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JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (10/13/03)

J U A
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHY BULLETIN
Issue No.3, Fall 2003
October 13, 2003


CONTENTS:
AREA EVENTS & LECTURE SERIES
CONFERENCES & CALLS FOR PAPERS
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
JOB OPPORTUNITIES


AREA EVENTS & LECTURE SERIES


<<OCTOBER>> October 17, 2003
"K-12 Workshop"
3-5pm
Location: TBA
ASC Outreach Program

October 23, 2003
"Racial and Nonracial Republics: Comparisons of Race and Reconciliation in South Africa and the USA" C.R.D. Halisi
(California State University~Los Angeles) 3-4:30pm
Location: 311 Houston Hall~Griski Room
ASC Democracy in Africa Series

October 23, 2003
"The New Barbarians: Piracy and Terrorism on the North African Frontier"
Paul Silverstein
(Reed College)
4:30-6pm
Location: 202 S. 36th street, Seminar Room 200 MEC Event, ASC Sponsored

October 24, 2003
"African Cultural Festival!!!!"
5:30-8pm
Location: TBA
ASC Language Event

October 24, 2003
"Doing Business in Africa"
8:30am-1:30pm
Location: Houston Hall, Griski Room
ASC Outreach Event
<<NOVEMBER>>
November 6, 2003
"Fashioning Nation: Gender, Power and the Politics of Dress in Nkrumah's Ghana."
Jean Allman
(University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne) 4:30-6pm
Location: 209 College Hall
Annenberg Lecture Series

November 6, 2003
"The State of Leadership in Africa"
Ahmed I. Samatar
(Maclester College)
3-4:30pm
Location: 311 Houston Hall~Griski Room
ASC Democracy in Africa Series

November 13, 2003
"The Map the Slave Made: Saint Bakhita's Footsteps in the Nile Valley" Eve Trout Powell
(University of Georgia)
4:30-6pm
Location: 202 S. 36th St., Seminar Room 200 MEC Event, ASC Sponsored

November 14-15, 2003
2003 Wharton African Business Forum
"Re-inventing Business in Africa: From Entrepreneurship to Corporations"
Location: The Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia). For further info see:
http://www.whartonglobalforum.com/africa/index.asp

November 14, 2003
"K-12 Teachers Workshop"
3-5pm
Location: TBA
ASC Outreach Event

November 21, 2003
"Africa in US Media"
8:30am-1:30pm
Location: Houston Hall~Ben Franklin Room ASC Outreach Event

  <<DECEMBER>>

December 4, 2003
"The Maghrib: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Crossroads" Eric Sellin
(Tulane University)
4:30-6pm
Location: 202 S. 36th St, Seminar Room 200 MEC Event, ASC Sponsored

December 5, 2003
"K-12 Teachers Workshop"
3-5pm
Location: TBA
ASC Outreach Event

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                     CONFERENCES & CALLS FOR PAPERS
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8th ANNUAL ALTA CONFERENCE (April 29th - May 1st, 2004) Hosted by the National African Language Resource Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison and in conjunction with the annual conference of the National Council Of Least Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). The theme of the conference is "Expanding Our Vision for African Language Pedagogy: A Priority for the 21st Century". Abstracts related to the theme of the conference and any aspect of African language teaching and learning to be sent by e-mail attachment to Alwiya Omar: (aomar@indiana.edu). Deadline for submission: January 15th, 2004

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE 36th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSSOCIATION (March 25 - 27, 2004). The conference will be held at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. The theme of the conference is "Civic Engagement in Liberia: Strategies for Peace and Sustainable Development". Please submit your proposal to: Dr. James S. Guseh (jguseh@wpo.nccu.edu) Deadline for submission: February 1, 2004.

SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS


JOHNS HOPKINS INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES: INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS IN PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM. This Fellowship is for the 2004-2005 academic year and affords an opportunity for advanced study, research, and training for up to eight participants each year who are involved in studying or managing private nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations outside of the United States, or working as NGO liaisons in the public or commercial sectors. For more information, or to download an application, visit: http://www.jhu.edu/~philfellow>www.jhu.edu/~philfellow or contact Carol Wessner (cwessner@jhu.edu>cwessner@jhu.edu).

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL. Applicants in fields of social sciences and humanities are eligible. For further information visit the IDRF website at: (www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf) or contact program staff at (idfr@ssrc.org). JOB OPPORTUNITIES
DIRECTOR: THE INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH The University for the Western Cape is looking to appoint a scholar with a proven research record, ideally with experience in managing and giving direction to major research projects. For more information, contact Prof. Martin Legassick (mlegassi@iafrica.com).



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