MSU Tuesday Bulletin, 11/04/03
Issue No. 11 Fall 2003
November 4, 2003
Weekly News from the AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 100 INTERNATIONAL CENTER
EAST LANSING MI 48824-1035
For back issues, see archive <http://africa.msu.edu>
BULLETIN CONTENTS
EVENTS
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOBS
EVENTS
November 6, Thursday
"Lessons from a Decade of Cotton Sector Reform in SSA," African Studies Center Brown Bag
with David Tschirley, Faculty (Agricultural Economics, MSU), 12:00 noon, Room 201,
International Center.
November 7, Friday
"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Malawi: What Farmers Face and How They Cope with HIV/AIDS,"
CASID/WID Forum with Edward Mazhangara, Doctoral student (Dept. of Agricultural Economics,
MSU), 12:00 noon, Room 201, International Center.
November 11, Tuesday
"Sustainable Development in Africa," International Business Forum with Special guest speaker Amin Alexander Tejani, Director (Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce), luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m., Michigan Athletic Club, East Lansing, MI. Please call Beverly Wilkins, (517) 353-4336 or e-mail: wilkinsb@msu.edu for reservations. Luncheon cost is $20.
November 13, Thursday
"Rebuilding Africa's Scientific Capacity in Food and Agriculture," African Studies Center
Brown Bag with Carl Eicher, Univ. Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Agricultural Economics,
MSU), 12:00 noon, Room 201, International Center.
MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS
Global Festival 2003
The MSU Global Festival will be held Sunday,
November 16, 2003 at the MSU Union from 12:00 noon
to 5:00 p.m.
MSU international student organizations and area
nationality groups will share their cultures with exhibits;
performances of ethnic dances & music; fashion shows;
and demonstrations of native games and crafts. The
World Gift Shop offers an international variety of art
works, jewelry, glassware, clothing, stamps, and a
multitude of gift items (proceeds support the scholarship
fund for spouses of international students to attend MSU
classes).
You are welcome to contribute saleable international
items or make donations to the Scholarship Fund.
Contact: Lillian Kumata, (517) 351-6046. The Global
Caf‚, serving ethnic cuisine, is open from noon to 3:00
p.m., with ala carte offerings on the second floor all
afternoon.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer Institute - Ohio University
June 21 - August 6, 2004
The national Summer Cooperative African Language
Institute (SCALI) program, hosted by Ohio University,
is an intensive 7-week institute which provides the
equivalent of one year of African language instruction
with exposure to the culture and traditions associated
with the chosen language. SCALI students will be
exposed to a variety of African-centered activities at
Ohio University during Summer 2004. SCALI students
are encouraged to enroll in the program's annual
Institute for the African Child courses for no additional
cost.
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships
are available to support graduate students who are U.S.
citizens or permanent residents enrolled in the SCALI
program. The summer FLAS fellowships provide
tuition and fees, a living stipend of $2,400, and optional
travel grants. FLAS fellowships are supported by the
U.S. Department of Education, National Resource
Centers for African Studies. FLAS applications are due
March 15, 2004. Please visit the web site at
http://www.ohio.edu/SCALI; phone (740) 593-0272;
fax: (740) 593-9476; or e-mail: scali@ohio.edu for
more information.
FELLOWSHIPS
Driskell Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of African
Diaspora at the University of Maryland will award two
fellowships for academic year 2004-05 to scholars and
artists doing innovative research on the African
diaspora, broadly defined. The ten-month fellowship
provides a stipend of US $45,000, plus benefits. Two
fellowships will be awarded. Applicants for the
postdoctoral fellowships should be working on projects
that address aspects of the African Diaspora
understood in the broadest sense from the fifteenth
century onward. The Center is particularly interested in
studies that bridge the disciplines of the humanities, the
performing and visual arts, and the social sciences. The
Center especially welcomes applications from artists
and art historians. The application deadline is
January 5, 2004, however, a letter of intent is requested
to be submitted by December 8, 2003. For more
information, please visit
www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/grants or e-mail:
driskellcenter@umail.umd.edu; Tel: (301) 314-2614;
Fax: (301) 314-0679.
Post Doctoral Fellowships
University of Illinois-Urbana
The Center for African Studies and the College of
Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana
Champaign, is offering two post-doctoral fellowships
for 2004-2005 on the theme of "Education and African
Modernities." The fellowships are part of a three-year
Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Institute that allows
fellows the opportunity to explore, through
interdisciplinary inquiries, the role of higher education,
broadly defined, in and on Africa. Specifically, the
institute focuses on three inter-related themes revolving
around education as a site of knowledge production and
dissemination, socialization, stratification, and struggle.
Each year the institute is organized around a broad
theme and
supports two post-doctoral fellowships (ten months in duration).
The stipend for this ten-month fellowship will be within
the range of $37,500-$40,000, based on qualifications.
All fellows will be based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,
and some support for relocation expenses, housing and
benefits is also available.
Applications are welcome from the humanities,
education, and social sciences fields, and applicants
must have a Ph.D. or its equivalent for full
consideration. Regional, comparative and
interdisciplinary interests are especially welcome. In
addition to their individual research and writing, the
fellows will be asked to participate in academic forums,
including: seminars, colloquia, symposia, and focused
discussion groups. There are no regular teaching duties
associated with these fellowships. Applicants need not
be U.S. citizens, and international applications are
welcome. For further information about the program,
see the overview of the Rockefeller Humanities
Fellowships at http://www.rockfound.org/ or the
announcement on the Center for African Studies
website: http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/postdoc/ The
application deadline is January 5, 2004;
Send the following materials (electronic applications
welcome with the exception of letters of
recommendation): A copy of the applicant's c.v.; a ten-
page proposal (double-space) detailing the project to be
conducted while in residency; a writing sample (a book
chapter or article); and three letters of recommendation
(hard copy only). Submit to: Center for African
Studies, Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Fellowships, 210
ISB, 910 S. Fifth Street, University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820-U.S.A.; Tel: (217)-
333-6335; Fax: (217) 244-2429; E-
mail:swisher@uiuc.edu; Website: www.afrst.uiuc.edu.
JOBS
Assistant Professor &
Coordinator of African Languages Program
The University of Florida's Center for African Studies
and the Department of African and Asian Languages and
Literatures is seeking to hire a tenure-track assistant
professor and coordinator of the African languages
program, to begin in Fall 2004.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree in a field related
to African languages or literatures, language pedagogy
or education, or linguistics. Native or near-native
fluency in one or more African languages is also
expected. Other qualifications include an excellent
research record and distinction in teaching and
mentoring students. Familiarity with Title VI African
language programs and with relevant professional
associations and programs such as ALTA, NCLCTL and
NALRC is highly desirable.
The position will be a joint appointment between the
Center for African Studies and the Department of
African and Asian Languages and Literatures, with the
50% appointment in the Center devoted to the
coordination, supervision and administration of our
growing African languages program. This will include
such things as: recruitment, training and supervision of
language teaching assistants; collection of language
teaching materials; management of an individualized
language instructional program; participation in the
establishment of a B.A. degree in African Languages
and Literatures; serving as the Center's liaison with the
Title VI community, the US Department of Education,
and relevant professional organizations on issues related
to languages.
To apply, please send a letter of application, CV, and
any supporting materials postmarked by December 30,
2003, to: Chair, African languages search committee,
Center for African Studies, P.O. Box 115560, The
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-5560.
Three letters of recommendation should also be sent
directly to the same address. The University of Florida
is an EEO/AA/ADA employer.
Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar