JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (11/12/2007)
J U A
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHLY BULLETIN
Issue No. 5, Fall 2007
Nov. 12, 2007
Dear JUA Readers,
Here is the fifth issue of JUA for 2007-2008. You can also find a copy
of this and previous archived issues on our website:
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/. As always, we will continue to publish a
new issue every other Monday.
Remember that you can always send your submissions to
africa@sas.upenn.edu. For the next issue, kindly send announcements by
no later than Wednesday, November 21, 2007.
With best wishes,
Cedric Tolliver
JUA Editor
CONTENTS:
EVENTS
CONFERENCES
CALLS FOR PUBLICATION
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
ACADEMIC JOBS
OTHER RESOURCES
EVENTS
PHILADELPHIA & SURROUNDING AREA EVENTS
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER K-12 TEACHER WORKSHOP SERIES: AFRICA'S RECENT
CONFLICTS
The African Studies Center will sponsor its fourth workshop, in a series
for K-12 teachers, on the topic "Africa's Recent Conflicts." The
workshop will be held Wednesday, November 15th, from 5:00-7:00 in
Williams Hall, Room 316. It will look at recent conflicts in Africa and
their affect on the continent's people. Topics discussed: Major wars,
violent outbreaks, post-Apartheid, key leaders, refugee resettlement
process, internally displaced persons, child soldiers, and gender
issues. Workshops are FREE and open to the public. Participants will
receive Act 48 credit for attendance. William Hall is located on the
corner of 36th and Spruce. If interested please contact Anastasia Shown,
Assistant Director shown@sas.upenn.edu, 215-898-6449.
EQUIPPING THE NEW GENERATION OF IT ENTREPRENEURS IN GHANA
The Penn Engineering Technology & Corporate Social Responsibility
Lecture Series presents JØRN LYSEGGEN, Chief Executive Officer and
Founder, Meltwater Group will speak on "Leadership and Technology Social
Enterprise: Equipping the New Generation of IT Entrepreneurs in Ghana."
The event will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2007, from 4:30 pm -
5:30 pm in the Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut Street.
A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the University
Community.
DONATE BLOOD WITH THE DUBOIS COLLEGE HOUSE
The DuBois College House Blood Drive is being sponsored by the DuBois
FIT program in collaboration with the American Red Cross. Please come
out and give blood. Date: November, 12, 2007, from 1:00pm - 7:00 pm at
the DuBois MPR 3900 Walnut Street.
Remember, every time you give blood, you have the potential to save 3
lives! You never know when it'll be you or your friend or family member
who needs blood.
"RAP MUSIC IN WOLOF: A SECULAR MEDIATIZATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATION
IN SENEGAL"
The Rutgers University Program in African Languages and Literatures
(under the auspices of the Department of Africana Studies and the Center
for African Studies) proudly presents a talk by Abdoulaye Niang
(Sociology, University Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal) entitled,
"Rap Music in Wolof: A Secular Mediatization of Religious Communication
in Senegal." The talk will be held on Tuesday, November 13, at 10:20am
in Beck Hall, Room 221 (Livingston Campus). This talk will take place in
Dr. Alamin Mazrui's "Islam in the Black Experience" course 014:357.
Abstracts in English and in French visit the Center for African Studies
website: http://ruafrica.rutgers.edu/events/index.html
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
The Rutgers University Center for African Studies Invites You to Attend
a Documentary Screening: "Darwin's Nightmare" (Hubert Sauper, 2004). The
screening will take place on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 7pm, in the
Kilmer Library's Room 010, LIVINGSTON. Dr. Barbara Cooper, CAS Director
and Professor of History, will introduce the film and moderate the
post-discussion.
DR. KELLIE JONES, 2007 ESTELLE LEBOWITZ LECTURE
Dr. Kellie Jones will give the 2007 Estelle Lebowitz Lecture, entitled
"WOMEN / ARTISTS / AFRICA and Berni Searle," featuring the art of Berni
Searle, 2007-2008 Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist-in-Residence. The
event will take place on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. The reception
begins at 6 pm, followed by the lecture at 6:30 pm in the Mabel Smith
Douglass Room, Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
RSVP by November 7: events@rci.rutgers.edu or (732) 932-7505. Mary H.
Dana Women Artists Series. Douglass Library Galleries, Rutgers
University "On Either Side", Berni Searle, October 1 - December 14, 2007.
THE RUTGERS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION-SOUTH AFRICAN INITIATIVE,
INAUGURAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Dr. Jonathan D. Jansen will give a lecture entitled, "Why are all the
white teachers sitting together in the cafeteria? Patterns of racial
desegregation in South African schools" The lecture will take place on
Monday, November 19, 2007 at 7:30pm in the Livingston College Student
Center, College Hall A. Dr. Jonathan D. Jansen is the immediate past
Dean of Education at the University of Pretoria and currently a
Fulbright Scholar to Stanford University where he is completing a book
titled The Politics of Memory: How white South African students remember
and enact the past.
NATIONAL EVENTS
MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS IN NIGERIA
The U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invites you to a public event on
Muslim-Christian Relations in Nigeria. The event will take place on
November 13, 2007 at 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM in the U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room 1200, 17th St, NW Washington, DC 20036. Sa'ad
Abubakar, the recently chosen Sultan of Sokoto, is recognized as the
principal leader of Nigeria's Muslim population. He will assess the
state of Muslim-Christian relations in Nigeria and the efforts being
made to maintain religious peace and harmony. He will also analyze the
extent to which so-called religious conflict in Nigeria is actually
religious in character.
THE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR PEACE IN GHANA
Daouda Toure, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative,
Ghana, will discuss the national infrastructure for peacebuilding
established by the Government of Ghana, known as the "National
Architecture for Peace." The national architecture for peace brings
civil society groups, community organizations, professional bodies and
faith-based organizations together with governance structures and
security agencies, into a national framework for anticipating and
responding to situations of potentially violent conflict. The event will
take place on November 19, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. and be held
in the Moynihan Boardroom, 6th Floor of the Woodrow Wilson Center, One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20004-3027. For more information, see
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1417&fuseaction=topics.events
AMERICANS FOR INFORMED DEMOCRACY
December 1-2in partnership with "Kick Aids" at Dartmouth University,
Student Leaders Respond to the Global AIDS Pandemic.
For more information and registration: http://aidemocracy.org/events.php
CONFERENCES
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK, NY (NOVEMBER
23 DECEMBER 9, 2007)
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).
POSTCOLONIALISM AND THE `HIT' OF THE REAL, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY,MARCH
6TH- 8TH, 2008. DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2007.
How valid, in retrospect, is the founding claim of the postcolonial that
it offers a different view of the real? We seek to confront through this
conference one of the ongoing tensions in postcolonial studies: the
concern for articulating aesthetic issues of realism and representation
and theoretical reflections upon the `real', with the complex
postcolonial realities of underdevelopment, violence, political
instability and gender inequality. This conference hopes to augment
these addresses to the `real' and pursue further engagement with the
conditions of its possibility or impossibility. Individual Papers:
Please send abstracts of 150-200 words with the subject line,
Postcolonial Conference Abstract, by December 15, 2007. E-mail Address:
pococonference2008_at_gmail.com. For more information see conference
web-site: http://www.nyupoco.com/html/conference_2008.html
FIFTH ANNUAL NEW YORK AREA HISTORIANS OF AFRICA WORKSHOP, HOFSTRA
UNIVERSITY, MARCH 8, 2008. DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2008.
The Fifth Annual New York Area Historians of Africa Workshop will
provide a forum for established scholars and graduates students to
present and discuss finished papers and works-in-progress, as well as
engage in an informal exchange of scholarly ideas concerning issues in
African history. Scholars from all academic disciplines whose work
relates to African history are invited to submit abstracts for
individual papers. Hofstra University is located on Long Island,
forty-five minutes east of New York City. Please submit a paper title,
250-word abstract, and a CV by February 1, 2008, as an email attachment
to Dr. Benjamin Talton at benjamin.a.talton@hofstra.edu. All
presentations will be limited to 15 minutes.
COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
MARCH 27-29, 2008. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2007.
We invite papers on Anglophone Literature for the 39th annual meeting of
the CEA. The theme for this year's conference is "Passages." Obviously
our theme would work well in any number of works dealing with issues of
migration or travel, such as V.S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival or
Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North; however, any proposal
on authors from the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, etc. will be
considered. Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 1st, 2007. When you
submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your
topic. For membership information, contact Joe Pestino at
jpestin5_at_naz.edu. For more information about CEA, the general
conference theme, or other special sessions, please consult the CEA web
site http://www2.widener.edu/~cea/.
RELIGION IN AFRICA, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UK, APRIL 9-10, 2008.
- DEADLINE
- DECEMBER 10, 2007
The Centre of African Studies, the University of Edinburgh and The Wits
Institute for Social and Economic Research invite submissions for a
conference entitled "Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State:
Development and Politics from Below." This conference aims to understand
the role of religion within development and politics and develop our
understanding of the role and position of religious organizations and
actors within more traditional conceptualizations of public action and
its relationship to the state in Africa. For more information, see
http://www.cas.ed.ac.uk
34TH ANNUAL AFRICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY,
APRIL 22-27, 2008. THEME: "AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA WOMEN WRITERS,
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND CULTURAL IDENTITY": DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2007
Abstracts for papers and panels are invited from all interested
scholars, students, writers and cultural workers, to be sent to
ALA2008_at_wiu.edu, by the extended deadline: DECEMBER 1, 2007. For more
information about the conference, and for abstract submission forms, go
to: www.wiu.edu/ALA2008.
PANEL: AFRICAN WOMEN IN SEMBENE'S VISUAL IMAGININGS
Ousmane Sembene, the acknowledged father of African cinema, uses
literary and cinematic arts to raise controversial issues about
inherited power and privilege in neocolonial African. His films might be
called visual imaginings which interrogate and often re-situate the
power paradigms of gender and tradition and call upon his audience to
reassess the role of the African woman in the restructuring and
transformation of the contemporary African state. This panel, which is
being organized for the 34th annual conference of the African Literature
Association taking place at Western Illinois University (from April 22
to 27, 2008) seeks proposals that address the many faces of African
feminism in Sembene's literature and films. Please send 200-word
abstracts to Prof. Joyce Hope Scott, Jscott@wheelock.edu
FROM AFRICA TO THE BALKANS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, APRIL 24-25, 2008.
The Italian Academy at Columbia University will host an international
conference on April 24 and 25, 2008, aiming at initiating a new,
integrated approach to the history of fascist Italy's expansionism, in
relation to Mediterranean and African studies. Pannels include: Theories
and Practices of Violence; Social Behavior and Cultural Hybridization;
Material Culture; The Built Environment: Formulations of Modern Spaces.
We invite proposals from the fields of history, art and architectural
history, anthropology, sociology, political science, cultural studies
and the museum studies. Organizers: Jennie Hirsh, assistant professor of
Modern and Contemporary Art, Maryland Institute College of Art; and
Lidia Santarelli, assistant professor/faculty fellow of European and
Mediterranean Studies, New York University. Contact e-mail:
fromafricatothebalkans@gmail.com
THE AMERICAN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL
24-27, 2008 IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SEMINAR: NOMADISM, HUMAN RIGHTS,
AND THE REFUGEE NARRATIVE
An invitation for paper proposals for a seminar of 8-12 presenters at
the ACLA, the plan being to turn the the proceedings of the conference
into a publication. Refugee narratives embrace a range of
storytellingfrom those which recount the lives of internally displaced
populations and people fleeing the nation to those that relate the
predicament of people rendered stateless when territories are
transferred as regimes collapse. As the trope of flight defines these
narratives of displacement, migrancy, and temporary shelters, the
paradigm of the nation-state along with its attendant category of
citizenship come to a crisis, and the human rights claims of the
homeless are foregrounded. For questions about the panel, please contact
the seminar organizer: Basuli Deb (Basuli.Deb_at_quinnipiac.edu). For
submitting paper proposals and for more information on the conference,
please visit the official conference website at
http://www.acla.org/acla2008/.
THE 17TH ANNUAL AFRICAN/DIASPORA CONFERENCE, CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, MAY 1 - 3, 2008. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 29, 2007.
"African Youth in America & Africa: Bridging the Gaps." This conference
examines the state of African youth in the USA and Africa, with a focus
on discussing inter/intracultural and group challenges, including crime
and other conflicts. We strongly encourage submission of paper proposals
that are based on case studies and best practices on domestic and
international youth issues: e.g. youth development and leadership, peer
relations, U.S.-African youth study abroad exchanges, community
outreach, crime prevention and peace building/peacemaking, peace
education, African youth parenting; family; art expression, media and
value formation, African-African American relations, girl-child
education; Child soldiers; youth gangs/cults; etc. Please include the
following in your proposal: name, current position and institutional
affiliation, paper title, abstract (75 words maximum), your mailing
address, email, phone and fax number. Please email/fax/mail your
proposal to: Ernest Uwazie, Director, Center for African Peace &
Conflict Resolution California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J
Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6085, USA. TELEPHONE (916) 278 -6282; FAX
(916) 278 -3429; EMAIL uwazieee_at_csus.edu. For more information see
www.csus.edu/org/capcr.
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN IN MIGRATORY CIRCUMSTANCES, DREXEL
UNIVERSITY, JUNE 20-21, 2008. DEADLINE: DEC. 15, 2007
The Working Group on Childhood and Migration (see
http://globalchild.rutgers.edu/) will hold our first conference June 20,
21 of 2008 at Drexel University in downtown Philadelphia. The conference
them is "Emerging Perspectives on Children in Migratory Circumstances."
At this inaugural conference, we welcome researchers and policy
advocates from all disciplines and all areas of the world whose work
focuses on the ways that increased migration affects children and the
cultural, legal, educational, medical, and psychological perception of
childhood. Please submit a 200 to 300 word abstract for an individual
paper proposal in the body of an email to rrr@drexel.edu by December 15.
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF
CENTRAL LANCASHIRE, PRESTON, 11-13 SEPTEMBER 2008. DEADLINE: JANUARY 11,
2008.
The conference aims to bring together Africanists from all over the
world and from various disciplines to discuss the past and current
developments in Africa and African Studies. The conference organisers
would particularly welcome postgraduate presentations on their current
or recently completed research. Papers are invited on all themes
relating to the continent, inclusive of time, period and space
parameters as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. Please send
proposals for panels of three papers, or abstracts for individual
papers, of up to 250 words by 11 January 2008 to Emma Kelly:
eakelly1@uclan.ac.uk or via the ASAUK websites: www.asauk.net. Please
send an abstract with title of proposed paper, on disc or as an email
attachment, listing name, organisation, contact address, telephone and
email address. All papers should be presented in English and all paper
presenters will need to register for the conference and pay the
registration fee.
EMPIRE, SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY: REBUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY IN SIERRA
LEONE. PAST AND PRESENT. WISE - WILBERFORCE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF
SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION, UNIVERSITY OF HULL, SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2008
In 1808, two hundred years ago, Sierra Leone became a British Crown
colony. The bicentennial presents the opportunity to re-examine the
history of Sierra Leone. The conference will bring together academics
from different disciplines, museum professionals, archivists, policy
makers concerned with contemporary issues, and individuals interested in
human rights and the reconstruction of modern day Sierra Leone. This
conference will mark the bicentenary of the establishment of Sierra
Leone as a British Crown colony in 1808. All participants will be
required to pay a registration fee and to arrange their own
accommodation and travel. Information on local hotel accommodation can
be arranged through the Hull Conference Bureau; details to be supplied
upon registration. An edited collection of papers presented at the
conference will be published. Contact Info: Jane Ellison, Conference
Manager, WISE (Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and
Emancipation), University of Hull, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull,
HU1 1NE, T: 01482 305182. F: 01482 305184. Email: j.ellison@hull.ac.uk.
Visit the website at http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise
AFRICAN ATHENA: BLACK ATHENA 20 YEARS ON
, UNIVERSITY OF WARICK,
COVENTRY, UK, NOVEMBER 6-8, 2008.
African Athena was Bernal's original title for Black Athena, his
"infamous" work that has confronted the modern academy with some of the
most challenging questions it has faced over the last twenty years. This
interdisciplinary conference seeks neither to demonize nor to lionize
Bernal's book, but to open dialogue on the issues it has posed: can a
myth of Afrocentrism ever be a useful narrative in contemporary culture?
This is a call for papers from scholars of African Studies, Black
British Studies, African American Studies, of South Asia, of the Middle
East, of classicists, philologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and
any intellectual beyond these borders. Send proposals of up to 500 words
for papers by March 31, 2008 to Dr. Daniel Orrells, Department of
Classics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL. Email:
D.Orrells@warwick.ac.uk.
"HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS", RUSSIAN STATE
UNIVERSITY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, JUNE 16-19, 2009.
Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Institute for
African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences in co-operation
with the School of History, Political Science and Law of the Russian
State University for the Humanities is organizing in Moscow on June
16-19, 2009 the Fifth International Conference "HIERARCHY AND POWER IN
THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS". The aim of the Conference, like that of
the four previous ones, is to bring together the researchers doing the
respective problematics in the whole variety of its contexts, within the
framework of different academic schools and traditions from the
positions of a wide range of disciplines: social anthropology,
archaeology, history, political science, sociology, philosophy,
psychology, etc. The working languages of the Conference are Russian and
English. The Organizing Committee will be glad to consider any panel
proposals (within 500 words in any of the Conference working languages)
which will be received by February 1, 2008. All the correspondence
should be sent for the Conference Secretaries, Dr. Oleg I. Kavykin and
Ms. Anastasia A. Banschikova, preferably by e-mail
(conf2009@conf2009.ru), or either by fax (+ 7 495 202 0786), or by
ordinary mail (Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Institute
for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 30/1 Spiridonovka St.,
123001 Moscow, Russia). The telephone number is: + 7 495 291 4119.
CALLS FOR PUBLICATION
APPROACHES TO TEACHING COETZEE'S DISGRACE AND OTHER WORKS. DEADLINE:
DECEMBER 1, 2007
We seek proposals of 500 words for an approved and forthcoming volume,
Approaches to Teaching Coetzee's Disgrace and Other Works, in the MLA
series Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Since South African
novelist J. M. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003, his
work has received increased international attention both in terms of
the critical scholarship it has generated and in terms of the
pedagogical richness it affords instructors of literature. In
particular, the text that preceded Coetzee's receipt of the Nobel Prize,
his 1999 Booker Prize winning novel Disgrace, has established and
maintained a place at the forefront of Coetzee studies, generating an
amount of critical attention and continuously finding its way into an
increasing variety of undergraduate literature classes, including, for
example, courses with specific foci on the novel, postcolonial and world
literature, postmodern fiction, animal rights and ecocriticism, and
ethics, as well as more general and introductory literature survey
courses. In order to submit a proposal, please click on the link below
and complete the brief questionnaire. This questionnaire is designed to
gather information and also to give respondents an opportunity to
propose an essay for possible inclusion. All respondents are
acknowledged in the published volumes. Deadline is December 1, 2007.
http://www.mla.org/survey_coetzee
JOURNAL OF PAN AFRICAN STUDIES (JPAS): (PRODUCT)RED: (RE)BRANDING
- AFRICA? DEADLINE
- JANUARY 15, 2008.
This edition of JPAS invites papers that critique, analyze, and offer
insights into (Product)Red, specifically, the image(s) of Africa it
(re)presents and seeks to (re)present, as well as the forms and kinds of
knowledges it is creating and/or reviving. Contributions may examine
(Product)Red commercials, its business model, website, participating
campaigns (i.e. GAP, Apple, etc.), as well as Bono's appearance on
Oprah, Bono's special editions of Vanity Fair and The Independent, and
various artists/celebrities who contribute to the (Product)Red campaign.
Of particular interest, is the campaign's use of discourses on "African
AIDS," African poverty, corruption, or the feminization of poverty, for
example, to create an image of Africa that "sells" to the "Western"
consumer. In this light, papers exploring the relationship produced
between "Africa"/"Africans" and (Product)Red consumers (two categories
that are presumably mutually exclusive) is also of interest. More
generally, this issue wishes to explore the aspects of knowledge about
Africa that this campaign is creating or re/producing. Those interested,
can send papers to Danai Mupotsa at danai.mupotsa_at_gmail.com by 15
January 2008. More information at http://cfp.english.upenn.edu
AFRICAN DIASPORA AND THE METROPOLIS. DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2008.
The Editors of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal
announce the Call for Papers on African Diaspora and the Metropolis to
mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the seminal publication,
Presence Africaine by Allioune Diop. The Editors are seeking papers that
examine the intersection between the African Diaspora and the
metropolis. We are seeking papers that examine the development of
African Diaspora networks in the metropolis and how these networks were
activated, nurtured and conveyed transnational dialogue among people of
the African and Black Diaspora. Three complete copies of each manuscript
should be submitted, along with an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the paper, double spaced,
with one inch margins, and bear the title of the article.For additional
details regarding manuscript submission, please visit the journal's web
site: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t777764754. The
deadline for submission is March 15, 2008. Manuscripts for the special
issue should be sent to the Editors: Fassil Demissie Department of
Public Policy, DePaul University, 2352 N. Clifton Ave., Suite 150,
Chicago, IL 60614, fdemissi@depaul.edu; Sandra Jackson, DePaul
University, Center for Black Diaspora, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL
60614, sjackson@depaul.edu; Abebe Zegeye, The School for Graduate
Studies, University of South Africa, PO Box 392, Pretoria 0003, South
Africa, zegeya@unisa.ac.za.
HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: NEED FOR REFORMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
The Faculty Seminar Series which is supported by CODESRIA will be having
a series of Seminars at Laikipia College Campus (LCC). The objective of
the Faculty Seminar Series is to promote a culture of interfaculty and
interdisciplinary research dialogue and exchange, which is essential in
strengthening social science research capacity in Africa. The Faculty
Seminar Series aims to promote interdisciplinary scientific
collaboration among colleagues within the same institutions while
providing a venue for research dialogues which are essential in adding
value to social science knowledge production in Africa. It will also
provide support upon which tertiary institutions can build the research
dialogue. It is expected that at the end of the Seminar Series, the
papers presented will be peer-reviewed, and selected ones published in a
special issue by CODESRIA. All abstracts and papers should be submitted
in soft copy to Dr. Felicia Yieke of LCC at: fyieke@yahoo.com. For more
information see: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=158931
INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO BOOK OF ESSAYS ON KALU UKA
Kalu Uka, acclaimed dramatist, poet, teacher and essayist will be
seventy years old in February 2008. As part of the events marking the
occasion, we are planning festschrift to celebrate both his 70th
birthday anniversary and over 35 years of active and engaged commitment
to the scholarship and practice of creative writing and theatre practice
in Nigeria. Kalu Uka, poet, playwright, critic, scholar and theatre
director is one of the pioneers of modern Nigerian theatre and drama.
Paradoxical to his scholarship is the fact that he has said and offered
more to the development of theatre and creative writing in Nigeria than
have been written about his work. This festschrift therefore is intended
to bring together, in a book form, views and opinions on him and on his
creative works, and to recognise his contribution to Nigerian literature
specifically and more generally to African literature which places him
alongside some of the greatest names in Africa's evolving canon.
Proposed Sections: Part One Critical essays on all aspects of Kalu
Uka's works; Part Two Impressions: Views, Opinions and Personal
Reflections on Kalu Uka; Part Three Poetic Thoughts: Poems and Songs
(and other creative forms); Manuscripts of not more than 5000 words,
including a 100 150 word abstract, should follow the MLA style of
referencing. Electronic submission preferred. Please send your
contributions, on or before 25 January 2008, to: Stephen E. Inegbe,
PhDDepartmant of Theatre Arts, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo, Akwa
Ibom State, Nigeria. E-mail: misteve4life@yahoo.com
SPECIAL EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES. NEW DEADLINE: MAY
31, 2008.
This edition offers scholars, theorists, researchers, and practitioners
opportunities to reassess, contest, and/or elaborate notions/theories of
Black Spirituality. All manuscripts must be original (hence, not under
consideration at any other journal) and submitted in MS word format via
ogundayo@pitt.edu. The entire work should not exceed twenty
double-spaced pages with a concise title, abstract, and scholarly
citation (MLA style); articles in languages other than English will be
considered, however they must also be presented in English, and all
submissions must list the author's current affiliation and contact
points (e-mail address, etc.). Please address manuscripts to: `BioDun J.
Ogundayo, Ph.D.,University of Pittsburgh,300 Campus Drive, BRADFORD, PA
16701. For further information see:
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=158237NEW,
EMERGENT, OR ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY, A SPECIAL
EDITION OF NOVA RELIGIO: THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND EMERGENT
RELIGIONS. DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2008.
A special edition of Nova Religio will be dedicated to the theme of the
changing nature of African Christianity. English-language articles of
original research are invited on any expression of African Christianity
that may be defined as new, emergent, or alternative. Submissions are
invited across disciplines. The guest editor of this edition of Nova
Religio is Dr. Joel E. Tishken. He may be contacted at
tishken_joel@colstate.edu. Paper submissions via email will be due to
Dr. Tishken by April 1, 2008. The preferred length of articles is around
8,000 words including endnotes. The maximum length for a submitted paper
can be 10,000 words including endnotes. Submission of photographs or
other graphics is encouraged when they can substantively enhance an
article. Accepted manuscripts must follow the Chicago Manual of Style
(14th ed., rev., sections 15.1 to 15.426) and should be submitted
according to these style guidelines. All references should be in
endnotes, numbered throughout the manuscript with the auto-numbering
feature of the word processing program. The paper should be sent via
email saved in a MS Word or rich text format file. Photographs should be
sent as jpg files.
CHINA IN AFRICA: A MOMENT OF "SECOND IMPERIALISM" OR PROGRESSIVE
PARTNERSHIP. DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2008.
We seek for publication theoretical and empirical papers on the nature,
impact, and trajectory of Chinese economic, political, and social
activities in Africa, written from multidisciplinary perspectives,
including history, economics, political science, sociology, media and
communication, and cultural studies. The deadline for submitting
abstracts of approximately 300 words is November 15, 2007; and the
deadline for the submission of completed essays is March 31, 2008.
Please, note that arrangements are in the pipeline for a conference and
you may be invited to present your submitted paper(s) at the conference.
Please, address all submissions and queries to: kaparr@ship.edu and/or
kolapof@uoguelph.ca. For more information see:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=157710
UFAHAMU, A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES, "MULTI-MEDIATING AFRICA: EMERGING
ARTISTIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RE/PRESENTATIONS." DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2007.
To follow the 2007 UCLA African Activist Association Conference,
entitled "Multi-Mediating Africa: Emerging Artistic and Technological
Re/presentations," UFAHAMU is publishing a special issue that will
include work presented at the conference. The theme of conference
highlighted ways that Africans leverage and negotiate locality in a
globalized world to encourage discourse on how Africa is represented.
UFAHAMU is actively seeking submissions of articles thematically related
to multi-media: use of internet, digital technology, emerging artistic
media, and new ways of using traditional media. Submissions should not
be limited to scholarly articles, but also include political-economic
analysis, commentaries, film and book reviews, short fiction, and
poetry. This special issue will be published in Volume 34, Issue 2
(Winter 2007). Submissions are due no later than Friday, November 30,
2007. Submissions should be no more than 30 pages, clearly typed, double
spaced, and, where appropriate, with footnotes on separate page(s).
Electronic submissions only please, submitted at ufahamu@ucla.edu. The
Editorial Board reserves the right to edit any manuscript to meet the
objectives of the journal. Along with the submissions, authors are
expected to email a brief biographical note, including position,
academic affiliation and recent significant publications, etc. All
correspondence should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief via email at
ufahamu@ucla.edu.
POSTAMBLE VOL. 4.1: "SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA."
- DEADLINE
- DECEMBER 31, 2007
The Editorial Collective of postamble invite submissions with a focus on
the theme of Science, Technology and Society in Africa. The guiding
questions for this edition of are as follows: How do people make sense
of new technologies and scientific practices as they impinge on their
lives, and their understandings of the world in which they live? In what
ways are technologies from "elsewhere" the West, the global North
hybridised and transformed as they travel to African contexts and the
continents different regional and national traditions? In what ways do
new technologies and scientific practices and languages provide
materials for reworking notions of culture, identity and the self in
particular, local African contexts? Submissions may vary in their
subject matter and approach, and will be assessed on the basis of their
relevance to the theme of the edition. Correctly formatted submissions
(http://www.africanstudies.uct.ac.za/postamble/vol3-1/submissions.pdf)
should be addressed to the Managing Editor and either posted or emailed
directly to postamble by no later than 31 December 2007.
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
GATES MILLENIUM SCHOLAR PROGRAM. DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2007 (PAPER),
JANUARY 11, 2008 (ONLINE)
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding
African American, American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific
Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity
to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas
and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in
mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The
goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an
opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant
financial need to reach their fullest potential. The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation established the initiative to encourage and support
students to complete college and continue on to earn masters and
doctoral degrees in disciplines in which their ethnic and racial groups
are currently underrepresented. For more information, see:
https://www.gmsp.org/gmsp_app/default.aspx
FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECT IN SOUTH AFRICA AND LESOTHO: 21 JUNE-30
- JULY 2008
- DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2008.
Designed for K-12 and community college teachers the program highlights
are: examine South Africa's interaction with Lesotho; learn about the
cultures and history of Southern Africa; participate in seminars with
African professors, politicians, civil servants and community activists;
engage in service learning experiences with African teachers, care
givers and students; enjoy activities like game viewing, hiking and
shopping; embellish your credentials with a Fulbright-Hays participant
award; visit non-malarial and low risk areas in Southern Africa;
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects grant pays 85% of travel, food, and
lodging overseas expenses; cost share expense is only $850 for over five
weeks abroad. Applications due by: January 10, 2008. Richard F.
Weisfelder, Department of Political Science, The University of Toledo,
MS 511, Toledo, Oh 43606-3390, (419) 530-2265, Email:
richard.weisfelder@utoledo.edu; Visit the website at
http://www.utoledo.edu/as/ids/global/Africa2008index.html.
THE FRENCH INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE FORCED MIGRATION STUDIES
PROGRAMME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS - www.ifas.org.za/research)
and the Forced Migration Studies Programme at The University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (FMSP - http://migration.org.za) invite
applications for two one-year, postdoctoral research fellowships as part
of our Migration and Transit Research Programme (Mitrans). Reporting to
the Research Director of the French Institute and the Director of the
Forced Migration Studies Programme, fellows will be expected to complete
a specific research assignment within a six-month period including
writing time. The fellow will also have the opportunity to develop and
explore an independent research question. The positions, described in
the attached documents, include office space with computer and access to
all department and university facilities. The positions are one-year
appointments and include a competitive benefits and salary package of
between 18,000 and 20,000 Euros/Year plus relocation expenses. Depending
on the availability of funding, it may be possible to extend the
fellowship period. Screening of applications begins 5 November 2007
and will continue until the position is filled. The positions *starting
date is 1 February 2008 although this may be negotiable for a suitable
candidate*. A complete application consists of a letter addressing the
qualifications cited above specifying the research area chosen;
curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email
addresses of at least three professional references. The application
must also include a project proposal of no more than 20 000 characters
and 2 previous publications or research outputs. Preference will be
given to qualified African candidates. If you have additional questions,
please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Loren Landau (loren.landau@wits.ac.za)
INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE INTERNATIONAL CALL. DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1,
2008.
The Independent Television Service ( http://www.itvs.org/ )
International Call enables independent producers from outside of the
United States to create documentaries for U.S. television. Applicants
must be "independent producers" who have artistic, budgetary, and
editorial control of their project and the ability to grant ITVS the
right to reversion for broadcast. The primary applicant must be a
citizen of another country who does not reside in the U.S. Dual
foreign/U.S. citizens are eligible if they do not reside in the U.S.
American citizens may only participate as co-applicants in a
co-production relationship with a non-U.S. primary applicant. Applicants
must have previous film or television production experience in a
principal role (producer, co-producer, director or co-director).
Students are not eligible. U.S. residents, regardless of citizenship,
are not eligible to apply as a primary applicant. International Call
funds must be used as production completion funds for the project. The
range of production funds offered for each project will vary. Visit the
ITVS Web site for complete program information. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009734/itvs
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP
The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund ( http://nonprofitresearch.org/ ), a
grant-making program of the Aspen Institute ( http://aspeninstitute.org/
) in Washington, D.C., offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed
Fellowship three times annually. The fellowship, which is based on
academic excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate
students who are members of minority groups. The Hearst Fellow serves as
an intern with the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund. Fellowship grant of
between $2,500 and $5,000 will be awarded, depending on the recipient's
educational level, financial need, and time commitment. Applications are
considered three times annually based on the timing of applicants'
availability: For Spring 2008, the deadline is December 15, 2007; for
Summer 2008, the deadline is March 15, 2008; and for Fall 2008, the
deadline is July 15, 2008. Visit the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Web
site for complete program information:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009449/nporesearch
THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American
Studies has a broad mandate in undergraduate and graduate education,
advance research, and exchange within the University community. There
are two types of residential fellowship programs that are designed to
fit this broad mandate: The Postdoctoral Fellowship is awarded to
scholars who hold a Ph.D. degree in a field related to the African and
African-American experience. It carries an annual stipend of $35,000 and
supports the completion of a research project for one academic year; The
Predoctoral Fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student of any
university who studies aspects of the African and African-American
experience. This fellowship, which carries an annual stipend of $23,000,
does not come with any teaching obligation, but will require the Fellow
to work with the Institute's Director in organizing colloquium,
lectures, and other events. All Fellows receive office space in the
Institute, full access to the University's facilities, and opportunities
to interact and collaborate with scholars of their respective
disciplines within the University. Fellows must be in full time
residence during the tenure of their awards and are expected to be
engaged in scholarly activity on a full-time basis. They must, for
example, be available for consultation with students and professional
colleagues; make at least two formal presentations based upon their
research; and contribute generally to the intellectual discourse on
African and African-American Studies. The Frederick Douglass Institute
for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester, RC
Box 270440, 302 Morey Hall, Rochester, NY 14627-0440, U.S.A. Tel: (585)
275-7235 - Fax: (585) 256-2594. Ghislaine Radegonde-Eison, University
Hall, Phone: (585)275-7235 ; Fax: (585)256-2594;Email:
fdi@troi.cc.rochester.edu; For more information visit the website at
http://www.rochester.edu/college/AAS/.
ALSTON/BANNERMAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR LONG-TIME ACTIVISTS OF COLOR.
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2007.
The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program is committed to advancing
progressive social change by helping to sustain long-time activists of
color. The program honors those who have devoted their lives to helping
their communities organize for racial, social, economic, and
environmental justice, and provides resources for these organizers to
take sabbaticals for reflection and renewal. To qualify for an
Alston/Bannerman Fellowship, applicants must be a person of color; have
more than ten years of community organizing experience; be committed to
continuing to work for social change; and live in the United States or
its territories. Both full-time and volunteer activists are eligible to
apply. Fellows receive a $25,000 award to take sabbaticals of three
months or more. sFellows are expected to stop their day-to-day work
activities for at least three months and devote that time to activities
that are substantially different from their normal routine. Fellows have
the freedom to use their sabbaticals however they think will best
reenergize them for the work ahead. Past fellows have used the time and
resources to travel, study, visit with other activists, read, relax,
acquire new skills, explore new interests, spend time with their
families, restore their health, plan, evaluate, and "just be still."
Visit the program's Web site for complete program details. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009223/alstonbannerman. For
additional RFPs in Philanthropy and Voluntarism, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_philanthropy.jhtml.
ALUKA AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING, 2008. DEADLINE: JANUARY 25, 2008
The Aluka Digital Library is a broad and diverse collection of materials
about African history, culture, and botany relevant to disciplines such
as global politics, economics, archaeology, anthropology, architecture
and preservation, ecology, history, and human rights. Aluka aspires to
enrich teaching and research by making valuable primary and supporting
materials about Africa available to students, faculty, and researchers.
The Aluka Award for Innovative Teaching recognises instructional uses of
the digital library that enrich teaching about or related to Africa. Any
faculty member or graduate student teaching an accredited course in any
discipline is eligible to apply. The US$2000 award is unrestricted and
may be used toward any academic - or research-based expense, including
books, supplies, equipment, or travel. Complete details about the award
program are provided at
http://www.aluka.org/page/about/news/20071001.jsp, along with a
downloadable pdf version of the proposal guidelines. General questions
may be directed to info@aluka.org. To learn more about Aluka or access
the digital library, please visit www.aluka.org.
BRITISH ACADEMY VISITING FELLOWSHIPS 2008-2009. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 23, 2007
The British Academy is pleased to announce a call for applications under
this year's round of its Visiting Fellowship scheme. The scheme has been
devised with a view to enabling overseas postdoctoral academics to come
to the UK for at least two months in order to carry out research in a
British institution, in conjunction with a UK academic. A number of
places are being reserved specifically for candidates from Africa. The
scheme is open to application by any scholar from outside the UK who has
obtained a PhD after January 2002, or who is of equivalent status.
Application must be made in tandem with a UK-based academic sponsor
whose home institution is willing to host the visit (UK institutions can
apply to the Academy for the full economic cost of hosting the visiting
scholar). The closing date for applications is 23 November 2007, for
visits to take place after 1 April 2008. Results of the competition will
be announced in mid-March 2008. Further information together with
application forms and notes of guidance (for both candidates and host
institutions) are available from the Academy's
website:http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/visfells.html
Contact: International Relations, The British Academy, 10 Carlton House
Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH,Tel 020 7969 5235; Fax 020 7969 5414;
vf@britac.ac.uk
DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION, LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR NEW AFRICAN HEALTH
INITIATIVE. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2007
As part of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's (http://www.ddcf.org/
) new $100 million African Health Initiative, the foundation will award
grants to create Population Health Implementation and Training
Partnerships that provide cost-effective, large-scale, integrated
primary healthcare that is linked to operations/implementation research
and workforce training in a specific region in Africa. Organizations
working in any of the following nine countries are eligible to submit
Letters of Interest: Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. PHIT Partnerships will be
required to identify significant, measurable community health
improvements to be achieved over a five- to seven-year period and then
design outcome-driven programs to achieve those goals. PHIT Partnerships
must be African-led or co-led; must include representatives of the
national Ministry of Health, academic institutions, and local
communities in which they are based; and must complement the country's
national health plans and build and expand upon existing programs in the
region of interest. After a review of the Letters of Interest, up to
fifteen teams will be selected to submit proposals for planning grants.
Up to nine planning grants of up to $150,000 each will be awarded to
support the development of full proposals to establish PHIT
Partnerships. After a review of the full proposals, up to six PHIT
Partnership implementation grants will be awarded. It is estimated that
partnerships each will receive funding ranging from $8 million to $20
million over five to seven years. DDCF also expects to support a
portfolio of smaller projects that complement, advance, and foster
collaboration among PHIT Partnerships. Visit the DDCF Web site for
complete program information. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009051/ddcf. For additional
RFPs in Health, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_health.jhtml
THE HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER AT RICE UNIVERSITY, EXTERNAL FACULTY
FELLOWSHIPS. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 19, 2007.
The Humanities Research Center at Rice University will award up to four
external faculty fellowships for one-semester appointments during the
academic year 2008-2009. Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000 to
$50,000, depending on rank, as well as an allowance for research and
relocation. Fellows will be in residence at the center; they will give a
series of three lectures or participate in a conference or event
centered on their research; and they will teach one course. The fellows
will participate in the intellectual life of the center. Applicants
should describe how their research project would contribute to the
intellectual focus of one or more of the HRC's workshops (such as the
African Studies Workshop, Cultural Studies of Science and Technology,
Early Modern Reading Group, Global Hispanism Workshop, History of
Philosophy Workshop, Judaic Studies Workshop, and Medieval Studies
Workshop) or to interdisciplinary Humanities initiatives (such as the
Americas Colloquium or Medical Humanities communities). For details on
these workshops and application guidelines, please visit the HRC's
website. Applicants are eligible to apply from all humanities
disciplines including, but not limited to, history, philosophy,
languages, literature, linguistics, religious studies, art history and
the arts. Proposals employing humanistic approaches are welcome from the
social sciences, natural sciences, music, architecture, and engineering.
Both junior and senior faculty members with faculty appointments at
universities other than Rice are eligible, but they must be at least
three years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. at the beginning of the
fellowship term. Application deadline is November 19, 2007. Applicants
will be notified of fellowship decisions in late December 2007. These
fellowships are generously funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities and the Lynette S. Autrey Endowment. Rice University is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Humanities Research
Center MS 620, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892.
THE HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER AT RICE UNIVERSITY, MELLON POSTDOCTORAL
FELLOWSHIPS. DEADLINE: DECEMBER 10, 2007.
The Humanities Research Center at Rice University will award up to three
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships for two-year appointments
beginning July 1, 2008. Fellows will receive a stipend of $40,000 per
year, as well as an allowance for research and relocation. Fellows will
teach two courses per academic year, and will be expected to make
significant progress in their research. The fellows will play an active
role in the intellectual life of the center. Applicants should describe
how their research project would contribute to the intellectual focus of
one or more of the HRC's workshops (such as the African Studies
Workshop, Cultural Studies of Science and Technology, Early Modern
Reading Group, Global Hispanism Workshop, History of Philosophy
Workshop, Judaic Studies Workshop, and Medieval Studies Workshop) or to
interdisciplinary Humanities initiatives (such as the Americas
Colloquium or Medical Humanities communities). For details on workshops
and this fellowship application, please visit the HRC's website.
Applicants are eligible to apply from all humanities disciplines
including, but not limited to: history, philosophy, languages,
literature, linguistics, religious studies, art history and the arts.
Proposals employing humanistic approaches are welcome from the social
sciences, natural sciences, music, architecture, and engineering.
Eligible applicants have received a PhD in 2005 or later, or will have
received the degree by July 1, 2008. Fellowship recipients cannot have
accepted or currently hold a tenure-track position. Postmark deadline:
December 10, 2007. Applicants will be notified of fellowship decisions
in February 2008. Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity employer. Employment eligibility verifications requested
upon hire.
THE ERSKINE A. PETERS DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NOTRE DAME. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2007.
The fellowship period extends from August to May and carries a stipend
of $25,000 plus a $2000 research budget. The fellowship has two overall
goals: (1) to enable outstanding African American doctoral candidates at
the ABD level to devote their full energies to the completion of the
dissertation, and (2) to provide opportunities for African American
scholars to experience life at the University of Notre Dame, a major
Catholic research institution. The University of Notre Dame is an equal
opportunity employer with a strong commitment to nurturing a culturally
diverse faculty and student body. Interested candidates for the academic
year 2008-2009 should view the Erskine A. Peters Fellowship information
at http://africana.nd.edu/erskine/ and follow the online application
instructions. Additional information about the fellowship program may be
obtained by contacting the Department of Africana Studies. Postmark
Deadline: November 30, 2007. Questions may be directed to: Tiwanna
DeMoss, Program Coordinator. Application materials may be directed to:
Dr. Richard Pierce and Members of the Selection Committee. Department of
Africana Studies, 327 O'Shaughnessy Hall University of Notre Dame.
Phone: (574)631-5628, Fax: (574)631-3587
DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN AFRICA
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program
supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social
sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States.
Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2008 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
situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged
with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Fellowships will
provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research.
Individual awards will be approximately $20,000. 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).
ACADEMIC JOBS
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST - TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
IN AFRICAN DIASPORA/ PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES
The W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst seeks applicants for a tenure-track assistant
professorship in African Diaspora / Pan-African Studies. Starting date
is September 1, 2008. Candidates having a foundation in the development
of African cultures from the 15th through the 20th centuries and
knowledge of African retentions in the cultures of peoples of African
descent in the U.S. will receive priority. We are particularly
interested in candidates who present a fresh perspective in their
research agenda and who have an active research interest in women in the
African Diaspora. Successful candidates will teach existing
undergraduate courses and eventually will be expected to develop new
courses that fit our undergraduate and graduate curricula. We require
the Ph.D. in hand at time of appointment. Salary is competitive. Review
of applications will begin on December 3, 2007 and continue until
position is filled. Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae,
evidence of teaching ability, and three letters of recommendation to
Diaspora Search Committee, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American
Studies, 325 New Africa House, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
01003-6210. Electronic applications may be sent to
tlovelan@afroam.umass.edu; please specify "Diaspora Search" in the
e-mail subject header.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY - AFRICAN STUDIES, RANK OPEN
The Department of African Studies at Howard University in Washington,
DC, seeks candidates with excellent teaching, research, publication and
grantsmanship record to fill two tenure-track positions, rank open,
beginning August 2008. Preferred research and teaching fields include
health, public policy and development administration; contemporary
migration and development; gender, communication and development.
Successful candidates will teach introductory courses in African
Studies, as well as undergraduate and graduate level courses in their
area of specialty. Course load is five classes per year. The position
requires demonstrated achievement in and commitment to interdisciplinary
teaching and research. Ph.D. required at time of application. Send
letter of application, c.v. and three letters of recommendation to:
Robert Edgar, Chair, African Studies Search Committee, Department of
African Studies, Howard University Center, 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW, 4th.
Floor, Washington, DC 20059. Review of applications will begin November
19 and continue until the positions are filled.
http://www.coas.howard.edu/africanstudies/ or
http://www.gs.howard.edu/gradprograms/african_studies/default.htm
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, FULL-TIME, OPEN RANK, AFRICAN HISTORY
The department of history invites applications for a full-time tenure
track appointment, rank open, in African history beginning in the
2008-2009 academic year. All periods of history, areas of
specialization, and regions of Africa will be considered, although
sub-Saharan Africa is preferred. Applicants can anticipate being
directly involved in Augustana's "Study Abroad in Africa" experience,
and in the development of an interdisciplinary African Studies Program.
Candidates will also teach courses in Augustana's innovative Liberal
Studies curriculum and/or an area of secondary interest to be specified
by the candidate. A PhD in hand at the time of appointment and
demonstrated commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching
as well as scholarly achievement is expected. Interviewing of candidates
will begin at the October Association for African Studies meetings and,
if necessary, continue in January at the American Historical Association
conference. Details about Augustana, our expectation of the faculty, the
selection process, and the Quad Cities are all available at the Faculty
Search website; http://www.augustana.edu/academics/faculty_search/. Send
a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts,
statement of teaching philosophy and three letters of recommendation to
Search #111-08 HIST/African Committee, C/O Jeff Abernathy, Dean of the
College, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illinois,
61201. Questions may be directed to Dr. Stephen Warren, chair of the
search: StephenWarren@augustana.edu. Review of applications will begin
October 8, 2007.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, TWO TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
The Department of History of Dartmouth College invites nominations and
applications for two tenure-track positions in African History to begin
July 1, 2008. One of the positions will be open rank, and the other will
be at the rank of assistant professor. Research specialization is open,
but candidates who focus on South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, African
diaspora, Africa in the Atlantic World, Africa and the Indian Ocean, or
Africa and the Islamic World are especially encouraged to apply. Send
letter of application, c.v., and three letters of reference by November
15, 2007, to Professor David Lagomarsino, Chair, Department of History,
Dartmouth College, 300 Carson Hall, Hanover, NH 03755. AA/EOE. Women and
minorities are encouraged to apply.
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES - INSTRUCTOR, AFRICAN HISTORY
The Department of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites
applications for a two-year instructorship in African history beginning
in the Fall of 2008. A tenure-line is anticipated in 2010. The
Department welcomes scholars representing various specialized fields and
interpretive approaches in all periods and geographical areas of African
history. Teaching will include undergraduate survey courses in African
history and upper level courses of the instructor�s choice.
Coursework
that is interdisciplinary and that places Africa in a global context is
particularly appealing to our students, who participate in vigorous
study abroad and community service programs. Please send c.v., cover
letter, graduate transcript, and three letters of recommendation to
Professor Clifton Hood, Chair, African Search Committee, Department of
History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456-3397.
Candidates nearing completion of the PhD degree will be considered and
preliminary interviews will be held at the AHA meeting. Applications
received after December 10, 2007 cannot be guaranteed full consideration.
COLGATE UNIVERSITY - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORY
The History Department at Colgate University seeks a tenure-track
Assistant Professor in sub-Saharan African History. The successful
candidate will begin teaching in fall 2008 and will teach five (5)
courses a year, including introductory and upper division courses in
African history and courses in all-university programs as relevant to
the candidate's field. PhD or equivalent preferred. Please send a letter
of application, c.v., and placement file including at least three (3)
letters of recommendation to Carol B. Stevens, Chair, History
Department, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton NY 13346. Review
of applications will begin December 3, 2007, in preparation for
interviews at the AHA meeting. Colgate University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Developing and sustaining a diverse
faculty, student body, and staff further the University's educational
mission.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHARLOTTE - CHAIR, DEPT. OF AFRICANA STUDIES
Senior level twelve-month appointment beginning July 1, 2008. Salary
competitive. Applications are invited from individuals in any
disciplinary tradition whose teaching and research demonstrate a
commitment to Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary enterprise and
whose vision of the field embraces the study of all facets of Africa and
the African Diaspora. Candidates should have 1) a doctoral degree, 2) an
active research agenda in an appropriate field, 3) credentials and
experience appropriate for a senior level appointment at UNC Charlotte,
preferably as a full professor, 4) administrative experience that
demonstrates their potential for success as a department chair, 5)
interest in community outreach. A record of success in securing
program-related funding is highly desirable. The selected candidate will
need to have the ability to lead an interdisciplinary program consisting
of both core and affiliated faculty, to integrate the department's
faculty and programs into the mission of the college, and to work
productively in the community. For more information about the position
and program please visit our website: www.africana.uncc.edu. For
consideration, apply online at https://jobs.uncc.edu with a letter of
interest, vita, and the names of three referees. Screening of
applications will begin 16 November 2007 and will continue until the
position is filled. For more information please contact the chair of the
search committee, Jurgen Buchenau, at jbuchena@uncc.edu.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: PROFESSOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES
The Department of African-American and African Studies at Rutgers
University-Newark is pleased to invite applications from scholars with
expertise in African-American and African diasporic studies working in
all areas of the humanities and social sciences. We will consider
applications from candidates appropriate for appointment at the rank of
tenure-track assistant professor as well as applications from
established scholars appropriate for tenured appointment at the rank of
associate or full professor. This position is for full-time appointment
in the Department of African-American and African Studies. The
department is particularly interested in emerging and established
scholars who engage in work on African Americans and African diasporic
populations. The department wishes to position itself at the forefront
of new scholarship that is now taking place in diaspora and immigrant
studies. Our distinguished faculty is comprised both of full and joint
appointments, as well as of affiliate faculty from a range of academic
departments, institutes and graduate programs. A Ph.D. is required by
September 1, 2008. Review of applications will begin on December 3, 2007
and will continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates
should send a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and three letters
of reference to: Professor Sterling Bland, Chair, African-American and
African Studies Search Committee, Rutgers University-Newark, 175
University Avenue, 304 Conklin Hall, Newark, NJ 07102-1814.
HAMILTON COLLEGE: FACULTY, AFRICAN DIASPORA
The Program in Africana Studies at Hamilton College invites applications
for an open rank, tenure track position. A senior-level appointment
likely, but appointment at lower rank is possible and junior scholars
are encouraged to apply. Open to any discipline and specialization
within the African Diaspora. Hamilton is a distinguished liberal arts
college with competitive salaries and a teaching load of five courses
per year. The College also offers generous research support, including
start-up funds. The successful applicant will be able to teach courses
in at least two of the following: African, Afro-Caribbean and/or
African-American studies. Responsibilities will also normally include
teaching an interdisciplinary, Diaspora-based Introduction to Africana
Studies, and designing and implementing campus-wide programs for an
increasingly diverse student body. Applications, accompanied by a
current curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation, should be
sent to Shelley P. Haley, Director, Africana Studies, Hamilton College,
198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323 (telephone: 315-859-4197; fax:
315-859-4253; email: shaley@hamilton.edu). Applicants who have email
addresses should be sure to submit those addresses with their
applications. The application deadline is December 10, 2007.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE: ONE-YEAR POSITION, ANTHROPOLOGY
The Sociology/Anthropology Department invites applications for a one
year leave replacement position for an Anthropologist with an area focus
in Africa to begin in September, 2008. The successful candidate will
teach courses in Africa, Anthropological Theory, and two additional
courses. Appointment at either the Assistant Professor or Instructor
level. Applicants must show evidence of teaching excellence as well as a
program of active research. Send letter of application, C.V., and three
letters of reference to Burke Rochford, Chair, Department of
Sociology/Anthropology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753. Only
hard copy applications will be accepted - no electronic submissions.
Initial interviews will be held at the AAA meetings in Washington DC.
Application deadline: December 15, 2007. Middlebury is an Equal
Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse faculty to
complement the increasing diversity of the student body.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE: OPEN RANK TENURED OR TENURE-TRACK
POSITION IN AFRICAN FEMINISMS
The Department of Women's Studies at the University of California,
Riverside is conducting an open rank search for a full-time, tenured or
tenure-track position in African feminisms construed in the broadest
sense including Africa and the various locations that comprise the
African Diaspora. Position will begin July 1, 2008. Candidates with
primary research strength in one or more of the following areas will be
considered: (1) global theorizations of African feminisms; (2)
comparative perspectives on gender and sexuality studies in the African
Diaspora; (3) conceptual approaches on blackness and Africanness in
feminist contexts; (4) women, gender and Pan-African consciousness; (5)
comparative feminist interpretations of the African Diaspora; (6)
transnational feminist diasporic movements; and (7) representations of
women in the African Diaspora (in literature, visual arts, media and
other artistic expressions). The successful candidate will teach core
and elective courses in women, gender, and/or sexuality studies within a
transnational focus and will undertake curricular development. Ph.D.
required. Please send Curriculum Vitae, letter of application, letters
of recommendation, and other supporting materials to: Christine Gailey,
Chair of Search Committee, Department of Women's Studies, University of
California, Riverside, California 92521. Review of completed
applications will begin on December 15, 2007 and will continue until the
position is filled. Applicants for assistant professors should arrange
for three letters of reference to be submitted by their authors.
Applicants for associate or full professor should include the names and
addresses of at least three referees. All applicants must submit a
writing sample and evidence of teaching ability. Salary commensurate
with education and experience. The University of California, Riverside,
is an EEO/AA employer.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT
OF GENDER, WOMEN AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies in the College of
Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities invites
applications for a feminist scholar at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Essential qualifications include a Ph.D. or foreign equivalent by the
start date for appointment at the rank of tenure-track assistant
professor. Advanced ABD's may be considered for appointment at the rank
of tenure-track instructor, with the stipulation that the Ph.D. is
conferred in the first year of the appointment. Preference will be given
to candidates whose doctorates are in the interdisciplinary field of
feminist, gender, and/or sexuality studies. The area of specialization
is open, but preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate
expertise in African American, African Diasporic, and/ or Indigenous
studies. The teaching load is two courses per semester. Appointments
will be 100%-time, tenure-track, for the nine-month academic year,
beginning 28 August 2008. Salary is competitive. To be considered for
this position, please go to:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html, click on search & apply
for job openings and follow the instructions. You will be given an
opportunity to attach a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. Additional
materials may be requested at a later date. To be ensured of full
consideration by the search committee, applications must be received by
November 30, 2007; later applications may be reviewed as needed.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORY
The Department of History at Columbia University invites applications
for an assistant professorship in African history, to begin in the fall
of 2008. All periods and specialization in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding
West Africa and Francophone Africa are welcome. Teaching
responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate courses in African
history. Applicants should send a letter of application, c.v.,
dissertation abstract, chapter-length writing sample and three letters
of recommendation to the African History Search Committee, Department of
History, Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave., MC 2527, New York NY
10027. Review of applications will begin on Oct. 15th; to receive full
consideration they must be received by November 15th. The Ph.D. must be
completed by July 2008. Applications from scholars trained or working on
the African continent are welcome. Columbia University is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities and women are
encouraged to apply.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology of Health & Development in Africa. All searches are at the
rank of Assistant Professor unless otherwise noted. In searches for
Assistant Professors, exceptional candidates at higher ranks may, in
some cases, be considered. Candidates must present evidence of scholarly
or creative productivity and must show evidence of dedication to
effective teaching. Expected start date: August 18, 2008. Ph.D. or
terminal degree is expected by start date of appointment. Preferred
candidates would contribute to the climate of diversity in the College,
including a diversity of scholarly approaches. For a complete position
announcement and requirements, please refer to the CLA&S Web site at
www.clas.ku.edu Or, you may contact the department of interest through
the KU Directory Assistance (785) 864-2700, or email eas@ku.edu; Erin
Spiridigliozzi, Asst. Dean, CLAS, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 200 Strong
Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045. FAX: (785) 864-5331.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRICANA STUDIES
The Africana Studies Department at Wellesley College invites
applications for a tenure-track position in religion with interests in
media and society studies and within the context of Africa and the
African Diaspora. The position is open as to rank, starting in September
2008. We are seeking candidates who are committed to excellence in
teaching and research. Candidates should have an active,
theoretically-based research agenda, a strong publication record, and a
record of superior performance in undergraduate teaching. The successful
candidate will teach at both the introductory and advanced levels. Our
teaching load is 2 courses per semester. Applications should include a
letter of interest, curriculum vita, a description of research and
teaching interests, and three letters of reference.
NON-ACADEMIC JOBS
PROJECT HOPE, YOUTH WORKER
EMEP, The Extra-mural Education Project, that is currently running
Project Hope is looking for suitable candidates as youth workers in the
following areas: Vredendal(2), Arniston(1), Struisbaai (1) and Napier
(1). Contract position from November 2007 November 2008, with the
possibility of renewal for another year. Send a short CV and motivation
letter by 9 November 2007, to Karin Webber, Project Manager, Email;
karin@emep.og.za, Tel. 021- 4480660, Fax 021 - 448 0661 or 086 670 5993
Cell 082 823 7356.
GENDER LINKS, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Gender Links, a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg that
promotes gender equality in and through the media seeks to fill the post
of Executive Assistant. Please send a letter of motivation, CVs and
references to: execassistant@genderlinks.org.za, or fax: 011-622-4732 by
19 November 2007. For further enquiries phone Mwenda on 011-622-2877.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AFRICA (SEA), MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) is a small yet well established Public
Benefit Organisation involved in cutting edge energy and sustainable
development work. Based in Cape Town and working within the region, SEA
promotes sustainable energy approaches and practices in the development
of South Africa and Africa. If you are interested in this position, send
your CV, a letter of motivation and the names and contact details of 3
referees to Leila Mahomed & Mark Borchers at leila@sustainable.org.za.
Deadline for applications is 26 November 2007. For more information, see
their website www.sustainable.org.za.
TOPSY FOUNDATION, FUND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
The Topsy Foundation seeks to appoint a Fund Development Officer to be
based in Johannesburg. The application deadline is 12 November 2007. For
more information, see
http://www.sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8257&Itemid=01
PARTICIPATION JUNCTION, DIRECTOR
Participation Junction, a NGO that promotes public participation in the
development, implementation and review of policy and legislation, seeks
to appoint a Director to be based in Cape Town. The application deadline
is 15 November 2007. For more information, see
http://www.sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8255&Itemid=01
ROOM TO READ, READING ROOM PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE
Room to Read, a NGO that provides previously disadvantaged children with
an opportunity to gain education, seeks to appoint a Reading Room
Programme Associate to be based in Pretoria. The application deadline is
30 November 2007. For more information, see
http://www.sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8266&Itemid=01
HELP2READ, FIELD WORKER AND ADMIN ASSISTANT
help2read, a child literacy organisation operating in the Western Cape,
seeks to appoint two Field Workers and an Administration Assistant. The
organisation recruits and train English-speaking volunteers before
placing them in primary schools to help children learn to love reading.
To apply for an application pack and further details contact Janet on
021 671 0824 or e-mail: janet@help2read.org. Please note that CV's will
not be accepted unless submitted with an application form. Application
Deadline: 19 November 2007
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (NDI), PROGRAM
OFFICER
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) is a
US-based non-profit organization working to strengthen and expand
democracy worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts,
NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders
advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. NDI works with
democrats in every region of the world to build political and civic
organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen
participation, openness and accountability in government. Applicants are
advised to familiarize themselves with NDI's global as well as southern
Africa programs by visiting www.ndi.org. Please send your Curriculum
Vitae along with a detailed cover letter explaining why your
professional experience makes you the right candidate by mail or fax to
NDI at the address above or by e-mail to: delsiva76@mweb.co.za, Subject:
NDI Program Officer position. No phone calls please. DEADLINE FOR
APPLICATIONS: Friday, November 16 2007 at 12pm.
CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION, PROJECT MANAGER AND FINANCE MANAGER
The CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION of Southern Africa, an NGO carrying
out health care work in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland, seeks to
employ a Project Manager to take charge of the CATHCA Global Fund
programme. This is a two-year programme which will oversee the
disbursement of funds to about 40 sites in eight provinces. CATHCA also
seeks to employ a Financial Manager to take charge of the financial
administration of the CATHCA Global Fund programme. Please send a letter
of application accompanied by a recent CV to: The Recruitment Committee,
CATHCA, P. O. Box 52015, Saxonwold. 2132 , or by Email to:
funding@cathca.co.za or by Fax to: 011 880-4084. For attention: Lungi.
The closing date is the 16th November 2007. All applications must be
accompanied by the names and contact details of three referees.
UMSOBOMVU YOUTH FUND, CAMPAIGN MANAGER
UYF's mandate is to mainstream youth development in all aspects of
socio-economic development in South Africa. Based within the Capacity
Building and Research Division of the UYF, the Campaigns Manager will
initiate and implement all the youth development campaigns that are in
line with the mandate of the Fund. The Campaigns Manager will be
primarily responsible for the management of the Youth entrepreneurship
Campaign 2010 (YEC 2010) and in addition, provide support to other
campaigns and activities that the UYF is engaged with such as the Youth
Enterprise Strategy (YES), Partnership/Network development, Seminar and
Lecture series on youth development. The closing date is the 15th
November 2007, Busisiwe Tshangase Fax: 0866030512 email:
Busisiwe.tshangase@uyf.org.za.
PACSA (PIETERMARITZBURG AGENCY FOR CHRISTIAN SOCIAL AWARENESS), GENDER
DESK MANAGER
PACSA, the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness, an
ecumenical NGO operating in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, seeks to appoint
a Gender Desk Manager (Middle Management post). PACSA has just completed
a review of our Gender Desk, and we seek to appoint a woman with vision
and passion for Gender work, who will be able to take this cutting-edge
ecumenical gender programme to the next level. A relevant tertiary
education would be an advantage. Persons to be available to start
preferably by early January 2008 latest. This is a two-year contract
post, but is regularly renewable, dependent on continued funding.
Application letters to be submitted electronically before Friday 16th
November 2007 with CV, including contact details of three referees (one
a church minister). Send to: The Deputy Director. 170 Hoosen Haffejee
Street, Pietermaritzburg. Fax: 033 342 0303, Tel. 033 342 0052, Email:
sonian@pacsa.org.za. (Pls send a copy of your email to
pddg@hiltoncollege.com as PACSA's email is currently not always reliable.)
EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR - MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, SAN
FRANCISCO, CA
The Education Program Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of
the Heritage Center, Museum Guide program, family program, community
outreach, and other education activities which augment exhibitions. The
coordinator supervises volunteers. Together with the Curator Public
Programs/Online Content Manager develops and implements specific
programs as well as educational resources for targeted audiences; also
coordinates the training programs for MoAD Guides and scheduling of
group tours. The Education Program Coordinator reports to the Director
of Education. Reply to: jobs@moadsf.org
INSTITUTE FOR HEALING OF MEMORIES, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
The Institute for Healing of Memories is a Trust that seeks to
contribute to the healing journey of individuals, communities and
nations. We offer a variety of activities, primarily Healing of Memories
Workshops that are held locally, nationally and internationally.
Workshop participants explore the pain and trauma of political and
social conflict in a safe space and begin a journey to healing and
wholeness. We also offer healing workshops for prison inmates, refugees,
and people with HIV/Aids and Youth. The Institute seeks a full time
Chief Operating Officer (COO). The COO will report to the CEO and be
responsible for driving and implementing the strategy of the Institute
within the overall Strategic Framework as set out by the CEO, the Board
and other stakeholders. This is a newly created Post. CLOSING DATE FOR
RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 23 November 2007. Please send your CV with at
least two contactable referees to: Fr Michael Lapsley SSM, Institute for
Healing of Memories, email: info@healingofmemories.co.za Tel:
021-696-4230 or Fax to: 021-696-8561
OTHER RESOURCES
KUMARIAN PRESS BOOKS: SURROGATES OF THE STATE
Surrogates of the State: NGOs, Development and Ujamaa in Tanzania by
Michael Jennings. The focus of this path-breaking book is the central
and enduring paradox of the NGO movement: despite evident commitment and
best intentions, NGOs reproduce the conditions and relations they define
themselves against. Sympathetic yet critical
provides a powerful
antidote against the voluntary sector's lack of institutional memory; an
absence that allows its limited range of development ideas and tools to
be constantly recycled. To order visit: www.kpbooks.com, or call
800-289-2664, or fax 860-243-2867
ASC AFRICAN STUDIES COLLECTION: JUST PUBLISHED
- Janske van Eijck
- Transition towards Jatropha biofuels in Tanzania?
http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?url=/publications/publicatie1778
Adalbertus Kamanzi: "Our Way". Responding to the Dutch aid in the
District Rural Development Programme of Bukoba, Tanzania
http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?url=/publications/publicatie1779
Lothar Smith: Tied to migrants. Transnational influences on the economy
of Accra, Ghana
http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?url=/publications/publicatie1780
Mirjam Kabki: Transnationalism, local development and social security.
http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?url=/publications/publicatie1781
More information and ordering: http://www.ascleiden.nl/Publications/
CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: MODERNITY AND AFRICAN ART
Critical Interventions is a peer-reviewed journal of advanced research
and writing on African art history and visual culture. Our mission is to
provide a forum for cutting-edge scholarship in African art history and
for sustained analysis of issues of urgent concern for the discipline.
Critical Interventions foregrounds both the history of African modernity
and the historiography of African Art History, and features an
international array of authors. The journal proposes a critical
intervention at a moment of great contradiction, when there are
diminishing opportunities for new and in-depth scholarly research on
African arts but also a parallel rise in interest in Africa's modernity
among scholars and students. We believe further that studies grounded in
research in Africa and based on deep knowledge of historical and
contemporary experiences of African art and visual culture can
illuminate the fields of modern and contemporary art history. Issue #1
is now available. For further information see http://
www.criticalinterventions.com
BLACK HISTORY WEBSITE http://www.africanafrican.com OR
http://www.negroartist.com.
The website is the largest of its kind on the internet and I am doing my
best to get the word out about the site (although it has been online for
many years). Please do share this site with your colleagues and anyone
else who you think might find it useful. I created this using my own
time and money and hope that it will benefit everyone in the world. As
you can see there are no ads and I would like to keep it that way. If
you have any questions for me I have included my email address below as
well as the links to my website. The website has text at top. The main
Presence Africaine image has text that is clickable. Each image can be
expanded by clking on it. Furthermore, make sure you scroll down further
for image, text and other links. If you know anyone of note that would
like to promote this website... like a TV station, celebrity, musician
etc. Please have them take a look at my site and email me:
negroartist@negroartist.com
CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND ECONONICS IN FINANCE AFRICA
The Centre for Education and Economics in Finance.Africa (CEEF.Africa)
invites you to explore our universe - http://www.ceefafrica.org - "A
Universe of Opportunity for Critical Scarce Skills, Education and
Strategic Leadership". CEEF.Africa's recently re-launched website acts
as a gateway to the future and a hub of information and other resources
to assist in acquiring, sharing, transferring and utilizing skills.
PAN AFRICAN VISIONS
The latest edition of Pan African Visions is now online at
www.panafricanvisions.com
PAMBAZUKA NEWS 326: ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL: THE MO IBRAHIM PRIZE AND
- 327
- LINKS AND RESOURCES
Pambazuka News is the authoritative pan African electronic weekly
newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing cutting
edge commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs,
development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in
Africa. To view online, go to http://www.pambazuka.org/
OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES IN AFRICA NEWSLETTER, OCPA NEWS, NO. 191
The PDF version is available at
http://ocpa.irmo.hr/activities/newsletter/2007/OCPA_News_No191_20071026.pdf,
and those who prefer the Word version can access it at
http://ocpa.irmo.hr/activities/newsletter/2007/OCPA_News_No191_20071026.doc
IDP NEWS ALERT
IDP News Alert is a weekly summary of selected global news on internally
displaced persons, compiled by the Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council. The IDP News alert is
available online at http://www.internal-displacement.org/
SIYAKHULA - COMMUNITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting our popular and
practical Community Project Management programme in three different
centres in South Africa in the months to come. Venue Dates: Johannesburg
22 26 October 2007; Cape Town 12 16 November 2007; Durban 12 16
November 2007. To reserve your place and to obtain more information
please do not hesitate to contact, Mothusi Ndlovu, Tel: 011 886 2647,
Fax: 011 7891269 mothusin@siyakhula.org.za OR Sithembele Mangqangwana,
sithem@siyakhula.org.za. To discover more about the organisation and the
all of the programmes that we offer please visit our website
www.siyakhula.org.za.
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
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.
from African Studies Center <africa@sas.upenn.edu>
date Nov 12, 2007 2:32 PM
subject JUA Issue No. 5, Fall 2007
Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.