MSU Tuesday Bulletin, 11/14/06

Issue No. 12 Fall 2006
November 14, 2006

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 15, Wednesday

"Girl's Education in Tanzania," International Education Week lecture with Gretchen Sanford, Amy Jamison, Michelle Mwalimu, and Sheba Onchiri (International Studies in Education), 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Room 252 Erickson Hall.

November 16, Thursday

No Brown Bag - African Studies Association Meetings in San Francisco, CA

November 16, Thursday

"Global Poverty: How Will History Judge Our Generation?" Lecture by Eveline Herfkens, Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Campaign (United Nations), 7:00 p.m., International Center Library (Room 115).

November 17, Friday

"HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa: When a Pill is Not Enough," Global Health lecture by Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times Editorial writer, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., Room 102 Conrad Hall (North of West Fee Hall). Visit http://www.iew.msu.edu for more information.

November 19, Sunday

MSU Global Festival, MSU Union, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.. Admission is free. More details found at: http://www.isp.msu.edu/oiss/globalfest.

November 23, Thursday

No Brown Bag - Thanksgiving Holiday

November 30, Friday

"Xhosa-English Bilinguals: Grammatical Steps in Language Shift," African Studies Center Brown Bag talk with Carol Myers-Scotton, Adjunct Faculty (Linguistics and Languages), 12:00 noon, Room 201 International Center.

MSU ANNOUNCEMENTS

Global Area & Thematic Initiative Awards (GATI)

GATI announces and requests proposals for its Grants Program for 2006-2007. Proposals may request as much as $20,000 per year for up to three years of support with some matching from departments and colleges. GATI is an effort of MSU international and area centers, with support from the Office of the Dean of ISP and the Provost office, to foster comparative and thematically oriented multi-disciplinary programs of research and curricular development which are likely to bring national prominence to MSU in international and area studies.

Please submit to or discuss proposals with any of the following directors: David Wiley, African Studies Center, (517) 353-1700, wiley@msu.edu; Peter Beattie, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, (517) 432-8222 x137, beattiep@msu.edu; Anne Ferguson, Women & International Development, (517) 353-5040, fergus12@msu.edu; Robert Glew, Center for Advanced Study of International Development, glew@msu.edu; or Michael Lewis, Asian Studies Center, (517) 353-1680, lewism@msu.edu. For information on past projects and guidelines, visit: http://www.isp.msu.edu/gati/.

Proposal deadline is November 17, 2006. Proposals will be considered after the deadline if funds are available.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Film at the Refugee Development Ctr., Lansing, MI

The Rwandan film "Shooting Dogs" will be on the Big Screen at Christ Lutheran Church, 122 S. Pennsylvania, Lansing, MI 48912, at 7:30 p.m. For information call (517) 482-2252 or visit their website at: http://refugeedevelopmentcenter.com.

JOBS

Two Tenure-track positions - Boston University

The African Studies Center at Boston University, is seeking to fill two tenure-track positions in African languages to begin September 2007, pending approval. It is interested in candidates who can provide leadership in developing regional specializations in West African and in South African languages. Native or near-native fluency in African languages, strong research potential, and completion of the PhD at the time of appointment are required. Teaching experience in one or more African languages is preferred. Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV, recent teaching evaluations, a published paper or writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Prof. James Pritchett, Director, or Prof. James McCann, search chair at the African Studies Center, Boston University, 270 Bay State Rd., Boston Massachusetts 02215. Applications received by December 15, 2007 will receive first priority. Boston University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Preliminary interviews will be held at the African Studies Association Meetings in San Francisco, 15-18 November 2006.

Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.