JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin, (10/27/08)

J U A

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 4, Fall 2008
October 27, 2008

Dear JUA Readers,

Please find attached the fourth 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, November 5, 2008.

Sincerely yours,

Namrata Poddar
JUA Editor

CONTENTS:

EVENTS
CONFERENCES : CALL FOR PAPERS
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
ACADEMIC JOBS
NON ACADEMIC JOBS/ INTERNSHIPS
OTHER RESOURCES

PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS

FALL 2008 K-12 TEACHER WORKSHOP SERIES: GHANA TURNED 50! PAST, PRESENT AND

FUTURE OF THIS REMARKABLE NATION

On Saturday, November 8th from 9:00AM-3:00PM, the African Studies Center will conduct the above K-12 Teacher Workshop, that will include touring the Penn Museum's magnificent collections from Africa, a themed lunch and networking with fellow teachers. Speakers will cover politics, current affairs, culture, food and health in Ghana. Please make a check of $30 payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and mail it to Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19104. RSVP: deshmukh@sas.upenn.edu or 215-898-4065. For more information on the K-12 Workshop Series, please visit www.africa.upenn.edu

PENN MUSEUM EXHIBIT : IYARE! SPLENDOR AND TENSION IN BENIN'S PALACE THEATRE

November 8, 2008 through March 1, 2009

For centuries, Nigeria's Benin Kingdom was one of West Africa's most-renowned and powerful political states, its unsurpassed artists recording personalities, ceremonies, and deities. Benin's Edo people still profess loyalty to their monarch the Oba, even as they fully participate in modern life. Inside the Benin palace, noblemen and women meet, as they always have, to play out rivalries, reenact historic conflicts, impress, inspire, plan, and gossip with one another. Nearly 100 objects from the Penn Museum's extraordinary Benin collection of cast bronzes, carved ivories and wooden artifacts are in the exhibition. They date from the 16th to the 21st centuries and help to illuminate the activities-cultural, religious, political, and intensely social-that make up the experience of palace life. "Actors" and "audiences" alike--the Oba, chiefs, courtiers, commoners, and visitors--participate. For more information, please visit
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/iyare/index.shtml

EAT YOUR WAY THROUGH GHANA!

On October 30th from 6pm to 8 pm, join the Christian Association at Penn for Ghanaian food and discussion about Ghana. Learn more about the Open Mind for Africa Grant in honor of Dr. Louise Shoemaker. Dinner is free for students and $10 for faculty and staff, with RSVP by October 23. Due to high interest and attendance, we will NOT be taking guests at the door, so please RSVP. Please contact upennca@dolphin.upenn.edu , 215 746 6350 for more details or visit www.upennca.org

*********NATIONAL EVENTS**********

REEL AFRICA AT RUTGERS FILM FESTIVAL 2008-2009

Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters, visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

TALK AT RUTGERS

On Tuesday, November 11th, at 12.30 pm in the Seminar Room, 88 College Avenue, the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Tuesday Morning Seminar Series "Vernacular Epistemologies" will present a talk by RCHA Fellow Moses Chikowero entitled, "Vernacular Intellectuals? African Musicians, Discordant Modernity and the Roots of Chimurenga Songs in early Colonial Zimbabwe." Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

EVENTS AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER

(Langston Hughes Auditorium, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801). For more information, please visit http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/prog/sch/schprog.cfm

SCHOMBURG FILM SCREENINGS: RESISTANCE AND REVOLT IN AFRICAN DIASPORA

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM 4 p.m. "The Twelve Disciples" of Nelson Mandela shows through the stories of 12 young comrades from Bloemfontein how over 30 years the African National Congress (ANC) built a successful worldwide movement which eventually toppled the white supremacist regime.
5:30 p.m. "Thomas Sankara" tells the story of Captain Thomas Sankara, the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution in the former Upper Volta known today as Burkina Faso.

KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICA: THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS

African Studies Association presents the 2008 Annual Meeting entitled, "Knowledge of Africa: The Next Fifty Years". The ASA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Annual Meeting which was held September 8-10, 1958 in Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago.

CONFERENCES: CALL FOR PAPERS

AFRICA IN MOTION: GLOBAL HEALTH, MARKETS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS

February 6-7, 2009, Northwestern University

Since its inception in 1948, the Program of African Studies has brought together scholars from all disciplines of study and from all over the world to Northwestern University, making it a hub for research on Africa and the Diaspora. This confluence of disciplines brings together different focuses, methods of study, and theories. It is this cross-fertilization of information that has became the actualization of Melville Herskovits' vision. This interdisciplinary two-day conference focuses on some of the key issues in African Studies today while reflecting on each topic as an issue that originated from a moment in history and that will continue to develop in different directions in the future. The conference will involve established and up-and-coming scholars, graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines. Participants will be drawn from the humanities as well as from the law and business sectors. Please contact Kate Dargis at 847-491-7323 or african-studies@northwestern.edu for more details, or visit http://www.northwestern.edu/pasanniversary/events.html

DRESS, POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL ACTION

March 13-14, 2009, at Northwestern University

How does dress in particular and popular culture in general constitute and inspire social action? The dressed body readily becomes a flash point of conflicting values, fueling contests in historical encounters, in interactions across class, between genders and generations, and in recent global cultural, and economic exchanges. Popular culture as mass circulations of expressive forms rising from day-to-day discourse and action becomes the real and imagined reflections of the complicity and contestation, the desire and discontent, of power and it machinations. This interdisciplinary conference focuses on the dynamic range of micro and macro social action and how it is generated, sustained, and may culminate into transnational social movements that are enlivened by dress and popular culture.
This two-day event will involve established and up-and-coming scholars (graduate students) in presentations, visual, and performance events. Call for scholarly papers to be issued by September 30, 2008, with particular encouragement to participants from Africa. Abstracts due by December 1, 2008. Please contact Kristine Barker at 847-491-7323 or african-studies@northwestern.edu for more details; or visit http://www.northwestern.edu/pasanniversary/events.html

CFP: NOLLYWOOD & BEYOND: TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE AFRICAN VIDEO INDUSTRY

CONVENERS

international Conference on "Nollywood and Beyond: Transnational Dimensions of the African Video Industry". As popular culture, Nollywood has held the attention of scholars and cinema enthusiasts in recent years. And as a cinema industry, critics and scholars have compared it to the major cinema industries in the world. Described as the fastest growing cinema industry today, Nollywood produces more than 1000 full length video features every year, outstripping the production regimes in Hollywood and Bollywood. Once regarded by local critics as a mere flash in the pan, Nollywood has grown from strength to strength and has indeed proven the cultural and cinema enthusiasts wrong.

Perhaps the most spectacular invention of Nollywood as an African visual practice is the mobilization of a block spectatorship that is not only national and transnational but also diasporic. In one documentary film after the other, this point has been made repeatedly. In This is Nollywood, for instance, workers in the industry who were interviewed point to the popularity of Nollywood film, the link to some pan-African agenda and to a transnational and diasporic spectatorship that is expanding and vigorously engaged with the world of Nollywood films. This conference seeks to trouble these notions and their linkages to Nollywood. More specifically, the conference seeks to ask and attempts to provide answers to questions around the transnationality and the transnational spectatorship of Nollywood video films. It will deal with the audience and the culture that Nollywood produces for Africa and the world. As part of the broad frame of interrogation, the conference would attempt to provide answers to questions that the local successes of Nollywood have brought to the discursive arena of African cinema as a whole. For example, is there a need to re-think the theory of African cinema in the light of the popularity of Nollywood on the continent? What is pan-African about and in Nollywood? What are the linkages to other emerging African video industries, and how does the infrastructure of Nollywood's transnational circulation look like? How is Nollywood consumed in European and North American film festivals; how on television screens beyond Nigeria? The conveners of this conference invite paper proposals in these and in any other areas of video studies in Africa. Please, submit your proposal to Prof. Matthias Krings (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany) at krings@uni-mainz.de and Prof. Onookome Okome(University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) at ookome@ualberta.ca no later than November 15, and full paper no later than February 20, 2009.

FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

FREDERICK DOUGLASS INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

1. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program invites applications form scholars who hold a Ph.D. degree in a field related to the African and African-American experience. It carries an annual stipend of $35,000 and supports the completion of a research project for one academic year. The Fellow will teach two courses (one per semester) in his or her area of specialization.

2.The Predoctoral Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student of any university who studies aspects of the African and African-American experience. This fellowship, which carries an annual stipend of $23,000, does not come with any teaching obligation, but will require the Fellow to work with the Institute's Director in organizing colloquium, lectures, and other events. The principal aim of this award is to expedite the completion of the Fellow's dissertation.

3.The Fellowship for Graduate Studies is offered to students who want to begin their graduate careers in African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester. It comes with a tuition waver and a $10,000-$12,000 annual stipend.

All Fellows must be full time residents during the tenure of their awards. Application deadline for the three fellowships is January 31, 2009. For details, contact the Director for Research Fellowships, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester, at fdi@mail.rochester.edu or visit the website at http://www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/index.html

MELLON/ACLS DISSERTATION COMPLETION FELLOWSHIPS AND RECENT DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS FELLOWSHIPS

ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) invites applications for the third annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships. These year-long fellowships in support of Ph.D. dissertation completion in the humanistic disciplines are the first part of the Mellon/ACLS Early Career Fellowships Program. These fellowships carry a stipend and benefits up to a total of $33,000. Under this program, ACLS will award 65 Fellowships to graduate students in American universities, who will be expected to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure or shortly thereafter. Application deadline: November 12, 2008.

The second element of the program is the Mellon/ACLS Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. This competition to commence next year & will provide recent recipients of the doctorate with a stipend to support a year of research, within the context of an academic position (as new hires), in affiliation with a humanities research center, or independent of institutional affiliation. These fellowships are fewer in number (25), and awardees will be selected from a pool that includes Fellows in the first part of the program, other highly ranked applicants from that earlier competition, and winners of other, similar awards such as the Whiting Fellowships. Application deadline: December 10, 2008.

For more information, please visit the website at http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE POST-DOCTORAL MELLON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN RACE AND

ETHNICITY

The Center for Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Connecticut College has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow who specializes in race and ethnicity. This is a two-year appointment, commencing fall 2009, that emphasizes both teaching and scholarship. The fellowship is one of five, each located in an interdisciplinary academic center, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The CCSRE Mellon fellow will teach two courses per year: one a mid-level course on race; the other, a capstone course on a topic like race and the arts or affirmative action. He or she will work with the Center Director in building collaborative curricular initiatives across the college. Fellows will have extensive opportunities and support to pursue their own research program and may also work closely with a faculty member on collaborative research. For more information, please contact Sufia Mendez Uddin, Interim Director, The Center for Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320, 860-439-2954. Email: suddin@conncoll.edu. Website http://www.conncoll.edu/employment/1195.htm

MODELING INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY: A POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM IN THE HUMANITIES AND

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Washington University announces the ninth year of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and social sciences. Beginning in September of 2001 the Fellowship Program has brought to Washington University new and recent Ph.D.s who wish to strengthen their own advanced training and to participate in the university's ongoing interdisciplinary programs and seminars. The Postdoctoral Fellows receive two-year appointments with stipends; for the 2009-10 academic year the annual stipend will be $44,450. Fellows will outline a plan for their own continuing research to be pursued with a senior faculty mentor from Washington University. Over the course of their two-year appointment, fellows will teach three undergraduate courses and collaborate during a spring term in leading a seminar in the theory and methods of interdisciplinary research. There is no application form; applicants should submit a cover letter, a description of their research program (no more than three single-spaced pages), a brief proposal for the seminar in theory and methods, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation. All materials must be submitted in paper copy. Submit materials by December 1, 2008, to Steven Zwicker, Department of English, Washington University, Campus Box 1122, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130; 314-935-5190. Washington University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Employment eligibility verification requested upon hire.

Website: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~szwicker/mellonpostdoc/

2009-10 FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION

Each year, the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, invites up to twenty scholars to be in residence for the full academic year to pursue their own research. The School welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology and anthropology. It encourages social scientific work with an historical and humanistic bent and also entertains applications in history, philosophy, literary criticism, literature and linguistics. Applicants must have a Ph.D. at time of application. Each year there is a general thematic focus that provides common ground for roughly half the scholars; for 2009-2010 the focus will be Education, Schools, and the State. The application deadline is November 15, 2008. Applications must be submitted through the Institute's online application system, which can be found, along with more information, at www.sss.ias.edu/applications.

THE FULBRIGHT-HAYS FACULTY RESEARCH ABROAD

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The deadline for transmittal of applications is December 3, 2008. The estimated range of fellowship awards is $25,000-$115,000. The estimated average size of fellowship awards is $70,000. Additional information is available online at: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-4/102208c.html

FULBRIGHT-HAYS DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD (DDRA)

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States. The deadline for transmittal of applications is November 13, 2008. The estimated range of fellowship Awards is $15,000-$60,000. The estimated average size of fellowship awards is $37,000. Additional information is available online at: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/092408b.html

ACADEMIC JOBS

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN DIASPORA

The Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, (http://polisci.ucsd.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position with a specialization in the politics of African and Afro-Caribbean migration. This position is part of the campus-wide initiative California Cultures in Comparative Perspective (http://calcultures.ucsd.edu). Applicants from all subfields are welcome. Applicants must demonstrate excellence or promise of excellence in research and teaching and a strong theoretical and methodological background. A Ph.D. is preferred, but A.B.D. candidates will be considered if substantial progress toward completion of the dissertation is shown. Appointment level will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Salary will be based on published UC pay scales.
To apply, submit a letter of interest describing your research, training, teaching, and leadership efforts and/or contributions to diversity; a current curriculum vitae; publication/writing samples; and three letters of recommendation (under separate cover) to: Chair, African Diaspora Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Dept. 0521, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0521. Review of application files will begin on October 15, 2008 but will continue until an offer has been accepted. Please email cai@ucsd.edu with questions. UCSD is an EO/AA employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence through diversity.

OHIO UNIVERSITY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN POLITICS

The Department of Political Science at Ohio University invites applications for a tenure track appointment in African Politics with a thematic emphasis in Development or Democratization. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in African and Comparative Politics. Ohio University is a Title VI African National Resource Center (www.african.ohio.edu) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The University serves 20,000 students on a residential campus located in the hills of southeastern Ohio. The Department of Political Science (www.ohiou.edu/pols) has 25 faculty members, 450 majors, and 80 graduate students; we strongly encourage applications from those who would complement the diversity of our intellectual community. Appointment will be at the rank of assistant professor. To apply, please complete and submit the online quick application https://www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/and send letter of application, vita, graduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation, a sample of scholarly writing and evidence of teaching effectiveness to:Ohio University African Politics Search Committee, Department of Political Science, Bentley Annex 264 Athens, OH 45701. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2008 and continue
until the position is filled.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICA

The Women and Gender Studies Institute (WGSI) and the Program in African Studies at New College, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, invite applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2009. The successful candidate will have a research program and teaching experience in feminist studies with a focus on Africa. We especially encourage applications from scholars in any discipline who will enhance WGSI's strengths in transnational feminist studies and the existing African Studies Program at New College. We would welcome expertise in the following areas, but not limited to: postcolonial studies or literature; cultural production and media; migration and diasporas; economics, geography, and the politics of the region. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. completed or near completion in Women and Gender Studies, African Studies, or any relevant area, demonstrated potential for excellence in research and in teaching. We anticipate a teaching load equivalent to two full-year courses. The majority of the teaching and administrative responsibilities will lie in WGSI (70%), with one half course and light administrative responsibilities in the African Studies program (30%). Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Additional information on the Institute and College can be obtained through our respective Web sites: http://www.utoronto.ca/wgsi/ and http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/. Applications will be accepted online until 1 November, 2008. We encourage you to submit your application online at: http://www.jobs.utoronto.ca/faculty.htm. See ad# 800817. Please ensure that you include a covering letter with a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, an outline of your research program, and a teaching portfolio including evaluations. Please arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly by the referees to the mailing address below. If you are unable to apply online (or alternatively have large documents to send), please submit your application and other materials to: Professor Bonnie McElhinny, Director, Women and Gender Studies Institute, New College, 40 Willcocks Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C6, Canada. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY

Westminster College has an open position in History at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 2009. Relevant specialties include modern Asian (preferred), modern African, or European colonial history; must be able to teach World History, Western Civilization and other survey courses. Demonstrated teaching excellence at the undergraduate level and Ph.D. required. Strong sense of collegiality, evidence of scholarly achievement or potential, and ability to engage students in undergraduate research preferred. Westminster College has an institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and strongly encourages candidates from groups historically underrepresented in higher education. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College's distinctive educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives and intercultural understanding. Opportunities exist for foreign travel-study. Duties include a 24-credit hour annual teaching load. Review of applications will begin December 1, with interviews at the AHA Job Center in New York City in January 2009. Send CV, cover letter, evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., sample syllabi and/or course evaluations) and at least three letters of reference and contact information for an additional three references to Mary Jane Chase, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105 or mjchase@westminstercollege.edu. For more information about Westminster College, visit our website: www.westminstercollege.edu.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - PAN AMERICAN (UTPA), ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SUB-SAHARAN

AFRICA

The University of Texas - Pan American (UTPA), Department of History & Philosophy is seeking an Assistant Professor - East Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa tenure-track professor . For our sixth tenure-track hire in two years, we seek a scholar of East Asia, South Asia, or sub-Saharan Africa starting Fall 2009. Applicants must have received their Ph.D by Fall 09. Strong preference will be given to candidates providing substantial evidence of their potential for future publication. Both classroom excellence and research are of crucial importance. The teaching load is a minimum of 3/3 and the typical undergraduate class is capped at thirty-five. Work includes both courses in your specialty and survey courses in World Civilization and United States history. Salary and benefits are competitive. Local housing costs rank among the lowest of all U.S. metropolitan areas and we are near both the coast (Padre Island National Seashore) and Mexico.
Applicants should submit a curricula vita, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample to UTPA , College of Arts and Humanities, Dean's Office; Attn: Search East Asia Search , Edinburg, TX 78539., Review of applications will begin November 1, 2008 and will continue until filled. Foreign transcripts must be converted to U.S. equivalency. To learn more about the university and college, please visit our websites at www.utpa.edu and http://coah.utpa.edu/ UTPA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. This position is security-sensitive as defined by the Texas Education Code 51.215(c) and Texas Government Code§411.094(a) (2). Texas law requires faculty members whose primary language is not English to demonstrate proficiency in English as determined by a satisfactory grade of 500 or greater on the International Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Applicants should submit a curricula vita, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample to UTPA, College of Arts and Humanities, Dean's Office; Attn: East Asia Search, Edinburg, TX 78539. Website: http://www.utpa.edu

***********NON ACADEMIC JOBS/INTERNSHIPS**********

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HISTORIAN, AFRICA

The U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, DC) Office of Special Investigations, seeks an Africa specialist for a full-time position (GS-0170-13/14) assisting in identifying, investigating, and prosecuting human rights violators who have obtained U.S. citizenship. Duties include conducting research, interviewing witnesses, finding and analyzing evidence, and writing extensive reports on complex issues related to human rights abuses. Salary range: $82,961 - $127,442. Requirements: U.S. citizenship, fluency in English and French, experience in conducting primary-source research pertaining to Africa, Ph.D. or ABD in a humanities or social science specializing in Africa or equivalent experience. Knowledge of Swahili and/or other African languages desirable. To apply, use search term "08-CRM-DEU-SA-072" (the Job Annoucement Number) at www.usajobs.com. For questions, call Jeffrey Richter at (202) 305-8731.
Contact Info: Shelly Adams U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Bond Building, 5th Floor 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20530. Phone: (202)616-0096. Fax: (202)353-0775 Email: CRIMINAL.CRMJOBS@USDOJ.GOV. Website: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/links/osi.html

CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE 30TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING PROGRAM,

MONTREAL, CANADA

The next session of the International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) will take place from June 14 to July 3, 2009. The International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) is at the heart of Equitas' activities. Now in its 30th year, this annual three-week education event brings together over 120 participants from approximately 60 countries. The IHRTP is an intermediate-level program. It provides a unique opportunity for human rights workers and educators to deepen their understanding of human rights and of the essential role of human rights education in effecting social change. Please note that the deadline for application is November 21, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.equitas.org/english/programs/IHRTP.php

OTHER RESOURCES

PUBLISHING, BOOKS & READING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

The above new reference resource, a new, completely revised and fully updated edition of a bibliography first published over ten years ago, is now available. Published in both print and online formats, "Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography" charts the growth of publishing and book development in the countries of Africa south of the Sahara, as well as containing a large number of entries on many other topics as they relate to books, reading, and the "book chain" in Africa. More details, including the complete table of contents and the preface to the new edition, can be found at http://www.hanszell.co.uk/pbrssa/index.shtml

PAMBAZUKA NEWS

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

OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES IN AFRICA

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

CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: MODERNITY AND AFRICAN ART

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

CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND ECONONICS IN FINANCE AFRICA

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

PAN AFRICAN VISIONS

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

IDP NEWS ALERT

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

THE UCLA GLOBALIZATION RESEARCH CENTER-AFRICA REGION.

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

TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU)

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

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

NEWSLETTER

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

AFRICAN COLOURS, ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

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

AFRICAN JOURNALS ONLINE (AJOL)

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

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

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

CODESRIA RESEARCH AND POLICY DIALOGUE PROGRAMME

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

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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

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

AFRICA

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

ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEBSITE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY

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

ONLINE FORUM: WOMEN IN AFRICA

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

SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND

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

USAID HIV/AIDS E-NEWSLETTER

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

AFRICA: HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE LAUNCHED

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

JOURNAL OF PAN AFRICAN STUDIES ON-LINE EDITION LAUNCHED

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

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ON-LINE

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

Website: http://www.sahistory.org.za.

H-AFRICA ONLINE DISCUSSION NETWORK

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

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Elizabeth MacGonagle. Crafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2007.

John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, Deborah James, eds. *Picturing a Colonial Past: The African Photographs of Isaac Schapera*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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