representations. Topics may range widely from mnemotechnics to historiography as a memory issue, from testimonies to acts of violence to holocaust remembrances, from memories contribution to national and ethnic identity to the ethics of remembering, from memory and imagination to memory and meditation, from lieux de mÈmoire to artifacts as memorial representations, from oral poetry and epics to repetition and recollection as moments of memory, to mention but a few items. We shall try to group presentations according to cultural provenance and/or topicality.
Please submit abstract of no more than 200 words to either Elias Bongmba, bongmba@rice.edu or Werner Kelber, kelber@rice.edu. Please include two bibliographical items that are crucially relevant to your paper. Notification of acceptance is June 15.
Please direct inquiries to Werner H. Kelber, kelber@rice.edu or Elias Bongmba bongmba@rice.edu or visit the Rice University Center for the Study of Cultures website at http://www.culture.rice.edu/
"Collaboration or Calamity: Africa in Peril" Twentieth Annual World Food Day Teleconference October 16, 2003 The mounting human tragedy in sub-Saharan Africa is the theme for the 2003 World Food Day satellite teleconference. The impact of HIV/AIDS and land and water issues on agriculture plus the added burden of wars and debt - threaten to throw the region into a tailspin to disaster. UNICEF's Executive Director, Carol Bellamy has noted that the famine "is much larger than just a food crisis. It's also a water crisis, a health crisis, an education crisis." Saving Africa calls for nothing less than an unprecedented rescue effort by an engaged world alliance.
The 20th anniversary worldwide teleconference will feature Urban Jonsson, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. There will also be several cameo appearances by experts from various perspectives on the situation. The work of the new Partnership for African Development and the need for international efforts to build an alliance to coordinate action will also be covered. The program will be available worldwide in English with simultaneous French and Spanish interpretation. Single, reproducible copies of the teleconference Study/Action Packet, prepared by the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day, will be available in English in early summer and will be sent free of charge to registered sites in North America. A Spanish version will be available for Latin American sites.
Continuing education credits for teleconference participation will be provided through Marywood University for interested clergy and social service professionals. The American Dietetic Association gives CEUs for registered dietitians and dietetic technicians and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences has approved Professional Development Units (PDUs) for its members. The program will be broadcast live from the studios of George Washington University in Washington DC, Thursday, October 16th, from noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. There are no restrictions on videotaping or re-broadcast.
For additional information on the World Food Day teleconference or other World Food Day resources please contact: Patricia Young, National Coordinator. U.S. National Committee for World Food Day 2175 K Street NW Washington, DC 20437 Tel. 202-653-2404 Fax 202-653-5760 www.worldfooddayusa.org
"Towards an Africa without Borders: Unification
and Fundamental Change" University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 24-26, 2003
Deadline for Abstracts: May 31, 2003 The Department
of African Languages and Literature, UW- Madison invites
papers for a conference, "Towards an Africa
without Borders: Unification and Fundamental Change,"
to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
from October 24 to 26, 2003. The deadline for abstracts
is May 31st and for the full papers June 30th, 2003.
The conference's purpose is to bring scholars, writers, and political activists together to discuss the theoretical and practical approaches to change and unification in Africa within the context of Pan-Africanism.
The conveners welcome papers that address the wide range of issues having to do with change and unification in Africa, from the role of the African writer to the question of language and unity, from the part played by art in social change to the literary and artistic aspects of the African Diaspora. Within the context of Pan-Africanism, we invite papers on such subjects as feminism, racism, political activism, globalization and neocolonialism.
Abstracts should be limited to 250 words, and should include the author's name, title, affiliation, and full address (including telephone, fax, and e-mail). If abstracts are submitted by e-mail, attachments should be in Microsoft Word (.doc).
The abstracts can be sent to the following address: Towards an Africa without Borders Department of African Languages and Literature University of Wisconsin-Madison 1414 Van Hise Hall 1220 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53715 E-mail: mwngugi@wisc.edu
For additional information, contact Mukoma Wa Ngugi at (608) 251-6136 or visit our website, http://african.lss.wisc.edu/all/Studconference\
Literary Manifestations of the African Diaspora University of the Cape Coast, Ghana November 10-14, 2003 Literary Manifestations of the African Diaspora will be held at the University of the Cape Coast, Ghana on November 10-14, 2003 and sponsored University of Cape Coast and Harriet Tuhman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University, in collaboration with the UNESCO Slave Route Project. Papers are invited from critics, scholars and researchers engaged in examining literary representations of the African Diaspora in historical and sociological perspectives.
For more information, contact: Dr. J Opoku Agyemang Email: diaspora@africaonline.com.gh Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
Society for Francophone Post Colonial Studies "Postcolonialism:
The New Comparatism?" November 28-29, 2003
Deadline for Proposals: May 30, 2003 The Society for
Francophone Postcolonial Studies (formerly ASCALF),
to be held at the French Institute will hold a conference
called "Postcolonial: The New Comparatism?"
The deadline for proposals should be in by May 30,
2003. For questions and information on proposed panels,
please contact: David Murphy French Section School
of Modern Languages University of Stirling Stirling
FK9 4LA UK Email: d.f.Murphy@stir.ac.uk Found in Centre
of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African
News"
Symposium on Islamic Civilization "Islamic civilization
in Eastern Africa" The Research Centre for Islamic
History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) Islamic University
in Mbale, Uganda Kampala, Uganda December 15-17, 2003.
Deadline for Abstracts: May 31, 2003 Symposium on Islamic
Civilization, 12/03 The Research Centre for Islamic
History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), headquartered in
Istanbaul, will be co-sponsoring with the Islamic
University in Mbale, Uganda, an international symposium
on "Islamic civilization in Eastern Africa"
to be held in Kampala 15-17 December 2003. The organizers
are inviting prospective participants to send abstracts
of no more than 250 words on the following themes:
penetration of Islam in Eastern Africa; inter-relationship
between trade and Islam in Eastern Africa; Kiswahili
and Islamic Literature; Islamic education and intellectualism
in Eastern Africa; artis, crafts and architecture;
indigenous rulers, Islam and European colonial powers.
Please send abstracts by post, fax or e-mail, no later than 31 May, to Ahmed Lajimi IRCICA PO Box 24 Besiktas 80692 Istanbul, Turkey Fax 90 212 258 43 65 Email ircica@superonline.com
Dr Mahdi Adamu PO Box 2555 Mbale, Uganda Email iuiu@infocom.co.ug;
Symposium Secretary Dr A B K Kasozi PO Box 2555 Mbale, Uganda Email abkasozi@imul.com
"Perspectives on Yoruba History and Culture"
University of Texas, Austin March 26-28, 2004
Deadline for Proposals: October 1, 2003 "Perspectives
on Yoruba History and Culture" will be held at
University of Texas, Austin on March 26-28, 2004.
The conference will be centered on the Yoruba to
review the state of knowledge, the various advances
already made, the connections with comparative and
Diaspora history, the critique of old and new sources,
and the identification of new areas worthy of investigation.
Papers will be welcome that raise historical, cultural,
methodological, and theoretical questions that address
the strengths and voids by focusing on relevant issues
and empty issues and empty spaces in Yoruba history
and culture, as well as its global spread in the African
Diaspora. It is intended that this will be an all-embracing
conference on Yoruba, broadly defined in their geographic
and cultural scope. The conference will encompass
a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, with
participants being drawn from the United States, Canada,
Brazil and the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
Proposals should include a 250-word abstract and be submitted by October 1, 2003 to: Ms. Ann Genova annabell@mail.utexas.edu
Toyin Falola Department of History University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712. Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
Russian Academy of Sciences Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies Institute for African Studies 3rd International Conference "Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations" June 18-21 2004 Moscow, Russia Deadline for Abstracts: December 1, 2003 Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies in cooperation with the Institute for African Studies (both under the Russian Academy of Sciences) is organizing in Moscow on June 18-21 2004 the Third International Conference "Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations." For more information about the first two Conferences (Announcements, Programs, electronic versions of the Books of Abstracts and journal reviews) please visit the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies Internet site at the address http://civreg.ru . At this site one may also get acquainted with the history and activities of the Center. The address of the Institute for African Studies Internet site is http://inafr.ru
The working languages of the Conference are Russian and English.
The Organizing Committee has considered all the panel proposals received by it. The descriptions of the accepted proposals please find below. The deadline for paper proposals (in the form of abstracts within 300 words in English or both English and Russian) is November 1, 2003. Paper proposals should be sent not to the Organizing Committee but directly to the respective panel convenors who are to inform the applicant about his application's fortune by December 1, 2003. The information to be submitted alongside with the paper abstract includes full name, title, institutional affiliation, full mail and e-mail addresses, and fax #.
However, in the case you feel your paper does not fit any particular panel but corresponds to the Conference general problematique, you may submit your proposal to the Organizing Committee by the same date (November 1, 2003) and it will be considered for scheduling for the Free Communication Panel.
All the general inquiries should be sent to Organizing Committee Prof. Dmitri M. Bondarenko, Dr. Igor L. Alexeev Mr. Oleg I. Kavykin E-mail: conf2004@hotmail.com Fax: (+ 7 095 202 0786) Tel: + 7 095 291 4119 Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies Russian Academy of Sciences 30/1 Spiridonovka St. 123001 Moscow, Russia
CALLS FOR ARTICLES Journal of Cultural Studies
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Cultural Studies
invitees interested scholars to participate as authors
in several issues of the journal to be published in
the next three years (2003-2005). It would be interested
in publishing specific themes relating to the conceptualization
of cultural studies in Africa. Scholars are invited
to submit papers on the following themes, among others:
Culture and Cultural Studies in Africa-Theoretical
Underpinnings Historical Perspectives of African
Cultures African Cultures and Environmental and Management
Decisions The Role of the Cultural Critic
Literary Discourse as an Agency Western Epistemology
and Cultural Studies in Africa Globalization and Cultural
Studies in Africa Re-inventing Gender in African Cultures
Cultural Studies and the African Renaissance Restructuring
Development through Cultural Studies
For more information, please contact the editor Udu
Yakubu at yakubj@yahoo.com
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS Five College African Scholars Residency Program January-May 2004 Deadline for Applications: May 15, 2003 The Five College African Scholars Program (USA) announces four and one half month residency fellowships from January to May 2004 and August to December 2004. Junior and mid-level scholars, who are citizens of an African nation and who teach in African universities, are eligible to apply.
Proposals are invited for projects, based on the applicant's current research, which can be completed and prepared for publication during the residency. Projects may be in any discipline or interdisciplinary. They should be relevant to the study of Africa in the social sciences or the humanities and demonstrate a benefit to the scholar's home university. Because the program does not provide laboratory facilities, scientific proposals will be considered only if they are at the stage of reviewing data and scholarly literature in order to publish results.
Each fellow will be hosted by a faculty member at one of the Five College institutions Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College or University of Massachusetts Amherst. Six fellowships will be awarded in 2004. Provisions include a $3,000 stipend for each month in residence, airfare, laptop computer, housing, health insurance, access to libraries, office, and a modest research allowance. Information about the revised eligibility and selection criteria and the application form are in English or French at the website: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/asp
For application materials, please e-mail asp@fivecolleges.edu Applications must be received by the deadline: May 15, 2003.
The program is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Smith College, and Five Colleges, Inc. and its member institutions.
CODESRIA/SEPHIS 2003 Extended Workshop on Social History Labor, Gender, Class and Ethnicity September 22-October 12, 2003 Dakar, Senegal Deadline for Applications: July 15, 2003 The third CODESRIA/SEPHIS Extended Workshop on New Theories and Methods in Social History will be held from September 22 to October 12, 2003. The theme for the 2003 session is Labor, Gender, Class and Ethnicity. The Workshop will be organized around the comparative experiences of Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Caribbean.
The aim of the Workshop is to bring together about 15 young historians for a period of three weeks of joint reflection, knowledge building and training. The participants will follow a program designed to permit them to share experiences improve on the theoretical and methodological quality of their work. The main objective of the Workshop is to promote discussion and debate on recent methodological and theoretical developments in Social History. To this end, participants will be encouraged to carry out their reflections in a comparative perspective. Within this framework, participants will also be offered practical support in sharpening their skills on how to write an article, plan a research project, and submit a research proposal for funding.
The workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal. CODESRIA will provide a stimulating and pleasant environment within which participants selected can work. The Council will also take care of the air travel, accommodation, and local transport expenses of the participants. Furthermore, a subsistence allowance to cover living expenses will be provided. Local excursions will be organized for the laureates in order to make their stay more enjoyable. The workshop is open to PhD students registered in Southern universities, i.e., Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Applications should include the following: A Curriculum Vitae (maximum of two pages) A letter certifying that the candidate is enrolled for a PhD course at a university in the South A research proposal outlining the candidate's current research project, including the methodology that is being employed or considered (at most four pages), A sample of the applicant's work (a draft paper, a draft research proposal or a draft thesis chapter) A letter from the thesis supervisor indicating why this workshop could be of importance to and interest for the applicant.
Applications must be written in English. The deadline for the submission of applications is 15 July , 2003. An international scientific committee will select the candidates by 15 August, 2003. Successful applicants will be notified immediately after the completion of the selection process. Incomplete and unnecessarily lengthy applications will not be taken into consideration. All faxed and e-mailed applications must also be accompanied by a hard copy original version sent by post if they are to be considered.
Applications and requests for more information should be sent to: "Extended Workshop for Young Historians" CODESRIA/SEPHIS Programme Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop, angle Canal IV B.P. 3304, Dakar, Senegal Fax: (221) 824 12 89 Tel.: (221) 825 98 22/23 E-mail: ndeye.gueye@codesria.sn
Faculty Fulbright Awards
Faculty Fulbright Awards have just been announced available for Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa for 2004-05. Awards are available for lecturing and research in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Below are the deadlines for all faculty awards:
Application Deadlines August 1, 2003 Fulbright traditional lecturing, lecturing/research and research awards worldwide January 1, 2004 NATO Advanced Research Fellowships and Institutional Grants
See details of awards, countries, and application forms for the 800 annual faculty awards at: http://www.cies.org/cies/us_scholars/
Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in African Studies Centre for African Studies University of Cambridge "Resource Rights, Gender and Development" October 2004 Deadline for Applications: October 1, 2003 The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University, with the generous assistance of the Ford Foundation, Isaac Newton Trust and Smuts Memorial Fund, is pleased to announce a Visiting Research Fellowships Scheme to be held at the University of Cambridge on the theme 'Resource rights, gender and development'. Applications are invited for five Visiting Research Fellowships to take effect from October 2004, one of which will be entitled 'Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in African Studies'. The maximum duration of a Fellowship is six months and is non-renewable. Subsequent Fellowships will be announced to take effect from October of each year. Applications are invited from all disciplines and are open to scholars and others in academia, research institutes, NGOs, museums and libraries. Preference will be given to candidates with a distinguished research profile who are permanent residents in Africa and who have active research interests in the area or areas advertised for the Fellowships Theme (October 2004) : Resource rights, gender and development.
The livelihoods of many people in Africa depend upon rights to natural resources such as water, land and forest products. On the ground the rights are complex: some are given by formal government policy and reforms; some are determined by customary tenure; others are given by a combination of these. All, in practice, are highly gendered: under customary tenure regimes women tend to have only secondary rights to resources, and the extent to which women benefit from natural resource rights policy reforms may be limited.
The Centre of African Studies invites applicants for its Research Fellowships from men and women who propose research which examines the gendered dimension of access to resources, the importance of this for livelihoods, and the constraints and opportunities of intervening in tenure regimes of different kinds. Proposals that explore dimensions of this theme, in a rural or urban context in Africa, are encouraged. The closing date for completed applications is 1 October 2003 and applications received after this date will be declined.
For further information on this fellowship and future fellowship themes see http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/applicationpackage/applicationpackage.html
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship Washington, DC Deadline for Applications: October 1, 2003 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the opening of its 2004-2005 fellowship competition. Fellows are provided stipends that include round trip travel, private offices, access to the Library of Congress, Windows based personal computers and research assistants.
The deadline for Applications is October 1, 2003. To learn more about the program and to apply, please visit http://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships Found in Centre of African Studies May 2003 newsletter "African News"
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Program Deadline for Applications: October 25, 2003
US Dept. of Education This program provides grants
to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral
students to conduct research in other countries in
modern foreign languages and area studies for periods
of 6 to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western
Europe are not eligible. For complete details, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/ddrap.html
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES Contemporary Africa: Challenges, Realities, and Renaissance Institute for Teachers University of Kansas June 9-20, 2003 The University of Kansas African Studies Resource Center presents a two-week Institute for teachers. The title is "Contemporary Africa: Challenges, Realities, and Renaissance." This institute is recommended for any teachers, educators, or graduate students who teach and learn about Africa in their classrooms, or who seek quality information and thought-provoking discussion about different aspects of African culture and societies.
It's designed to address challenges and problems encountered in learning and teaching about Africa. Using a multi-faceted teaching approach, including presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations, video illustrations, and hands on library research. Specific topics of study will include teaching resources and methodology, current African issues (media stereotypes, women, health, human rights, ethnic conflicts, politics, and HIV/AIDS); plus culture, languages, music/dance, literature, and religion. A visit to see African art collections at Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City is planned as well as featuring teaching resources available at the Kansas City Zoo and Kansas University's Museum of Anthropology. The closing day will include an elaborate ceremony featuring culture, music, dance, and foods of the people of the Horn of Africa, namely Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia.
For more information, contact Khalid El-Hassan Tel: (785) 864-1064 Email: elhassan@ku.edu A $40 materials fee and a completed registration form may be sent to: African Studies Resource Center University of Kansas 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm 10 Lawrence, KS 66045-7574
Late registration after June 1, 2003 is $45.
Summer Cooperative African Language Institute (SCALI) Ohio University June 23-August 8, 2003 >From June 23rd through August 8th, Ohio University in Athens will host the national Summer Cooperative African Language Institute (SCALI). This intensive 7-week institute will provide the equivalent of 1-year of African language instruction with exposure to the culture and traditions associated with the chosen language. SCALI is funded by the US Department of Education and offered collaboratively by the Title VI National Resource Centers for African Language and Area Studies. These include: Indiana University, African Studies Program Michigan State University, African Studies Center Stanford University, Center for African Studies University of California, Berkeley, Center for African Studies University of California, Los Angeles, African Studies Center University of Florida, Center for African Studies University of Illinois, Center for African Studies University of Kansas, African Studies Resources Center University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Consortium University of Wisconsin, African Studies Program Yale University, Council on African Studies
For more information, please visit http://www.ohiou.edu/linguistics/dept/SCALI/Index.html or contact: Catherine Cutcher Assistant Director African Studies Program Ohio University Center for International Studies RTEC 307 D Athens, OH 45701 Phone: (740) 597-1511 Fax: (740) 593-1837 Email: cutcher@ohio.edu
JOB OPPORTUNITIES Workshop
Convener, Resource Persons CODESRIA/SEPHIS 2003 Extended
Workshop on Social History Labor, Gender, Class and
Ethnicity September 22-October 12, 2003 Dakar, Senegal
Deadline for Applications: May 15, 2003 The third CODESRIA/SEPHIS
Extended Workshop on New Theories and Methods in Social
History will be held from September 22 to October 12,
2003. The theme for the 2003 session is Labor, Gender,
Class and Ethnicity. The Workshop will be organized
around the comparative experiences of Africa, Latin
America, Asia and the Caribbean.
The aim of the Workshop is to bring together about 15 young historians for a period of three weeks of joint reflection, knowledge building and training. The participants will follow a program designed to permit them to share experiences improve on the theoretical and methodological quality of their work. The main objective of the Workshop is to promote discussion and debate on recent methodological and theoretical developments in Social History. To this end, participants will be encouraged to carry out their reflections in a comparative perspective. Within this framework, participants will also be offered practical support in sharpening their skills on how to write an article, plan a research project, and submit a research proposal for funding.
The workshop will be held in Dakar, Senegal. CODESRIA will provide a stimulating and pleasant environment within which participants selected can work. The Council will also take care of the air travel, accommodation, and local transport expenses of the participants. Furthermore, a subsistence allowance to cover living expenses will be provided. Local excursions will be organized for the laureates in order to make their stay more enjoyable.
The Workshop Convener will be expected to put in a total of about six months of work before, during and after the Workshop. Most of this time will be devoted to the preparation of the full program for the Workshop, the production of an accompanying bibliographic list for the use of the participants, and the overall management of the proceedings of the Workshop. The Convener is responsible for all the scientific aspects of the sessions. To this effect, the Convener, with the support of CODESRIA and SEPHIS, will:
1. Help identify other resource persons to be invited to help animate the Workshop 2. Participate in the selection of the laureates 3. Prepare a detailed program for the three-week duration of the Workshop 4. Ensure that a course outline is prepared by the resource-persons, in cooperation with CODESRIA; 5. Participate in the development of a bibliography for the Workshop, in collaboration with CODESRIA and the CODESRIA Information and Documentation Centre (CODICE); 6. Give lectures/seminars which relate to theoretical and methodological approaches in Social History; 7. Give lectures on how to write a research proposal / a book review; 8. Review and make comments on students' individual research proposals and/or research paper; 9. Produce a final evaluation report of the Workshop.
CODESRIA will provide the Convener with a return air ticket from her/his place of residence to Dakar. Accommodation in Dakar during the three-week duration of the workshop will be taken care of by CODESRIA. An Honorarium will also be paid.
The resource persons are required to participate in the Workshop by giving intensive three-day courses on the latest developments in Social History in their respective areas of research interest. Lectures in the sessions of the Workshop are not expected to be simple introductory courses, but thought-provoking presentations that are meant to help advance the reflections of participants on the main topic, and on their own research topics. Resource persons are, therefore, senior scholars or scholars in their mid-career who have published extensively on the topic, and who have a significant contribution to make to the debates on it.
Once selected, resource persons are required to: 1. Submit a copy of their lectures for reproduction and distribution to participants, not later than two weeks before the lecture begins 2. Identify tasks which the participants can undertake in a seminar setting and take responsibility for conducting the seminar 3. Deliver their lectures, participate in debates and comment on students' research proposals
CODESRIA shall provide to the resource persons an economy class return ticket from their place of residence to Dakar. An honorarium will also be paid for their services. Furthermore, CODESRIA will also provide them with a daily per diem which will cover their accommodation, feeding and local transportation expenses.
Applicants for the position of Course Convener should submit: 1. An application letter 2. A curriculum vitae 3. A two-page proposal, indicating the skeletal course outline they hope to develop and showing in what ways the course would be original or responsive to the needs of prospective laureates, specifically focusing on the issues to be covered in each sub-theme
Applications for the position of a resource person should include: 1. An application letter 2. A curriculum vitae 4. A one-page abstract of their proposed lectures The deadline for the submission of applications (to be written in English) is 15 May, 2003 for the Director an resource persons.
Applications and requests for more information should be sent to: "Extended Workshop for Young Historians" CODESRIA/SEPHIS Programme Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop, angle Canal IV B.P. 3304, Dakar, Senegal Fax: (221) 824 12 89 Tel.: (221) 825 98 22/23 E-mail: ndeye.gueye@codesria.sn
Winrock International: Irrigated Rice Specialist-Mali Winrock International is a private, non-profit organization that seeks to increase economic opportunity, agricultural productivity, rural employment, and protect the environment. The organization heads programs that aim to improve resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged in some 40 countries around the world.
For further information, contact Winrock International Volunteer Program 38 Winrock Drive Morrilton, AK 72110 USA Tel: 501-727-5435 Fax: 501-727-5426 Email: tgeorge@winrock.org Website: http://www.winrock.org
World Vision: Operations Director-Sierra Leone World Vision seeks an operations director for Sierra Leone. The operations director is responsible to lead, support and coordinate field operations of World Vision Sierra Leone, to ensure that they are efficient and effective, and meet the goals and objectives of World Vision and community partners as laid out in the annual operations plan and grant agreements.
The position requires a M.A. or postgraduate degree in development related subjects, strong oral and written communication skills as well as good cross-cultural communication skills. Computer literacy, including word processing and spreadsheet skills, knowledge of and commitment to the ethos, core values and mission statement of World Vision are also necessary. Please send resumes and cover letters to: International Recruiting World Vision US Suite 270 220 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002
Browne Global Solutions: Interpreters
Browne Global Solutions is a language company that hires out freelance interpreters for immigration court all across the US. We are currently in need of speakers of many African languages including but not limited to: Soninke, Fula/Fulani, Hausa, Ewe, Twi, Wolof, Hassaniya, Songo, Bambara, Mandingo, Malinke, Bassa, Nubian, etc.
If interested, please contact: Katharyn Quintanilla, Regional Project Coordinator Bowne Global Solutions 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, Suite 308 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 800-423-6756 ext.137 Fax: 202-496-0608 katharyn.quintanilla@bowneglobal.com www.bowneglobal.com
African Studies Center University of Pennsylvania 647
Williams Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Phone: (215)-898-6971
Fax: (215)-573-7379 e-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
Website: http://www.africa.upenn.edu
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