AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (10/25/06)

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHY BULLETIN
Issue No.4, Fall 2006
October 25, 2006

Dear JUA Readers,

Here is the new issue of JUA, filled with information on Africa-related events, jobs, and resources.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any submissions or questions.

With best wishes,
James De Lorenzi
JUA Editor

LECTURE: CULTURE AND SLAVERY IN THE SUDAN

Ahmed Sikainga, Professor of History at Ohio State University, will be visiting Penn on October 30th to present a lecture entitled "Slavery, Ethnicity, Identity, and Popular Culture in Contemporary Sudan." Dr. Sikainga studies African economic and social history, with a focus on slavery, emancipation, labor, and urban history in the Nile Valley and North Africa. His presentation will be from 1:00 to 2:30 PM in Houston Hall Room 314.

CONFERENCE: AFRICAN BUSINESS FORUM

The annual Wharton African Business Forum (WABF) of the University of Pennsylvania will take place November 11th, 2006, at John Huntsman Hall on Penn campus. The theme for the conference is "Africa: Building New Partnerships, Impacting the Global Economy." The Wharton Africa Business Forum is an integral component of the Wharton Global Business Forum, the pre-eminent business school event addressing the major economic, social and political trends affecting Africa, Asia, Europe, India and Latin America. In its 14th year, the Wharton Africa Business Forum (WABF) is expected to bring together three hundred business leaders, investors, academics, and students with a keen interest in Africa.

OTHER AREA EVENTS

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: "DARFUR DIARIES"

On Tuesday, November 14, 2006, West Chester University will host Jen Marlowe (A Upenn graduate), one of the makers of the documentary film "Darfur Diaries." Ms. Marlowe will be on campus all day for a variety of events, culminating with a showing of her film at 7pm followed by a panel discussion that includes Dr. Lawrence Davidson, a WCU professor of Middle Eastern Studies who returned from a visit to the Sudan in mid-September.

CONFERENCES / EXHIBITS

CONFERENCE: SOCIETY FOR FRANCOPHONE POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES

The Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies is organizing a postgraduate research workshop for the 10th of November, 2006. The workshop will include sessions on presenting your work at conferences, publishing and careers, as well as current research in Francophone postc olonial studies. The workshop is open to all postgraduates working on the colonial and/or postcolonial periods, or colonial and/or postcolonial issues in any area (history, literature, cinema, politics, linguistics, etc) related to metropolitan France and Belgium and/or constituent parts of what is termed "the Francophone world". The day will provide an invaluable opportunity to meet other postgraduates and researchers working in French and Francophone Studies. There is an admission fee of £15 for the postgraduate research workshop (which includes tea/coffee, lunch, and membership of SFPS for 2007). An outline programme and the booking form can be found on the website: www.sfps.ac.uk (follow the link under Conferences and Study Days).

CONFERENCE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS OF AFRICA (ICSAA),

Boston Quincy Marriot, MA, USA (October 26-28, 2006) The International Institute of Justice and development, Inc (IIJD) will host the First International Conference on the State of Affairs in Africa (ICSAA) at the Boston Quincy Marriot Hotel. The conference will bring together experts from all over the world and from international organizations and UN organizations. Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female and newly elected President of Liberia will be the Keynote speaker at this conference. The conference is organized around the themes of democratic governance, judicial institutions, elections and political processes, anticorruption, constitutional legal analysis, public policy, participatory processes, and economic development. For more information, contact (conference.icsaa@iijd.org) or visit (http://www.icsaa.iijd.org).

CONFERENCE: THE DIASPORA AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, Cornell University, NY (November 3-4, 2006) The Institute for African Development at Cornell University is sponsoring a symposium to examine the growing and significant role that the African diaspora plays in the development of their countries of origin and/or ancestral homes. The symposium will bring together an inter-disciplinary group of scholars, including economists, sociologists, political scientists, and others; the African Diaspora (individuals, associations); representatives from financial institutions and the international development organizations, e.g. the World Bank, UNDP, United Nations; the International Migration Organization; the African Union; and the private sector. Through an exchange of views and experiences, the symposium will map out the guidelines/ framework for a greater engagement of the Diaspora in a coordinated and integrated manner to support Africa's development and the implementation of the objectives of NEPAD. For more information, contact (jsb25@cornell.edu).
CONFERENCE: AFRICAN FORCED LABOUR, COMPARED COLONIAL EXPERIENCES, Universidade do Porto, Portugal (November 16-17, 2006) The Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto develops interdisciplinary research on African societies, including projects on one of the most striking phenomenon of the modern period: African forced labour. With the purpose of sharing findings and promoting scientific debate, the CEAUP is presenting a seminar that will cover all forms of forced labour of African origin, from the medieval slave trade to the colonial policies of the XX century, and including both the colonial African regions and the American and Asian societies where African forced labour was integrated. For more details, contact (ceaup@letras.up.pt).
CONFERENCE: AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, San Francisco, California (November 16-19, 2006) The ASA 49th Annual meeting will be held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. The Annual Meeting theme is "(Re)Thinking Africa and the World: Internal Reflections, External Responses." For more information, visit (http://www.africanstudies.org).
FILM FESTIVAL: AFRICAN DIASPORA, Columbia University, NY (October-November, 2006) The African Diaspora Film Festival celebrates the richness and diversity of the Black experience through the presentation of over 70 films. Filmmakers, actors, producers, writers, and educators of diverse ethnic groups, nationalities, and backgrounds highlight and discuss the multifaceted lives of people of African descent from North and Sub Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe. For more details, see the festival website: (www.NYADFF.org).

ONLINE ART EXHIBITION: DUMILE (SOUTH AFRICA)

Dubbed the "Goya of the Townships" for the eloquence of his drawing, Dumile was born in Worcester in the western Cape. An artist of astonishing power who had few opportunities to develop his art, and whose despair led him to substance abuse, Dumile, perhaps more than any other African artist, deserves a proper retrospective. Despite the adversity he faced as a black South African artist, or perhaps because of it, Dumile's work communicated a depth of emotion that was exceptional and there can be no doubt that he deserves a wider audience.(http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/artsmediaculture/gallery/dumile/menu.htm).

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CALL FOR PAPERS: SETTLER COLONIALISM

Settler colonisers come to stay. They seek to replace native peoples on-or, at least, displace them from--their land. Characteristically, the outcome is a conflictual coexistence through which indigenous and invasive societies historically transform one another. In addition to the classic sites of European settler colonialism (Ireland, the Americas, Africa, Australasia), settler colonialism structures relationships as historically and culturally diverse as those between Israelis and Palestinians, Japanese and Ainu, Chinese and Tibetans, Indonesians and Papuans, 'Americans' and Hawaiians, Tswana and Khoi-san. We invite conceptual, comparative, transnational, or locally focused contributions to a wide-ranging interdisciplinary discussion of settler colonialism and indigenous alternatives, past and present. Thematically, papers might address issues such as: native resistance and survival; cultural adaptation and renaissance; invasions and frontiers; sovereignties (titles, treaties, terra nullius, etc.); middle grounds, interludes, spaces of mutuality; internal colonisation; assimilation; race and place (the Pale, reservations, urban zoning, segregation, etc.); settler colonialism and the question of genocide; reparation and reconciliation; diaspora/exile; indigenous people and multiculturalism; settler and indigenous literature; gender; social class; religion; political economy, economics, and colonization. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes. Please send an abstract, of not more than 300 words, to: [irishstudies@nuigalway.ie] before February 1st.

CALL FOR PAPERS: SUFI ARTS, RITUALS, AND PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA, Lawrence KS (2/07) Through exploration of the cultural dimension of Sufism in Africa, this conference seeks to create a deeper understanding of the religion and perhaps to inspire consideration of Islam as something other than an opposing world view. In much of Africa, Sufism is a way of life. As such, it encompasses diverse, rich wells of artistic traditions: visual art practices that include human representation, ritual performance, dance, music, poetry, and literature. Scholarship on Sufism has generally neglected these myriad artistic dimensions, which our conference seeks to highlight. The conference will occur in conjunction with the opening of the traveling exhibition, "A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal," at the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. We solicit papers and panel proposals that address Sufi arts and ritual performances in Africa including - but not limited to - the following themes: visual culture, ritual performance, dance, music, drumming, poetry, architecture and urban design, political arts and performance, or gender in Sufi performance. Please send your contact information and an abstract of 250 words by email to Dr. Gitti Salami (gsalami@ku.edu), by Friday, December 1, 2006.
CALL FOR PAPERS: YOUTH AND IDENTITY IN AFRICA, Dakar, Senegal (12/06) The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites proposals from researchers for consideration for possible inclusion in its new Multinational Working Group (MWG) on the theme of Youth and Identity in Africa. Youth and youth identity is one of the thematic areas at the heart of the current intellectual agenda of the Council; Child and Youth Studies are also established as a core activity in CODESRIA programming. The MWG is the flagship research vehicle employed by CODESRIA for the promotion of multi-country, multi-disciplinary and inter-generational reflections on critical questions of concern to the African social research community. Each MWG is led by two to three coordinators and includes a maximum of fifteen researchers. Three experienced scholars are designated as independent reviewers who serve as discussants during the meetings of the group. The average life span of an MWG is two years during which all aspects of the research process are expected to be completed and the final results prepared for publication in the CODESRIA Book Series. All proposals should be received by 20 November 2006. They will go through an independent evaluation process, the outcome of which will be announced by 15 December, 2006. The short listed candidates will participate in a launching/methodological seminar, which will take place at the end of January 2007. Proposals and all other related correspondences should be sent to: Child and Youth Studies Programme Research Department, CODESRIA, Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV BP : 3304, CP : 18524 Dakar, Senegal. Tel : +221 825 98 22/ 23. See also the following website: [http://www.codesria.org].

CALL FOR ARTICLES: AFRICA AND THE NEW RESOURCE SCRAMBLE

As Africa grapples with what many have termed the "new" scramble for natural resources on the continent, there is an urgent need to put this phenomenon in perspective vis-à-vis the continent's development. Are we seeing a "new" scramble, or perhaps a mutation, or even a deepening, of an old scramble? What drives the "new" scramble for petroleum, gold, diamond, timber, rivers, etc? What is the character of state and (transnational and local) corporate involvement in the "scramble"? What kinds of development and security challenges have emerged or are emerging, especially for local communities and ordinary people in whose immediate ecologies these "strategic" resources are exploited? Are there any emerging patterns of grassroots resistance to the "scramble"? How is the scramble shaping, and being shaped by, grassroots struggles and resistance? What is the "state" of scholarly discourse on grassroots dispossession and empowerment in Africa, with particular reference to natural resource exploitation? Development Southern Africa invites papers from scholars, researchers and policy analysts, for a special issue of the journal to be published during the first half of 2008 under the theme: "Africa and the 'new' Resource Scramble: Emerging Contestations and Insights". Papers must address any of the concerns raised above, or questions related thereto. Researchers who have done recent empirical work that can link primary data to broader theoretical and policy discourses and insights are particularly encouraged to send in submissions. Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2007. Please send your submissions to: [dsa@dbsa.org]. For further enquiries, please contact: Dr. Wilson Akpan, Department of Sociology, University of Fort Hare, East London Campus, 50 Church Street, P.O. Box 7426, East London 5200, South Africa. Tel: +27 43 704 7172 (W); +27 82 462 3608 (M). Fax: +27 86 628 2209. E-mail: wakpan@ufh.ac.za. See also [http://www.zoominfo.com/WilsonAkpan].

CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCE ON THE AFRICA ENVIRONMENT, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

UK (March 28-29, 2007)
The Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh invites submissions for a conference entitled "The Power of Water: Landscape, Water and the State in Southern Africa." The conference will focus on three themes in order to explore the interrelationship between practises and discourses of water, landscape and the state in southern Africa. For more information, see (http://www.cas.ed.ac.uk).

CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCE ON POPULAR CULTURES IN AFRICA, University of Texas at Austin, USA (March 30-April 1, 2007) The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce a three-day conference focusing on the histories, genres, meanings, purposes, and impact of popular cultures in Africa. The aim of the conference is to examine how popular cultures have evolved and contributed to the character of Africa. Participants will be drawn from various countries. Submit proposal that includes a 250-word abstract and title, as well as the authors name, address, telephone number, email address, and institutional affiliation to Conference Convener, Toyin Falola (toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu) or Conference Coordinator, Tyler Fleming (tylerfleming@mail.utexas.edu). For more information, contact Toyin or Tyler.
CALL FOR PAPERS: MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Chicago IL(April 12-15, 2007) In April of each year, the MPSA holds one of the largest political science conferences, we anticipate 4,000 presenters from across the United States and around the world presenting in over 780 sessions. The African Politics section welcomes both panel and paper proposals on all Africa-related topics. Of particular interest are contributions on political economy, basic service provision (primary education and health), and political institutions. Particular interest will also be given to submissions using newly collected data (whether quantitative or qualitative) and to submissions using innovative theoretical methods. For more information, see [http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/conferences/conferences.html].

CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCE ON FRENCH COLONIALISM IN AFRICA

The theme of the 33rd annual conference of the French Colonial Historical Society will be "Rivers and Colonies," but papers on all aspects of the French experience overseas will be considered. The Society encourages scholars from all disciplines to send proposals. Consult the web site for the individual responsible for proposals relating to Africa. The conference will be held in in La Rochelle, France, June 6-10, 2007. See (http://www.frenchcolonial.org) for more details.

CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AFRICA

The Workshop for Advanced Study at the University of Leipzig invites contributions for conference entitled "The Production of Knowledge about Extra-European Areas in Central European Academic Worlds during the "Age of Extremes." In the course of the 20th century the study of world regions like Africa and Latin America was established in European universities and other academic institutions. Though in some cases the origins of this European academic interest in these regions lay even further back into the past, it was during the 20th century that major centres were founded and a whole culture of "area studies" emerged. This workshop asks for decisive characteristics of the emergence and further formation of academic studies on Latin America and Africa in Eastern European universities. Abstracts of no more than 1000 words should be submitted by October 10, 2006. For the invited speakers travel costs will be returned and accommodation will be granted. Final versions of the presented papers should be submitted until April 2007 and will (after evaluation through the planning committee) be published in a volume in autumn of the same year. Papers in the English language will be preferred. Other languages are not necessarily excluded. For further information contact: Jochen Meissner, Zentrum für Höhere Studien, Emil-Fuchs-Str. 1, 04105 Leipzig, Germany (meissner@uni-leipzig.de).

CALL FOR PAPERS: ISSUE ON FEMINISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

The Journal of African Studies is preparing a special edition on "Feminism and Contemporary Culture in South Africa." Articles addressing any aspect of South African culture and women can be sent
to Ronit Frenkel by 1 November 2006, at (ronit@languages.wits.ac.za). Please submit in MS Word, and observe the 10 000 word maximum length.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: ENCYLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE UNITED STATES

Berkshire Publishing Group and CQ Press are preparing the Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on the United States for publication in June 2005. The encyclopedia will explore the role and image of the United States from the viewpoints of the peoples and nations of the world. The editor is searching for African scholars to contribute articles on the African nations that are still unassigned. The articles will include historical coverage as well as a contemporary analysis of that nation's relations with the United States. The unassigned nations in Africa are: Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, and Tunisia. For more information, contact Karen Advokaat
(karen.advokaat@berkshirepublishing.com).

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

The Schlager Group is looking for writers to contribute to The Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World. Writing for the Ancient World set will take place under the direction of the editor in chief, Peter Bogucki, with the aid of a board of editorial advisers for separate regions of the world (R. Hunt Davis, Jr., Professor Emeritus of History and African Studies, University of Florida, is the adviser for Africa). The four-volume Ancient World set covers prehistory to the fall of Rome (476 CE), arranged A to Z by 69 headwords, from "adornment" through "writing" and including such topics as art, death and burial practices, education, natural disasters, science, and trade and exchange. Please contact Marcia Merryman Means (marcia@schlagergroup.com) if you have an interest in participating in this project. Be sure to include your résumé and a writing sample. For more information, visit the website at (http://www.schlagergroup.com).

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: AFRICAN REVIEW OF FOREIGN POLICY

The African Review of Foreign Policy is a journal published by United States International University. To submit manuscripts and for more information, contact [arfp@usiu.ac.ke].

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

FELLOWSHIP: NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM

The David Boren Scholarship competition to fund undergraduate study abroad is now underway, and supports applications from all disciplines with an African geographic focus. All recipients of NSEP awards incur an obligation to work for one year upon graduation for the federal government, normally in the Departments of Defence, Homeland Security, State, or the intelligence community. For more information, visit [http://www.iie.org.nsep].

SCHOLARSHIP: AFRICAN ECONOMICS

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) invites applications for a scholarship of £10,000 to support Africans wishing to pursue economic research for the degree of DPhil at the University of Oxford. Candidates must have been accepted onto the DPhil economics programme by the University of Oxford. The thesis topic should be of relevance to African economies. Museveni Scholars will be attached to the CSAE and will normally be supervised by members of the research team. The CSAE will now consider a new round of applications for the Museveni Scholarship for the academic year 2006-2007. The closing date for applications is 31 October 2006. Applications must include a copy of your research proposal together with your CV and details of other funding (and current funding applications) obtained for your DPhil studies. Please send applications to the Administrator, CSAE, Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Oxford OX1 3UQ or by email to [rose.page@economics.ox.ac.uk].

FELLOWSHIP: THE MERSHON CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University invites applications for a one-year residential post-doctoral fellowship during the 2007-08 academic year. The center is especially interested in projects dealing with the following themes: the use of force and diplomacy; the ideas, identities and decisional processes that affect security; and the institutions that manage violent conflict. The Mershon Center provides a $33,000 stipend plus university benefits, an office, a computer, and $1,800 for travel and research expenses. Ph.D.s earned since June 30, 2001, are eligible. Please submit applications in both hard copy and electronic formats. Hard copies may be sent to Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, 1501 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43201, Attn: Grants and Fellowships Coordinator. Electronic copies may be sent in Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect format to Grants and Fellowships Coordinator at mershoncenter@osu.edu. The deadline for applying is January 8, 2007. More information is available at www.mershoncenter.osu.edu.

FELLOWSHIP: COUNCIL OF AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTRES

The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Deadline: Friday, January 12, 2007. For an application, visit [http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/index.html].

FELLOWSHIP: DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) welcomes applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program for the 2007-2008 fellowship year. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington, D.C. The NED is especially interested in ensuring that this program becomes known to scholars and activists in Africa. For further details, please visit www.ned.org. For instructions on how to apply, see www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. Applications for fellowships in 2007-2008 must be received no later than November 1, 2006. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2007.

FELLOWSHIP: DISSERATION RESEARCH IN AFRICA

The Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies announce the 2007 competition of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program designed to support distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty fellowships of approximately $20,000 will be awarded in 2007 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. For more detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, visit the IDRF website at (www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf) or contact program staff at (idrf@ssrc.org).

FELLOWSHIP: SUB-SAHARAN GRADUATE STUDENT THESIS SUPPORT

The Borlaug LEAP, a fellowship program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has Dissertation or Thesis Fellowships for up to $25,000 available for graduate students from sub-Saharan African countries working in the fields related to agriculture. Applications received by October 15th will be reviewed and grant recipients notified the following January. For more information, visit (http://leap.ucdavis.edu).

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

(PRINCETON) VISITING MEMBER AWARDS FOR 2007-2008 The School of Social Science invites applicants for its visiting member award for the academic year 2007-2008. A completed PhD or equivalent is required by the application deadline. Visiting members are expected to pursue only on their own research, while the school organizes a weekly seminar at which members as well as invited guests present their on-going work. The school welcomes applications in economics, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The theme for the 2007-2008 is "The Rule of Law under Pressure"; the application deadline is November 15, 2006. To apply, and for more information, visit (www.sss.ias.edu/applications).

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY

The library will award approximately thirty Research Fellowships for the year June 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Sponsorship of research at the John Carter Brown Library is reserved exclusively for scholars whose work is centered on the colonial history of the Americas, North and South, including all aspects of the European, African, and Native American involvement. Application forms can be downloaded from
[http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/pages/fr_resfellow3.html], or they may be obtained by writing to the Director, John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Providence, RI 02912. The deadline for submission of application materials is January 10, 2007; all materials must be postmarked no later than that date.

RESEARCH GRANTS: YOUNG SCIENTISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The International Foundation for Science (IFS) is an independent international research council that is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The mission of IFS is to strengthen the scientific research capacity of developing countries in science fields related to the sustainable management of biological and water resources. Research proposals submitted to IFS should be from biological, chemical, physical, sociocultural or economic science fields, and relevant for the conservation, production or renewable utilization of biological or water resources. IFS awards research grants with a maximum value of USD 12,000 for the purchase of equipment, expendable supplies, fieldwork activities, etc. Researchers are eligible to receive up to three research grants during their career. For more information, visit
(http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29634).

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HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION FOR YOUNG LEADERS

Global Youth Connect, an international human rights organization, is currently recruiting young leaders (ages 18-25) to participate in human rights delegations in 2007, with sites in El Salvador, Cambodia, and Rwanda. Participants will visit local organizations, support fieldwork, and complete training workshops. Tuition varies, but is generally close to $1800 US dollars. Final deadline for applications is September 22, 2006. See the following website for more details: (www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate).

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FOR ACADEMIC JOBS

PENN STATE: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN LITERATURE

Building on three decades of African literary studies at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels, the Department of Comparative Literature at Penn State invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in African literature. Field(s) of interest open but should complement our department's global perspective. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in both anglophone and francophone or lusophone literatures of Africa, as well as a thorough knowledge of at least one African language. Preferred starting date August 2007. Ph.D. and relevant teaching experience required: Ph.D. in Comparative Literature preferred but Ph.D.'s in related fields also considered. Screening of applications will begin November 30, 2006; however, all applications will be considered until the position is filled. Send letter, c.v., and names of three references to Thomas A. Hale, Chair, Search Committee, Box ALA , Department of Comparative Literature, 311 Burrowes Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802-6203. Applications and nominations may be sent by email to cmlit@psu.edu or by Fax to (814) 863-8882. Visit our website at [http://complit.la.psu.edu/].

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRICAN HISTORY

African History Institution University of Toronto at Mississauga The University of Toronto at Mississauga is a centre of growth and innovation in the global research and academic community. The Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto at Mississauga invites applications for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in African History. Appointment will begin July 1, 2007. The area of specialization is open, but candidates whose expertise does not duplicate existing strengths at the graduate level in colonial Ghana and colonial East Africa will be preferred. An appropriate doctoral degree must have been earned by the date of appointment. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Department particularly seeks an innovative scholar with extensive archival and/or fieldwork experience and demonstrated excellence in historiographical approaches to African Studies. In addition to excellence in teaching and research, the successful applicant must be highly proficient in one or more of African languages. The selected candidate will be expected to
contribute to a new undergraduate program in History on the Mississauga Campus and to growing research-intensive doctoral programs in the Graduate Department of History on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Applications should include: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a sample of academic writing, a teaching portfolio, and a short description of current research plans; in addition, arrangements should be made for the submission of three letters of reference. Applicants are urged to apply online. Letters of reference should be also submitted. Any enquiries about the application should be sent to the Chair of the African History Search Committee, Professor Mohamad Tavakoli, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd., Ontario, Canada, L5L 1C6. The formal deadline for application is September 1, 2006. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minorities groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. We offer opportunities to work in many collaborative programs, including Aboriginal, Canadian, environmental, ethno-cultural, sexual diversity, gender and women's studies. The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct and live in one of the most diverse cities in the world. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

CAL STATE, CHANNEL ISLANDS: PROFESSOR OF WORLD HISTORY

World or U.S. -- The History Program at California State University Channel Islands seeks applications for one tenure-track position (rank open from assistant, associate, or full professor) in either World or US history. Reviews begin on November 15. Please apply online at [https://www.csucifacultyjobs.com].

TEXAS A&M: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND AFRICAN STUDIES

The Department of Anthropology and the Africana Studies Program invites applications for a joint position in cultural anthropology and Africana studies, beginning fall 2007. This is a tenure-track assistant professor position. This is one of four cluster hires involving joint appointments in the Africana Studies Program. This position is also intended to strengthen the graduate program in cultural anthropology. The ideal candidate will specialize in the African Diaspora in Latin America, the Caribbean, and/or the United States. Candidates with research and teaching interests in globalization/transnational studies, economic anthropology, ecological anthropology and/or demographic anthropology will be given preference. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Anthropology (by fall 2007), teaching experience, an active research program, and an ability to secure external funding. Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester, at the graduate and undergraduate level in both the anthropology department and the Africana Studies program. Positive tenure and promotion decisions require a strong research and publication record, evidence of high-quality teaching, and participation in university governance. Texas A&M University is a leading public research university with nearly 45,000 students. The university is located in a small city that is within 90 minutes of both the Houston and Austin metropolitan areas. The university is strongly committed to creating a climate that values and nurtures collegiality, diversity, pluralism and the uniqueness of each person. Faculty networks for Black, Mexican-American/Latino, and women faculty members provide collegiality and support for minority and women faculty members. The Department of Anthropology has 23 full-time faculty members, including five cultural anthropologists, and offers B.A., M.A., and Ph.D degree programs. The Africana Studies Program is an expanding interdisciplinary program that currently offers a minor. Review of applications will begin October 15 and continue until the position is filled. We plan to interview at the AAA meetings. For full consideration, please send a cover letter outlining research and teaching interests, curriculum vita, one or two writing samples, evidence of teaching experience, and the names of three references to: Cynthia Werner, Chair, Cultural Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, 4352 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4352. Texas A&M University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages underrepresented minorities and women to apply.

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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

VOLUNTEER IN AFRICA

Volunteer in Africa is an organization dedicated to disseminating information on volunteer programs in Africa. They organize a wide range of volunteering, internship and cultural exchange in Ghana. For more information, visit http://www.volunteeringinafrica.org

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 DEVELOPMENT DISSERTATION WORKSHOP PROGRAM

This site has a collection of tips, samples, and links to help students. The IIS site also includes funding opportunities for Africans and Foreign Nationals. For more information, visit http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/RADW/index.html

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

PAMBAZUKA: A WEEKLY ELECTRONIC FORUM FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA

Also announcements for jobs in Africa are posted on this resource. For more information, visit http://www.pambazuka.org/

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. The journal is accepting articles for its first peer reviewed open access on-line edition in March 2006. The deadline for the March 2006 issue is February 11, 2006. 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.

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