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