JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (11/06/06)
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHY BULLETIN
Issue No.5, Fall 2006
November 6, 2006
Dear JUA Readers,
Below you will find 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
CONTENTS:
PENN AND CONSORTIUM EVENTS AND LECTURES
OTHER AREA EVENTS
CONFERENCES / EXHIBITS
CALLS FOR PAPERS
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
COURSES & PROGRAMS
NEW ACADEMIC JOBS
OTHER RESOURCES
For archived issues of JUA, including jobs currently advertised, see:
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/africa/jua.html
PENN AND CONSORTIUM EVENTS AND LECTURES
PRESENTATION: AN AMERICAN PEDIATRICIAN IN DARFUR
Pediatrician Dr. Jerry Ehrlich worked for Mdecins sans Frontires (Doctors
Without Borders) in Darfur in 2004, and has served overseas in Sri Lanka,
Georgia, and Haiti, as well as locally in Camden. He will be speaking
from 1:00 to 2:00 on Friday, November 10, in Reunion Hall, at the John
Morgan Building on Penn's Campus.
WORKSHOP: AFRICA AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The African Studies Center Outreach series is presenting another K-12
Teacher Training Workshop, entitled "Africa: Environmental Threats and
Opportunities." It will take place from 3:30 -6:30 PM on November 14, in
Williams Hall Room 816.
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
DISCUSSION: WOMEN IN GHANA
On November 15th, Ghanaian theologian Mercy Amba Oduyoye will be at Temple
University speaking about women's leadership in Ghana. Founder of the
Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Oduyoye is being honored at
the national AAR meeting with a panel cosponsored by the Womanist
Approaches to Religion and Society and the AAR Committee on
the Status of Women in the Profession. Her presentation will begin at 2:40
pm, and will be in the Women's Studies Lounge, 8th floor, Anderson Hall.
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 postcolonial 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: 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
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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--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 practices
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 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 fr Hhere
Studien, Emil-Fuchs-Str. 1, 04105 Leipzig, Germany
(meissner@uni-leipzig.de).
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
rsum 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: 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
- TUFTS UNIVERSITY
- ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT PROFESSORS OF DRAMA (AFRICAN)
Tufts University's Department of Drama and Dance seeks applications for an
Associate or Assistant Professor of Drama, with a specialization in
African American,
African, and/or Afro-Caribbean theatre. It is a fulltime, tenure-track
position beginning on September 1, 2007. Qualifications include Doctorate
and record of scholarship and creative work, preferably including
experience directing plays with
students. University teaching experience (ideally, with some instruction
of graduate courses and teaching students from underrepresented groups).
Focus on African American, African, and/or Afro-Caribbean theatre and at
least one of the following areas:
dramatic literature, theatre history, and/or theory. Responsibilities
include undergraduate and graduate teaching and advising, fostering
greater involvement of students of color,
supporting the university's ongoing commitment to active citizenship and
service, and possibly directing every 2-3 years.
VANDERBILT UNVERSITY: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN DIASPORA
The Program in African American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt
University is especially interested in historians working in the area of
transnational black cultures. Focus on intersections between Africa,
Caribbean, Latin American and the African American experience especially
welcome. The tenured Associate Professor position, beginning fall semester
2007, is full-time in African American and Diaspora Studies but may
include a courtesy appointment in a department. Applicants should submit a
letter of application, curriculum vitae, selected teaching evaluations,
and four letters of recommendation to Professor Kathryn Gines, African
American and Diaspora Studies, VU Station B, Box 351516, 2301 Vanderbilt
Place, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1516 by November 20th,
2006.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: ASSISTANT/FULL PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN LITERATURE
The Africana Studies and Research Center seeks a scholar who specializes
in African literature and who has interest in the African Diaspora
especially in Caribbean literature. We welcome applicants who work in
diverse genres, in literatures in languages other than English, and in
different historical periods. Applicants at the assistant professor level
must have a Ph.D. degree in an appropriate field of study by the date of
hire. Applicants are expected to teach courses in African and African
Diaspora literature at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants
should provide the following: Letter of application, curriculum vitae,
copies of two scholarly publications (or no more than two chapters of a
dissertation), description of courses taught or interested in teaching. In
addition, applicants should request that recommendation letters from three
referees be sent directly to the address below by the stated deadline.
Application deadline: October 31, 2006. Appointment begins July 1, 2007.
Send materials to: African Literature Position Africana Studies and
Research Center 310 Triphammer Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14850
USA.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN HISTORY SINCE 1800
The Africana Studies and Research Center seeks a scholar who specializes
in African history with a focus on African history since 1800. We welcome
applicants whose research and teaching engage the African Diaspora from a
comparative perspective. Applicants at the assistant professor level must
have a Ph.D. degree in an appropriate field of study by the date of hire.
Applicants are expected to teach courses in African history at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants should provide the
following: Letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of two
scholarly publications (or no more than two chapters of a dissertation),
description of courses taught or interested in teaching. In addition,
applicants should request that recommendation letters from three referees
be sent directly to the address below by the stated deadline. Application
deadline: December 1, 2006. Appointment begins July 1, 2007. Send
materials to: African History Position, Africana Studies and Research
Center, 310 Triphammer Road, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY: PROFESSOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY (AFRICA)
The History Department at Hollins University invites applications to fill
the Batten Chair of the History of Women and Leadership at the associate
or full professor level, beginning in the fall of 2007. Specific area of
research in women's history is open but preference given to a non-U.S.
field. Teaching field in Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, or Asian
history strongly preferred. In addition to teaching, the Batten Professor
will have the opportunity to define and shape the Batten Leadership
Institute in developing a curriculum for the academic study of leadership
at the undergraduate level. Applicants must demonstrate a strong
commitment to teaching at a liberal arts college, to women's education,
and to research and publication. Nominations or applications (including
letter of application, c.v., and three letters of support) should be sent
to Batten Chair Search Committee, Department of History, Box 9722, Hollins
University, Roanoke, VA 24020. Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis but expressions of interest must be received by December 21 in order
to schedule meetings for the American Historical Association convention in
January.
LE MOYNE COLLEGE: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (NORTH AFRICA)
Le Moyne College, the Jesuit college of Central New York, seeks an
outstanding teacher of undergraduates for a tenure-track assistant
professorship in history of the Middle East, Egypt, and North Africa, with
an Islamic emphasis, beginning August 2007. All periods and regions of
specialization will be considered. PhD in hand by time of appointment is
expected. Teaching responsibilities include upper-division electives in
the field of specialization, with a least one elective on the modern
Middle East; occasional thematic seminars; and participation in the first
-year survey course in World History. The ability to teach a course on
Islam that would meet the needs both of History majors and the Department
of Religious Studies is highly desirable. Located in Syracuse, New York,
Le Moyne enrolls 2300 undergraduates, of whom 140 are History majors. The
Department of History has 11 tenure lines. Class sizes are limited to 30
in the first-year survey course and 25 in elective courses, and a 3/3
teaching load, with no more than two preparations per semester, is
standard within the department. Scholarly research is valued and actively
supported. Please visit the College website at www.lemoyne.edu as well as
the History Dept. webpage. Review of applications will begin November 15,
2006 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send letter of
application, vita, dossier, and three reference letters electronically to
lemoynehr@lemoyne.edu, subject line History. Materials which cannot be
sent electronically should be sent to Office of Human Resources, Le Moyne
College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, NY 13214. Inquiries about the
position may be addressed to Professor Yamin Xu, co-chair, Middle
East/North Africa search, Dept. of History, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt
Springs Road, Syracuse, NY 13214, or by e-mail to xuy@lemoyne.edu.
CUNY: PROFESSOR OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORIC HISTORY
Lehman College of CUNY seeks a professor to teach undergraduate courses in
the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department
of History. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in
research and publish as well as develop grant proposals for funding. The
candidate will also be expected to provide student advisement and serve on
departmental, divisional, college and university committees. The position
carries a twenty-one hour workload for the academic year, which normally
means teaching 3 or 4 courses each semester. The workload of tenure-track
faculty members is reduced by twenty-four hours over the first five years
to facilitate their research and publication commitment. Qualifications
include Ph.D. in African History or African Politics. We invite
applications from candidates with outstanding scholarly and instructional
records, who are interested in contributing to the mission of the
Department. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, three current
letters of recommendation and publication or writing samples to: Dr.
James A. Jervis Chair, Search Committee Department of African and African
American Studies Lehman College Carman Hall, Room 285 250 Bedford Park
Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468-1589
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA: PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA)
The Department of History of the University of Ottawa invites applications
for a tenure-track appointment in the History of Sub-Saharan Africa. Area
of specialization: open. Starting date: July 1, 2007. Requirements: Ph.D.,
publications and teaching experience preferred. The candidate will be
required to teach in English and in French. Rank: Assistant Professor.
Salary: According to Collective Agreement. Applicants should submit
curriculum vitae and three confidential letters of reference to Jan
Grabowski, Chairman, Department of History, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1N 6N5. Deadline for applications: December 1, 2006. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens
and permanent residents will be given priority.
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA: PROFESSORS IN A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES
(GLOBALIZATION)
The University of Ottawa invites applications for two tenure-track
positions, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, for the new
interdisciplinary M.A. Program in Globalization and International
Development. Seven academic units participate in the Program: Economics,
Geography, History, Law, Political Studies, Religious Studies, and
Sociology and Anthropology. The main appointment of each successful
candidate will be in the Program, with a secondary appointment either in
the Faculty of Art, the Faculty of Law, or the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The academic and administrative dossier of each successful candidate will
be administered by the Faculty where the secondary appointment will be
held. Requirements: Ph.D., publications, and teaching experience or
relevant professional experience. Both candidates will be required to
teach and supervise students in French and in English. Starting date: 1
July 2007. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, statements of
teaching and research interests and three confidential letters of
recommendation sent separately to Dr. Ruby Heap, Associate Dean, Faculty
of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1N 6N5. Deadline for applications: 15 December 2006, although
the search will remain open until successful candidates are found. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadian citizens
and permanent residents will be given priority.
WHEATON COLLEGE: PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (AFRICA AND INDIAN OCEAN)
As part of a college-wide search involving multiple departments, the
History Department at Wheaton College seeks a tenure-track assistant
professor with scholarly and teaching expertise in Diaspora/Cross-Cultural
Studies. The search solicits applicants in many disciplines, the
successful candidate will be appointed to one department. The History
Department is especially interested in candidates who study Indian Ocean
and/or western Pacific Rim diasporas. Period of specialization open.
Candidate must be able to teach in Wheaton's general curriculum as well as
introductory and advanced courses on both "sending" and "receiving" areas
of diaspora. Those with expertise in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the
Persian Gulf, and/or sub-Saharan Africa are particularly encouraged to
apply. Send letter of interest referring to position by title and
indicating possible home department, resume, a one-page statement of
teaching and scholarly philosophy as it relates to the Wheaton Curriculum,
and three letters of reference to Ms. Susan Colson, Executive Assistant to
the Provost for Special Projects, Park Hall, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
02766. Application deadline: December 15, 2006.
FITCHBURG STATE COLLEGE: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF WORLD HISTORY
Seeking a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor to teach a wide
range of courses in ancient and/or medieval world history before 1500.
Ability to teach and develop undergraduate world history surveys, upper
division courses, and Master's level graduate courses. Candidates
experienced in teaching transnational history are encouraged to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Teaching work load (four courses a
semester), preparation for classroom instruction. 2. Provide student
assistance including academic advising. 3. Continuing scholarship and
professional activities which include contribution to the content of the
discipline, participation in or contribution to professional organizations
and societies, research demonstrated by published or unpublished work,
public service and contributions to the professional growth and
development of the college community. 4. Participation in scheduled
orientation and registration programs. 5. Attendance at college functions,
including commencement, convocation and faculty, committee and
departmental meetings. 6. Instructional responsibilities include courses
in World Civilizations. 7. Desirable subfields: open, with preference for
Asia, Africa or the Middle East. 8. Opportunities to teach summer, winter
term, online and undergraduate and graduate evening courses. 9.
Participate in curriculum review and development, program reviews and
student outcomes assessment. Qualifications: 1. Requires a doctorate in
History with specialization in Ancient and/or Medieval History. 2.
Expertise in any area of World History. 3. Ability to teach Asia, Africa,
or the Middle East is preferred. 4. Ability to integrate appropriate
technology and software in teaching. 5. Commitment to excellence in
teaching, demonstrated teaching experience appropriate to the level of
appointment, and evidence of scholarly/creative activity. 6. Ability to
work effectively with a diverse student body. 7. Commitment to research
and publication that will engage undergraduate students. 8. Ability to
perform all duties with or without reasonable accommodations. Full-time,
9 month Benefited Position. Please submit letter of interest, resume,
statement of teaching philosophy and three professional references. Salary
Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience and the MSCA Bargaining
Agreement. Email materials to resumes@fsc.edu or by mail to Human
Resources Office, 160 Pearl Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420.
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: VISITING PROFESSOR OF WORLD HISTORY
World History to 1500, one-semester replacement, Spring Semester 2007.
Western Michigan University invites applications for a one-semester
faculty replacement, January-April 2007, at the rank of visiting assistant
professor or instructor, depending on credentials. Preference given to
candidates who have completed the Ph.D., but applications will be accepted
from candidates with advanced ABD status. Teaching experience preferred.
Teaching assignment will include two sections of World History to 1500 and
one advanced undergraduate course in the candidate's field. WMU, a
student-centered research university, encourages applications from
underrepresented groups. Salary commensurate with qualifications and
experience; no fringe benefits. Review of applications will begin
immediately and continue until the position is filled. Send letter of
application, vita, statement of teaching philosophy, academic transcripts
and three letters of recommendation to: Marion W. Gray, Chair, Department
of History, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5334.
269-387-4650. FAX 269-387-4651.
MANHATTAN COLLEGE: PROFESSOR OF HISTORY (WORLD, AFRICA, AND EMPIRE)
Willingness to teach a modern world history course required. Secondary
specializations from among the subfields of imperialism, post-colonialism,
South Asia, Japan, Africa and/or Middle East desirable. THe yearly
teaching load is 4-3 and productive scholars can earn a reduction to 3-3.
Ph.D. required by August 2007; teaching experience preferred. Send
curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and statements of research
interests and teaching goals. Manhattan College is an independent
Catholic co-educational institution in the Lasallian tradition, located in
the Riverdale section of NYC. We expect our faculty, administration and
staff to be knowledgeable about our mission and to make a positive
contribution to that mission. Women and minorities are encouraged to
apply. Please send curriculum vitae,three letters of reference, and
statements of research interest and teaching goals to: Non-Western/World
History Search, Department of History, Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan
College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471 Review of applications will begin on
December 8, 2006 and candidates will be interviewed at the AHA in Atlanta.
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OTHER RESOURCES
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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.
African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
647 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215)-898-6971
Fax: (215)-573-7379
e-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
Website: http://www.africa.upenn.edu
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.