JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (11/15/04)

AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

JUA: Penn African Studies Bulletin (11/15/04)

J U A

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIMONTHY BULLETIN
Issue No.18, Fall 2004
November 15, 2004

November 5: December 12, 2004
The Lantern Theater Company will be performing "Death and the King's Horseman" by Nigerian Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka. This production includes Yoruba dance, percussion and Soyinka's poetry. It is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative. For more information, visit: www.lanterntheater.org or call 215.829.9002.

November 20, 2004
2004 Wharton Africa Business Forum. "Business in Africa: New Game, New Rules." University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street. For more information, visit: www.whartonglobalforum.com/Africa/

November 29, 2004
Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize Winner For Literature: "Human Rights and Cultural Alibis", University of Pennsylvania, Logan Hall (on South 36th Street between Locust and Spruce), Terrace Room, 4pm. For more information, visit: www.africa.upenn.edu.

November 30th, 2004
Film screaning, "The Battle for Souls." This film looks at the growth of conservative Christianity in the developing world, and the concurrent rise in violent religious clashes. The central focus of this film is Nigeria, West Africa.This event is sponsored by the New York Times and Penn Student Agencies, University of Pennsylvania, Logan Hall (On South 36th Street between Locust and Spruce), Terrace Room, 7pm. For more information, contact: Julie@sas.upenn.edu

<<DECEMBER>>

December 9, 2004
Dr. Jennifer Hasty, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University: "Scandal, Surveillance, and Serious Fruad: Investigating Corruption in Contemporary Ghana", University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall, Room 311, 3-4:30pm.

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                         CONFERENCES
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CONFERENCE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN ARTS: THE ARTS AS STRATEGY

FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE, Abraka, Nigeria (November 13-16, 2004)
The Faculty of Arts, Delta State University announces an international conference on African Arts. The sub-themes will be African Literary Art, English and National Development, History for Development, Religion as Strategy for Development in Africa, Minority Languages/Modern European Languages and National Development, Role of Art and Art Education in Contemporary Africa, The Performing Arts and National Development, and Communication for Development and Social Change in Africa. For more information, contact: africonf@yahoo.com.

CONFERENCE: WOMEN DEFENDING PEACE, Geneva, Switzerland (November 22-24,2004) The 2004 conference will bring together a prominent group of women and men who have dedicated much of their work to enhancing peace. For more information,

visit: http://www.dcaf.ch/wdp/.

CONFERENCE: 2ND INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE-COMMUNICATION-CULTURE

CONFERENCE, Beja, Portugal (November 24-27, 2004) The theme of this conference is "Knowledge and Power: History, Geography, Representation, Identity in Post-Colonial Studies." A year after Edward Said's death this conference will address some of the issues he developed in his work. For more information, contact: Adelaide Meira Serras (aserras@mail.telepac.pt), Luí Leal de Faria (lealfaria@yahoo.com) or Teresa Malafaia (tvmalafaia@mail.telepac.pt).

CONFERENCE: ORALITY AND NEW DIMENSIONS OF ORALITY: INTERSECTIONS IN THEORIES

AND MATERIALS IN AFRICAN STUDIES, Leiden, Netherlands (November 26-27, 2004) The keynote speaker will be Professor Karin Barber. For more information, contact: Daniela Merolla at D.Morolla@let.leidenuniv.nl

CONFERENCE: TEN YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SOUTH

AFRICA'S TRANSITION, University of Cape Town, South Africa (November 26-28, 2004)
The conference in the spirit of the World Social Forum and its methodology of openness, plurality and respect for a diversity of views within popular movements of civil society, will create a space where activists, progressive social theorists and academics can discuss the successes, failures, strengths and weaknesses of the transition from apartheid. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25219.

CONFERENCE: AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA & THE PACIFIC 27TH

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Perth, Australia (November 26-28, 2004) The conference title is "African Renewal, African Renaissance': New Perspectives on Africa's Past and Africa's Present." For more information, contact: jmartens@arts.uwa.edu.au or visit: http://sponsored.uwa.edu.au/afsaap2004.

CONFERENCE: FLOWS FROM THE PAST: A TRANS-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE

HISTORY OF WATER IN AFRICA, Vereeniging, South Africa (December 8 - 11, 2004) The objective of this conference is to start exploring, under the auspices of the IWHA, the potential for a comprehensive project on the history of water on the African continent. For more information, contact: Ms.Petra Lawson (dvpal@puk.ac.za).

CONFERENCE: 30th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LITARATURE AND FILM, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (January 27-29, 2005) The title of the conference is "Transnational Film and Litarature: Cultural Production and the Claims of History." For more information, visit: http://english3.fsu.edu/~filmlit2005.
CONFERENCE: WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY, Accra, Ghana (February 2-4, 2005) The theme for the conference is "Access, Africa's key to an inclusive Information Society." For more information, visit: http://www.wsisaccra2005.gov.gh/.
CONFERENCE: OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ON HIV AND STIGMA, Johannesburg, South Africa (February 22-25, 2005) Using OST technology, delegates will explore the challenges of HIV-related stigma, with the primary focus being the sharing and exploration of how to overcome stigma in service delivery. The conference is restricted to 100 delegates only, including 20 conference scholarships (refer Conference Fees and Logistics). For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25266.
CONFERENCE: 4TH UGANDA NATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, Uganda (March 2005) NAC brings together policy makers, researchers and AIDS practitioners to share knowledge and experiences about the epidemic and the response. NAC resolutions feed into policy and programme development, and service delivery processes for an evidence-based response. For more information,

visit: http://www.aidsuganda.org/events/details.php?uniqueId=10.

CONFERENCE: DEFINING SECURITY IN AN INSECURE WORLD: RADICALISM,

TERRORISM, AND STATE RESPONSES, West Virginia, USA (March 3-5, 2005) The History Department of West Virginia University will host its bi-annual Rush Holt History Conference. The topic is "Defining Security in an Insecure World: Radicalism, Terrorism, and State Responses." It is the goal of this conference to shed light on and give historical context to the current climate of insecurity and radicalism in the world. For more information, visit: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=138222

CONFERENCE: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MISSIONARY LINGUISTICS, Hong Kong China (March 12-15, 2005) This congress aims to outline the state of research done in the field of early-modern descriptions of non-Indo-European languages. The subjects are to some extent limited in time (focusing primarily on the period 1492-1850) but not in space. This conference aims specifically at inter-relating grammars written in different languages (Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Dutch, etc.), by missionaries of different orders (Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, etc.), and on different continents.

For more information, visit: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=138238

CONFERENCE: AFRICAN LANGUAGE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (March 17-20, 2005)
For more information, contact: National African Language Resource Center (NALRC), 4231 Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street,

Madison, WI 53706; Tel: (608) 265-7905;Fax: (608) 265-7904.

CONFERENCE: AFRICAN HEALTH AND ILLNESS, Austin, Texas, USA (March 25-27, 2005)

For more information, visit: www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa.

CONFERENCE: ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM: Washington, DC, USA (APRIL 7-9, 2005)

For more information, contact: Tel, (608) 265-7905; Fax, (608) 265-7904.

CONFERENCE: CHILDREN AT WAR, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA (April 7-9, 2005) The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (RCHA) will host a conference on
focusing on children: as victims, participants,and survivors of war, children in war torn states and regions of the world as well as children of aggressor nations who may escape the immediate physical terror of war but suffer other traumas. For more on information, visit: http://rcha.rutgers.edu.
CONFERENCE: MIDWEST POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Chicago, USA (April 7-11,2005) There are be panels on International Relations, Comparative Politics, History and Politics, Sociology and Politics, Applied Politics as well as sections that examine politics in a specific area of the world (e.g. sections on African Politics.) For more information, visit: http://www.mwpsa.org/content/program_committee.as.

CONFERENCE: RECENT RESEARCH ON AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN AND

IRELAND, Manchester University, England (April 9, 2005) Papers on any aspect of African archaeology are welcome. For more information, contact: Sarah Croucher at sk_croucher@yahoo.co.uk.

CONFERENCE: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LESS COMMONLY

TAUGHT LANGUAGES, THE YEAR OF LANGUAGES: EXPANDING THE PRESENCE OF LESS COMMONLY
TAUGHT LANGUAGES, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (April 15-17,2005). For more information, contact: NCOLCTL at 608-265-7903.

CONFERENCE: SIXTH NORTHEAST WORKSHOP ON SOUTHERN AFRICA, Burlington, Vermont, USA (April 22-25, 2005) This conference will bring together scholars working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe). For more information, contact: Julie Livingston (jliving@tulrich.com).
CONFERENCE: 10th CONFERENCE OF AFRICANISTS, Moscow, Russia (May 24-26, 2005) The theme of the conference is "Security for Africa: Internal and External Aspects." The conference is sponsored by the Academic Council on Problems of African Countries and the Institute for African Studies, Russion Academy of Sciences. For more information, contact: inter@inafr.ru and copy vladimir.shubin@inafr.ru.
CONFERENCE: U.S.-AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (June 21-24, 2005) The Summit strives to increase American investment throughout the African continent by increasing U.S. private sector awareness of the many commerical opportunities available. The event will address specific policy issues confronting the U.S. private sector in the African marketplace and aim to develop partnerships between African and American businesses. For more

information, visit: www.africacncl.org.

CONFERENCE: AEGIS EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN STUDIES,

London, England (June 29-July 3, 2005)
For further information, visit: http://www.aegis-eu.org.

CONFERENCE: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES,

Cambridge, England (August 2-5, 2005)
The conference will continue in its endeavours over recent years to develop an interdisciplinary agenda for the humanities. For more information, visit: http://www.HumanitiesConference.com

CALL FOR PAPERS: 11th EADI GENERAL CONFERENCE: INSECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT

REGIONAL ISSUES AND POLICIES FOR AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD, Bonn, Germany (September 22-24, 2005) For more information,

visit: www.eadi.org.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: BEYOND IMPERIAL CENTRE AND COLONIAL PERIPHERY,

RECONNECTING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL, Cambridge, England (March 11-12, 2005)

The submission deadline for abstracts is November 15, 2004.
The submission deadline for papers is January 31st, 2005. This is an interdisciplinary postgraduate/post-doctorate conference organized by the World History Workshop, University of Cambridge. This conference seeks to explore new ways of understanding the global movement of ideas and information. Moving beyond the problematic ideas of the 'centre' and 'periphery' which have dominated the recent historiography of the extra-European world, it will explore exchanges between colonisers and colonised, and between Atlantic, African and Asian colonial spheres. For more information, visit: http://pages.britishlibrary.net/world.history or contact: Rachel Berger (rb305@cam.ac.uk) or Michael Lewis (mhl24@cam.ac.uk).

CALL FOR SHORT ESSAYS: HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE (Spring 2005) *The submission deadline is November 30th. Human Rights Dialogue, a semiannual publication of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, is seeking short essays for its Spring 2005 issue. This issue of Human Rights Dialogue is devoted to the topic of cultural rights-why they are important, their potential range of application, and the tensions between cultural rights and other rights.

For more information, contact: Joanne Bauer at jbauer@cceia.org.

CALL FOR PAPERS: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES AND GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY:

ETHICS, THEORY AND PRACTICE, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (July 14-16, 2005)
*The submission deadline is December 1, 2004. For more information, contact: Deane Baker at BakerDP@ukzn.ac.za.

CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEAF WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA, Washington, D.C., USA (June 10-12, 2005) *The submission deadline is December 10, 2005 Gallaudet University and Howard University will sponsor an international conference on Deaf Women and HIV/AIDS in Africa at the Gallaudet University Kellogg Center to increase awareness of the importance of reaching all segments of the African population in the fight against HIV/AIDS. For more information, contact:

oharris@howard.edu or visit: http://www.deafafricawomen.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS: CANDADIAN ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN STUDIES ANNUAL

CONFERENCE: FURTHERING THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE, CROSS REGIONAL COMPARISONS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (April 27 - May 1, 2005)

The submission deadline is December 15th, 2004.

This CCASLS conference is an attempt: to integrate the academy with NGOs and policy makers; to bring together scholars from different regions and perspectives who often "dig long and deep" in their own case study areas while remaining oblivious to the theories and methodologies of those asking the same research questions in other places; to make sense of the real, existing impacts of globalization by presenting "deep" comparisons of places, cultures and economies; to understand the changing structures and processes of world history so that we may "historicize" globalization. We ask for papers that address the theory and methodology of comparativism; that integrate regional studies in a comparative context; and that help us understand the social variables that constitute particular regional or local studies, so that such studies can be matched with similar research projects from other places. For more information, visit: http://caas.concordia.ca

CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE UNITED STATES AND

WEST AFRICA, Arlington, Texas, USA (April 28-30,2005). *The submission deadline is December 31,2004. This is a three-day conference on historical and contemporary relations between the United States and West Africa. For more information, contact: Dr. Alusine Jalloh at Jalloh@uta.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: GLOBALIZATION, EMPIRE, AND

IMPERIALISM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (Early June, 2005)
*The submission deadline is January 31, 2005. The conference will systematically analyze specific historical episodes/manifestations of globalization, empire, and imperialism across space and time. For more information contact: historic@bu.edu or call (617) 358-0260.

CALL FOR PAPERS: SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE WORLD: THE LOCAL, THE REGIONAL,

AND THE GLOBAL IN HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE, Cape Town, South Africa (June 26-29, 2005).
*The submission deadline is February 1, 2005. The Society wishes to highlight debates on such topics as: liberation struggles and the limits of liberation; history and heritage; post-colonial and post-nationalist historiographies; and new methodologies for teachign and researching history in the 21st century. For more information, visit: www.web.uct.ac.za/depts/history/sahs/

CALL FOR PAPERS: REACHING THE MARGINS: THE COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL

LIVES OF THE BOOK, 1765-2005, London, England (NOvember 3-5, 2005) *The submission deadline is March 1, 2005. The Colonial and Postcolonial Book History research groups on the Open University, in association with the Institute of English Studies (University of London), invite papers for this international conference. Primary focus will be on Asia, Africa, and Australiasia. Highlighted themes will include: Publsihing and the colonial system; publishing Commonwealth literature; missionary publishing houses; censorship and copyright; distribution and the transportation network; Imperial archives and current research; ect. For more information, visit: ies@sas.ac.uk.

CALL FOR PAPERS: UKFIET 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND

DEVELOPMENT 2005 SYMPOSIUM: LEARNING AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS

IN THE TIME OF AIDS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS, Oxford, England (October 13-15, 1005)

The submission deadline is March 1, 2005.

For more information, contact: Dr. Tanja R. Muller at tanja.muller@wur.nl.

CALL FOR PAPERS: CANADIAN REVIEW OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE/REVUE

CANADIENNE DE LITTERATURE COMPAREE: SPECIAL ISSUE ON AFRICAN LITERATURE *The submission deadline is June 30, 2005 The Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/Revue Canadienne de LittÈrature ComparÈe thus announces its Special Issue on African Literatures, and opens its pages to critics and writers who wish to explore a variety of developments in the area. Papers should be 6000 to 7500 words.
For more information please contact: Dr. Abdul-Rasheed NaíAllah (a-naallah@wiu.edu), Dr. Harry Garuba (hgaruba@humanities.uct.ac.za) or Dr. Uzoma Esonwanne (uzoma.esonwanne@utoronto.ca).
CALL FOR PAPERS: MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN ASIA AND AFRICA (late 2004/early 2005) The conference will invite scholars to discuss set texts; present papers; and participate in a roundtable discussion over a three-day period. For more
information, contact: Professor Reiko Abe Auestad (r.a.auestad@east.uio.no) or Anne Thelle Backer (a.t.backer@east.uio.no).
CALL FOR PAPERS: THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL AFRICA/DIASPORA CONFERENCE, CRITICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN/ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, Sacramento, California, USA (April 28-30,2005) The conference is sponsored by the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution and the Pan African Studies Program, California State University. Papers/proposals that articulate new,innovative/creative, and feasible options for development in/on Africa and/or her peoples/diaspora--- as well as case studies and best practices-- are highly invited; e.g. HIV-AIDS, conflict resolution, women & development, healthcare, information technology, justice system, education, democracy & governance,human rights, child soldiers, post-conflict reconciliation, agriculture, arts, trade, & etc. For more

information, visit: www.csus.edu/org/capcr.

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY BIENNIAL CONFERENCE,

SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE WORLD, THE LOCAL, THE REGIONAL AND THE GLOBAL IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, Cape Town, South Africa (June 26-29, 2005) Any proposals for papers, panels and roundtables are invited, but the Society is especially interested in those that relate to themes in the history of the southern African region. The Society, which may change its name to the Southern African Historical Society next year, wishes to highlight debates on such topics as liberation struggles and the limits of liberation history and heritage post-colonial and post-nationalist historiographies new methodologies for teaching and researching history in the 21st century, including the use of film and video and digitisation. For more information, visit: http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/history/sahs.

CALL FOR PAPERS: MIDDLE PASSAGE: THE OCEANIC VOYAGE AS SOCIAL PROCESS,

Fremantle
(near Perth), Australia (July 13-16, 2005) The aim of this conference is to explore the social and cultrual transformations
caused by the transport of labour, unfree and free, around and across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Papers are invited that emphasise the transformative historical function of vessels of all kinds, from the smallest indigenous canoe to the deep-sea vessel of the age of sail, to the largest modern cargo ship. For more information, contact: Emma Christopher at emma.christopher@bigpond.com.

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LESS COMMONLY

TAUGHT LANGUAGES
The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is soliciting articles for publication. Articles dealing with all aspects of less commonly taught languages are welcome, with preference given to articles dealing with educational and policy research, classroom innovation, and program development, sustenance, and advocacy. For more information, contact: ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu or visit: http://www.councilnet.org

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

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

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

FELLOWSHIP: CADBURY FELLOWSHIP AT THE CENTRE FOR WEST AFRICAN STUDIES,

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMIGHAM
*Application deadline is December 1, 2004 The theme is "Cultural Nationalism and Social Critique". This workshop focuses on the mobilization of moral and aesthetic discourses to conceptualise social exclusion and inequality, including class, gender, and race. For more information, contact: M.I.Nolte@bham.ac.uk.

FELLOWSHIP: 2004 - 2005 FELLOWSHIPS FOR THREATENED SCHOLARS

*Winter deadline is January 1, 2005.
The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit scholars to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. When conditions improve, these scholars will return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. Use this link to download the application: 2004-05 http://www.iie.org/images/srf/2004_05_SRF_Deadlines_Application.pdf

FELLOWSHIP: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS, AFRICAN STUDIES/COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN *Application deadline is January 5, 2005. The Center for African Studies in conjunction with the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is offering two post-doctoral fellowships for 2005-2006 on the theme of "Education and African Modernities." For more information, visit: www.afrst.uiuc.edu/postdoc

COMPETITION: AFRICAN DREAMS ESSAY COMPETITION ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH

Application deadline is January 15, 2005. The African Dreams essay competition was launched jointly by People's Health Movement Africa (PHM-Africa) and Italian NGO AIFO and carries a cash prize of 500 Euros each to the three best entries. For more information,

visit: http://www.aifo.it/english/resources/announcements.htm

FELLOWSHIP: HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS,

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
*Application deadline is January 24, 2005 The fellowships are open to junior and senior scholars who are not US nationals, and have faculty appointments at universities outside the United States. For more information, visit: www.shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/his.htm

SCHOLARSHIP: NATIONAL AIDS UPDATE CONFERENCE, Oakland, California, USA (April 10-13, 2005). The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)sponsors the National AIDS Update Conference. A limited number of scholarships to travel to and attend the conference will be available to people working in HIV and AIDS around the world. Those working in African countries are invited to submit an application for free travel, hotel, and registration. Applicants should be prepared to give a presentation on their work. Scholarship applications will be available after October 15. For more information, visit: http://www.nauc.org.

SCHOLARSHIP: IAJ- STEVE BIKO SCHOLARSHIPS

The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) announces the Steve Biko scholarships for African journalists which are meant to honour the memory of Steve Biko, as activist and writer. This scholarship programme aims to help develop a democratic culture of vigorous and independent journalism in Africa and to foster a stronger working relationship among African journalists. For more information, visit: www.thusanang.org.za/index.php?.

FELLOWSHIP: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

Applicants in the social sciences and humanities are eligible. For more information, visit: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf or contact: idfr@ssrc.org.

FELLOWSHIP: FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL POST-BACCALAUREATE

STUDY. For more information, visit: http://www.fordfound.org

FELLOWSHIP: ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIPS

These fellowships support scholars and writers engaged in research on global social and cultural issues relating to diversity, sustainability, and civil society. For more information, visit: http://www.rockfound.org

FELLOWSHIP: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES POST-DOCTORAL

AND JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWSHIP
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences invites applications for research projects related to its major program areas: Humanities and Culture, Social Policy and American Institutions, Education, and Science and Global Security. Proposals will be especially welcome on topics that examine the impact of scientific and technological advances over the past two centuries on, for example, international relations, security, the environment, judicial decisions, business, and the humanities and the arts.

FELLOWSHIP: IHR MELLON FELLOWSHIPS FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES

These fellowships are administered by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London and are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowships are intended to help students registered as doctoral candidates at a North American university to work in original source materials in the humanities in the United Kingdom.There are two types of fellowship, the Pre-Dissertation fellowship programme and the Dissertation fellowship programme.
For more information, visit: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/mellon.html

GRANT: CODESRIA-THESIS WRITING GRANTS

Grants are for African professionals and graduate students registered in African universities. For more information, visit: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/codesria/grants99.html.

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PROGRAM: HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWS PROGRAM, ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE

*Application deadlline is November 20, 2004. The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Open Society Justice Initiative (the Justice Initiative) are pleased to invite applications for the Human Rights Fellows Program for the 2005-2007 session. The Fellows Program is 20 months in duration and involves both academic study and practical experience in human rights/public interest advocacy. Up to six human rights lawyers and activists from Angola and Mozambique will be selected to participate. Candidates must be nominated by human rights NGOs based in Angola or Mozambique. For more information, visit: http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2?res_id=102233

PROGRAM: AFRICAN LANGUAGES SUMMER INSTITUTE (May 31 - June 13, 2005) *Applicantion deadline is December 1, 2004. As interest in African language learning and teaching increases, so does the need to prepare graduate students, teaching assistants who are planning to pursue African language teaching as a profession, and faculty members in the field who need retooling. The National African Language Resource Center Summer 2005 Institute has been designed to help meet this need. It will train fellows in a number of crucial areas central to the effective operation of an African Language Program. For more information, visit: http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/news/announcement/summer.htm

COURSE: CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION TRAINING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS & PROGRAMME

MANAGERS (November 15th - 19th 2004)
The course will take place in Nairobi, Kenya. Coalition For Peace in Africa (COPA), a regional membership organization with a secretariat in Nairobi Kenya will offer a one-week training to organizational leaders and programme managers seeking to develop their organization's capacities to address conflict. The training is ideal for practitioners serving in the fields of Human Rights, Relief & Development, Religious organizations, and also personnel from other fields operating in or around conflict areas. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24225

COURSE: DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN RIGHTS (November 29 - December 3, 2005) This course take place in Pretoria, South Africa and addresses: definitions of development, including the rhetorics of development, classic versus radical definitions, Western and African definitions, and the World Bank and IMF models of development, as well as the rights-based, village-based and other models of development; the role players, the duty bearers, beneficiaries and bystanders in the development process; the impact and value of international programmes such as Structural Adjustment Programmes and Poverty Reductions Programmes; women in development, gender mainstreaming in development; international trade in the development process. For more information, visit: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=2157.
COURSE: AFRICA AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 (December 6-8, 2005) The course takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

For more information, visit: http://www.dpmf.org/.

COURSE: TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA STUDY TOUR TO GHANA (January 6-20, 2005) Participants will experience an in-depth two-week study of textile arts in the southern region of Ghana in January, 2005. Under the guidance of Dr. Lisa Aronson, this tour will take participants from the capital city of Accra to two famous areas of Kente production, the Ashanti center at Bonwire near the royal capital of Kumasi, and the Ewe area in the Volta region of SE Ghana. Participants will also go to the village of Ntonso, center of Adinkra production, for a hands-on workshop, and the coastal town of Tema Odumasi-Krobo, center of bead production and a flourishing bead market, and another in the Cape Coast area to tour the slave castles. In between, participants will be visiting textile markets and traditional shrines, witness dance performances, view specialized collections as guests in private homes, take a thrilling nature walk in the Kankum National Park and take a relaxing cruise on Lake Volta. There will be opportunities to interview and work with master weavers and dyers, and to engage in discussions with collectors, tailors, and cloth merchants.

For more information, contact: tsa@dol.net or visit: www.textilesociety.org.

COURSE: AGING IN AFRICA (February 21-25, 2005) This course takes place in Nairobi, Kenya. This course is designed for mid-level or senior programme managers, social workers, senior government officers or planners, health care professionals, or anyone with an interest in ageing issues. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24427.
COURSE: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (June 6-July 16, 2005) It is anticipated that the course will serve the needs of Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa in behavioural change communication for health promotion and development. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25434

COURSE: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA, DISTANCE LEARNING

This program will explore the problem of inadequate or even distorted international coverage of crises and conflicts in areas poorly understood by Western journalists. It also will consider whether this unfortunate situation can be improved in the future. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25501

PROGRAM: BRITISH COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTERACTION PROGRAMME

The British Council South Africa invites applicants to join 'InterAction,' a Pan African programme focusing on leadership development, transformation and empowerment. Successful participants will be part of a community from 19 African countries, attending a one-week training and networking event in another African country, before joining a wider Pan African Conference network. For more information, visit: http://www.thusanang.org.za/

PROGRAM: 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 Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce the launching of a major new research initiative designed to promote the application of social science approaches to the study of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The initiative is being undertaken as part of a broader project of interventions which willinvolve the fostering of a networked community of African researchers with the required competence and interest in the field of health studies, and which will be in regular dialogue with the different health policy communities within and outside the state, as well within and outside Africa. Within this framework, it is envisaged that a range of research, training anddissemination activities will be carried out and several policy dialogues organised. The research and policy dialogue components of the programme will be spread over the period 2003

to 2005. For more information, visit: www.codesria.org.

COURSE: MANGO FINANCE TRAINING

Mango provides financial management services to relief and development organisations. The link below contains information on venues and dates for Mango training for September 2004 to January 2005. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24249

COURSE: TRANSCEND PEACE UNIVERSITY (TPU) NEW SEMESTER

Transcend Peace University is the world's first global peace university for policy makers, practitioners, scholars, students, UN staff and others working in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, post-war reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconciliation, development, human rights, and other related fields. The link below contains information about the university's September Semester 2004. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24250

DISCUSSION GROUP: ICASA 2005 YOUTH E-CONSULTATION, AIDS AND DEVELOPEMENT

The International conference on AIDS and STI in Africa (ICASA) is a gathering place for leaders across various sectors in Africa to discuss HIV/AIDS and its effects on Africa's development. The XIV edition of ICASA is billed for Abuja in December 2005. The e-consultation began October 2 and will end November 2, 2004. To join the discussion, send a blank email to youthaticasa2005- subscribe@groups.takingitglobal.org. Contact: dabesaki@yahoo.com

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PROFESSOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR AFROAMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
*Review of applications will begin immediately The Center seeks to add African Studies faculty to fill full-time joint appointments with any relevant social science department, excluding anthropology. For more information, contact: James S. Jackson, Director, African Studies Search Committee, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, 4700 Haven Hall, 505 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

*Review of applications will begin immediately Candidates must be able to teach both survey courses in world history and specialized courses in one or more of the following areas: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. For more information, visit: www.gsw.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, AGNES-SCOTT COLLEGE

*Review of applications will begin September 30th, 2004. The department seeks a cultural anthropologist with expertise in Africa, Latin America or Caribbean societies. For more information, contact: Yvonne D. Newsome at ynewsome@agnesscott.edu. or visit: www.agnesscott.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGAUGES, LITERATURES, and CULTURES,WELLS COLLEGE
*Review of applications will begin October 25, 2004. Areas of expertise include Francophone Africa and modern French literature. The successful candidate will also serve as faculty director for our exchange program with the Univeristy at Dakar, Senegal. For more inforation, contact: French Search Committee, c/o Dr. Ellen Hall, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wells College, Aurora, NY 13026-0500.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, WILLAMETTE COLLEGE

*Review of applications will begin November 1, 2004. The department seeks an assistant professor whose research focuses on Africa and/or the African Diaspora, with expertise in critical medical anthropology and/or globalization/political economy. For more information, visit: www.willamette.edu/cla/anthro/.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION, COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE

*Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2004. A successful candidate will be able to teach western and world civilizations as well as upper level government and history courses. A specialization in Africa, Asia or Europe is preferred. For more information, visit: www.colby-sawyer.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES,

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
*Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2004. The African and African American Studies Program (AAAS) at Arizona State University, Tempe announce a search for a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of Global and African Diaspora Studies; start date August 2005. The successful candidate will teach courses on Africa and at least one region of the African Diaspora. For more information, visit: http://www.asu.edu/clas/aframstu

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, KENYON COLLEGE

*Submission deadline is November 15, 2004. The English Department seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in postcolonial literature and theory, with an emphasis on Anglophone literatures of Africa and the African diaspora, the Caribbean, or South Asia. For more information, contact: Sergei-Lobanov- Rostovsky, Chair, Department of English, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

AT BERKELEY
*Submission deadline is November 15, 2004. The department of history seeks an assistant professor in sub-Saharan African history. For more information, contact: Martin Jay, Chair, Department of History at martjay@socrates.berkeley.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY

OF KENTUCKY
*Submission deadline is November 15, 2004. The University of Kentucky, Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position, with a specialization in economic/political anthropology. Geographic area is open. Candidate should be well grounded in ethnographic research and theory, particularly incorporating political economy, issues of inequality,transnational processes, globalization, ecology, and/or the anthropology of development. Candidates should provide evidence of an active research program. For more information, visit: at:http://www.uky.edu/AS/Anthropology/.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN HISTORY, APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

*Review of applications will begin November 15, 2004. The field of specialization in sub-Saharan Africa is preferred. The candidate will teach African History survey, World Civilizations, and courses in speciality. For more information, contact: Dr. Michael L. Krenn, Department of History, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND CULTURE, COLORADO SCHOOL OF

MINES
*Submission deadline is November 15, 2004. The Colorado school of mines invites appplications for a position in comparative
literature and culture, with research and teaching interests in nineteenth century, twentieth century, or contemporary literatures of Africa, Asia, or Latin America. For more information, visit: www.is.mines.edu/hr/Faculty_Jobs.shtm.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH, DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN,

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
*Review of applications will begin November 15, 2004. The University of Kansas seeks a Tenure track, starting 18 August 2005. Specialization in Francophone Studies with a primary research interest in Francophone literature and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa or the Maghreb . The candidate must be able to teach graduate courses in the area of specialization, and an undergraduate course on Francophone literature, cinema, and/or cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant publications or strong promise of scholarly productivity required, as is a native or near-native command of French. Ability to address the broader scope of Francophonie, outside the designated research focus, is desirable. For more information, contact: Professor Van Kelly, Chair, Dept. of French and Italian, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 (785-864-9062; vkelly@ku.edu).

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND WOMEN'S STUDIES, DENISON

UNIVERSITY
*Submission deadline is November 15th, 2004. Denison University invites applications for a joint tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level in International Studies and Women's Studies. The University is particularly interested in candidates whose work addresses the cultural dimensions of gender and global processes. For more information, contact: The International Studies/Women's Studies Search Committee, Women's Studies Program, Denison Unviersity, Granville, OH 43023.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPEMENT, THE CENTER FOR LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT (CLD)

OF THE ROCKEFELLER COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY
*Review of applications will begin on November 20, 2004. The CLD has provided institutional development assistance to a wide array of nations in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and in Eastern Europe. The Deputy Director will be responsible for securing funding, designing programs, and assisting in program management. For more information, contact: Dawn Guinan
at dguinan@uamail.albany.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN LANGUAGES AND

LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
*Submission deadline is November 22, 2004. The department is searching for a candidate in Akan/Twi. Preferred areas of specialization include cultural studies, film, folklore, linguistics, literature, media, drama and performance or other theoretical orientatioins that articulate verbal and visual culture. For more information, contact: Chair, Akan/Twi Search, University of Florida, 470 Grinter Hall, P.O. Box 115565, Gainesville, FL 32611-5655.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN HISTORY, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is November 22, 2004. While positions are open to all specialties, the department is especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching interests would complement our programs in African American history, gender history, history of the U.S. South, and history of the Atlantic World. For more information, visit: www.fsu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT

CHAPEL HILL
*Submission deadline is November 22, 2004. The department is interested in applicants specializing in th history of east, central or southern Africa. For more information, contact: Lisa Lindsay, Africa Search Committee, Department of History, CB#3195, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND WOMEN'S STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF

KANSAS
*Review of appplications will begin November 29, 2004. The departments seeks an assistant professor focusing on gender and Africa. For more information, contact: omofola@ku.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

*SUbmission deadline is November 30, 2004. Successful candidates should have native or near-native proficiency in both French and English. Candidates should demonstarte expertise in the literature, history, and culture of one of four major Francophone areas: West Africa, the Maghreb, the Caribbean, and Quebec, and be prepaired to teach in one other. For more information, contact: John Rauk, Chair, Department of French, Classics, and Italian, 161 Old Horticulture Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1112.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT

COLLEGE PARK
*Submission deadline is November 30, 2004. The department invites applicants in the social sciences who work on questions of racial, ethnic, gender, or regional inequality in Africa and/or the African Diaspora. For more information, visit: www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, ANDERSON UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. The history department is looking for applicants whose teaching load would focus on offering surveys of World Civilization and Western Civilization, and upper division courses in Asia, and occasional offerings in Africa and the Middle East. Anderson University is a comprehensive institution affiliated with the Church of God and seeks faculty who possess a maturing Christian faith and are committed to the mission of higher education. For more information, contact: dbjanutolo@anderson.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, BOWDOIN COLLEGE

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. Applicants should have expertise in Africa. For more information, visit: www.academic.bowdoin.edu/acadaffairs/recruit/index.shtml.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ANTHROPOLOGY, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. Applicants should have expertise in the cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. For more information, contact: Deborah Schecter at d-schechter@neiu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENGLISH, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. Applicants should have a specialization in African and Post-colonial literature. For more information, contact: Gary Brodsky, Chairperson, Department of English, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. The successful candidate will be broadly trained in International Relations with a focus on conflict studies, with a geographic focus on Africa, Europe or Asia. For more information, contact: Search Committtee, c/o Department Secretary, Department of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES,

QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE
*Review of applications will begin December 1, 2004. Ability to offer courses in Latin America and either Africa or the Middle East is required. Secondary concentration in ethnic, minority, or gender studies. For more information, visti: www.queens.edu/hr.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISION

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. The Department of Anthropology, African Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Cultural Diversity in healthcare seek a cultural anthropologist with a specialty on any aspect of health, disease and health care in contemporary Africa, preferably West Africa, and on international health questions emanating from or substantially involving Africa. For more information, contact: Chair, Medical Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, 1180 Observatory Drive, 5240 Social Science Building, Madison, WI 53706-1393.

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, WOMEN'S STUDIES, OLD DOMINION UNIVESITY

*Review of applications will begin December 1, 2004. The Women's Studies Department is looking for a candidate with a Ph.D. in a relevant social science or interdisciplinary field and a demonstrated research agenda focused on global women's issues, preferably centering on Africa or Asia. For more information, contact: Dr. Anita Clair Fellman at afellman@odu.edu.

JUNIOR/SENIOR LEVEL POSITION, HISTORY DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY *Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. The History Department at Michigan State University is seeking to hire three faculty members in African history over the next two years, with at least one at the junior level and one at the senior level. The department seeks candidates whose expertise complements departmental strengths and who are interested in transnational and interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. Active engagement in both the African Studies Center and the Comparative Black History Program is expected. For more information, contact: David Wiley, Professor of Sociology and Director, African Studies Center, 100 CIP, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035, Phone (517) 353-1700 - Fax: (517) 432-1209. For more information, visit: www.africa.msu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES, OHIO STATE

UNIVERSITY

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2004 Candidates should be trained in the social sciences. All geographic specializations (except North Africa) will be considered, but preference will be given to people working in Southern Africa. For more information,

contact: Kenneth Goings at Goings.14@osu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, OHIO UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 1, 2004. The linguistics department at Ohio University seeks a candidate with a PhD in African languages, linguistics, applied linguistics, or foreign language education; strong research record in one of the above fields; native or near-native competence in Swahili and/or Hausa or another African language; and experience as a teacher and coordinator of African languages, preferably in the United States. For more information, contact: African Languages Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, Gordy Hall 383, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2979.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NON-WESTERN/PRE-MODERN CULTURES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY *Review of applications will begin December 3, 2004. The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU seeks an experienced teacher/scholar for a position in non-Western pre-modern cultures who specializes in the critical analysis of significant texts and documents. The discipline of origin (classics, history, philosophy, area studies, archaeology, literature, religious studies, ect.) is open, but the primary site of teaching and scholarship should center on pre-modern and non-Western cultures, including Africa, East or South Asia, or the Middle East. For more information, contact: Chair, Non-western pre-modern cultures Search Committee, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, 715 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY

*Submission deadline is December 10, 2004. The department of history is looking for a candidate with the ability to teach upper division and/or graduate courses in one or more of the following areas is needed: Africa, 19th century Europe, and/or the Middle East. For more information, contact: Ken Hendrickson at his_keh@shsu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, COMPARATIVE POLITICS,

AND SOCIETIES IN AFRICA, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (JAMES MADISON COLLEGE) *Submission deadline is December 15, 2004. James Madison College of Michigan State University seeks a tenure stream faculty member at the Assistant Professor level with a regional focus on Africa and expertise in International Political Economy (IPE)/Comparative Politics and Societies. James Madison College is the administrative home to several specializations, among them Muslim Studies, to which the successful candidate may contribute. The successful candidate can also become an affiliated faculty of the University's well-regarded Center for African Studies; and she/he will be
able to offer courses in its African Studies Specialization. For more information, visit: www.jmc.msu.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

*Submission deadline is December 20, 2004. The Center for African Studies at the University of Florida is searching for a candidate in the field of African Health and Society. They are particularly interested in candidates with a research focus on the social impacts of HIV/AIDS
in Africa, although scholars with expertise in other health issues with relevance to HIV/AIDS will also be considered. For more information, visit: www.africa.ufl.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN/AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS *Review of applications will begin January 3, 2005. The University of Kansas Department of African & African-American Studies seeks candidates for a tenure-track position with specialization in KiSwahili and African languages. Responsibilities will include teaching KiSwahili language courses and collaborating in the coordination of African language instruction. For more information, contact: eas@ku.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN *Submission deadline is January 5, 2005 The University of Illinois is looking for a candidate in Secondary Social Studies Education (middle school through high school) with a special focus in African studies and international education. For more information, contact: Faculty Position in Social Studies Education, c/o Myrna Craig, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 306 Education Building/MC-708, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820 or email: mrcraig@uiuc.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NON-WESTERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

AT LOWELL
*Review of applications will begin February 1, 2005. The University of Massachusetts Lowell is looking for a candidate in non-Western History sinc 1750 (excluding China), with research specialty in one or more of the following: Africa, Middle East, and/or South/Southeast Asia. For more information, contact: Dr. Joseph Lipchitz, Chair, History Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 850 Broadway Street, Suite 3, Lowell, MA 01854-3099.

PROFESSOR, AFRICAN ANTHROPOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

The Harvard University Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of Anthropology invite nominations and applications for a joint appointment in the social-cultural anthropology of Africa. The position may be filled at the level of Assistant, untenured Associate, or tenured full Professor. Nominees and candidates should demonstrate achievement (or, at the untenured level, the promise of excellence) in ethnographic field research, theoretical innovation, and teaching. Topical and regional specializations are open, but the search committee seeks, among others, specialists in urban life, the arts and popular culture, gender and sexuality, transnationalism, mass media, development, environmental and refugee issues, military conflict, or changing forms of governmentality in Africa. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2005,
and untenured candidates should expect to have completed the Ph.D. prior to appointment. For more information, see http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cafrica

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, ROLLINS COLLEGE

Screening of applications will begin immediately. Ph.D. and international experience required, although candidates with non-business doctorates are encouraged to apply. Teaching responsibilities will include the foundational course in international business and development of new electives focusing on Africa, Latin America, India, Europe or the Middle East. For more information, contact: Donald p. Rogers at drogers@rollins.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, SKIDMORE COLLEGE

The department seeks an assistant professor focusing on the history of the British Empire iwth the ability to teach coursees in African, Middle Eastern or India history. For more information, contact: Jennifor Delton, Chair, Department
of History, File #50, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
12866.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AFRICAN HISTORY, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

The department welcomes applications for all periods and regions of African History, although it is especially interested in scholars of sub-Saharan Africa who possess a secondary field in the diasporic experiences of African peoples. For more information, visit: www.oxy.edu/newfaculty

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENGLISH, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

The department seks an assistant professor of Twentieth-Century Postcolonial African Literature. For more information, visit: www.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/ads/joblist.htm.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

The department seeks an assistant professor of sub-Saharan African history. For more information, visit: www.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/ads/joblist.htm.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY, BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE

The department seeks an assistant professor of sub-Saharan or South Asian history. Duties include teaching upper-division and graduate courses in sub-Saharan African and/or South Asia and lower-division courses in world history. For more information, visit: www.bridge.edu/HR/JobList/

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Linguistics, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS The department seeks an assistant professor of cognative neuroscience and/or second language acquisistion with a focus on Africa. For more information, contact: eas@ku.edu.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENGLISH, SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

The department seeks an assistant professor of post-colonial literature outside of the U.S. and Europe with secondary emphasis in 18th and 19th century British literature highly desired. For more information, contact: ecs@svsu.edu

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
The department seeks an assistant/associate professor, who will teach African-American history courses, adn mayb e expected to teach African History, a U.S. history survey, a course on social issues, and upper level courses in area of specialization. For more information, visit: www.ramapo.edu/hrjobs.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ART HISTORY, RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

The department seeks an assistant professor with a specialty in modern and/or contemporary art and theory. Interests in global/postcolonial art developments (for example, the arts of africa, Asia, and the African Diaspora) are desirable.
For more information, visit: www.ramapo.edu/hrjobs.

LECTURER/VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Iowa seeks a part-time Lecturer or Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Language, non-tenure-track, for the academic year 2004-05. The position will begin with a one-year contract, renewable upon positive review for 2005-06. Responsibilities include teaching four sections of Arabic language per year or the equivalent for a 2/3-time appointment. Additional teaching responsibilities for a higher-percentage appointment may be negotiated, based on applicant's interests and areas of specialization. Electronic submissions may be directed to janet-delwiche@uiowa.edu.

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AFRICA: CONSULTANT - ADVOCACY FOR AFRICAN WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE

PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES OF THE AFRICAN UNION African Women's Development And Communication Network (FEMNET). A consultant is needed with experience in: Gender mainstreaming; the AU and its Specialised mechanisms; advocacy for implementation and monitoring of regional and international human rights conventions on women's rights at African level. For more information, contact: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25481

Africa Action Job Openings (2 Positions) 1) Program Associate, Dept. of Public Education and Mobilization (DPEM). The Program Associate, working as a member of the DPEM, is responsible for implementing public education and mobilization activities on the organization's priority areas of interest. 2) Program Associate, Dept. of Policy Analysis and Communications (DPAC). The Program Associate, working as a member of the (DPAC) is responsible for research and writing on the organization's priority areas of interest. The Program Associate collaborates on the development of Africa Action's positions on policy matters, and media strategies and relations. The incumbent collaborates with the mobilizing department on joint projects. Form more information, contact: Joyce Kwamena-Poh, Administrator at Africa Action at: joycek@africaaction.org or fax: (202) 546- 1545.

AFRICA: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Washington Office On Africa (WOA)'s primary role is to serve as a voice in Washington for its member denominations and faith communities on issues concerning Africa and U.S.-Africa policy. Thus an essential mission of the Executive Director is to brief Africa secretaries and others on critical legislation and policy issues on the Washington agenda and to reflect the views of its sponsoring members in debate. The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the programs, services and activities of the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) and WOA/PRI and, with the Board, sets policy, research, legislative priorities and lobbying activity. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25429

AFRICA: STAFF PERSON, SUDAN FOCAL POINT-AFRICA

The core group of Sudan Focal Point-Africa invites applications from interested candidates for the function as Sudan Focal Point-Africa staff person, with preferred commencement January 2005. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25428.

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE OR POINTE NOIRE): SCHOOL LUNCH PROJECT MANAGER

International Partnership For Human Development (IPHD) The applicant will manage the day-to-day activities of the project and ensure commodities are received, transported and stored properly and safely. Select schools and kindergartens for direct feeding and monetization assistance. Assure that an adequate distribution and monitoring system is in place and functioning. Manage monitoring function of Food for Education program. Evaluate projects/activities supported by monetization proceeds. Will draft semi-annual reports for IPHD/HQ. Will provide technical assistance at all levels of the MOE in school lunch program management and project. For more information, contact: iphdbrz@yahoo.com.

DEMOCRATIC REPUCLIC OF CONGO: FIELD COORDINATOR

International Rescue Committee. For more information, visit: http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=238558

EAST AFRICA: PROGRAMME MANAGER, CHRISTIAN AID

Christian Aid is seeking applications from individuals to lead the development and management of the organisation's programme in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). You must have at least five years experience of international development work, including project management and have experience of working with a local organisation in the south, ideally in Africa. For more information, visit: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/aboutca/jobs/jds/EAPM.htm

ERITREA: NUTRITION PROGRAMME MANAGER, CONCERN WORLDWIDE

The position holder will be responsible for the management and provision of technical support to Concern's nutrition programme in Eritrea and for the preparation of donor proposals and reports. The successful applicant will have at least three years field experience in managing emergency and on-going nutrition programmes. For more information, visit: http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/10101

MOZAMBIQUE: NUTRITION ADVISOR

Save the Children. For more information, visit: http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=238961

NIGERIA: COUNTRY DIRECTOR, ACTION AID

Action Aid is seeking applications for the position of country director in its Nigeria programme. The holder will be responsible for managing and strengthening the organisation's work with marginalised communities which aim to help advance human rights and social justice. The successful applicant will have a proven track record in leading development programmes, advocacy activities, fundraising and organisational development.
For more information, visit: http://217.199.179.132/index.asp?page_id=1336

PRINCETON, NJ: COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, ALUKA

Aluka is an initiative of Ithaka, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of productive and efficient uses of information technologies for the benefit of worldwide higher education. Aluka's mission is to build and support an inter-connected set of online scholarly resources from various regions of the world, beginning in Africa. This database is organized around themes, including African Cultural Heritage Sites, Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa, and African Plants. The Collections Developement Manager will initially manage content developement for the African Cultural Heritage Sites collection. For more information, contact: collection_devmgr@ithaka.org.

SIERRA LEONE: FIELD COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

You will be responsible for the supervision of all programs at the field site and for IRC Sierra Leone's compliance with USAID's grant regulations and conditions. The successful applicant will have three to five years experience working overseas in a humanitarian setting and experience with implementing USAID projects. For more information, visit:
http://www.theirc.org/jobs/index.cfm/number/2004-493

SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRAMME MANAGER

Social Development (non-profit) Foundation Opportunity for a pro-active innovator who is passionately committed to social development. The purpose of this low-profile philanthropic foundation is to enrich lives within communities through supporting those who provide resources, services and related research that meet practical human needs and shift the quality of relationships between people. For more information, visit:
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24468

SOUTH AFRICA: INFORMATION AND ADVOCACY OFFICER

MISA-SA is seeking to employ an Information and Advocacy Officer. The incumbent has to manage the Freedom of Expression and Right to Information Programme. For more information, visit: http://www.africapulse.org.za/index.php?

SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONAL DIRECTOR

The National Network on Violence Against Women (NNVAW) is a non-profit-organisation (NPO) consisting of member organisations, individuals and government departments around the country. The NNVAW is a leading collaborative organisation in South Africa whose sole aim is to bring together organisations into a collective, to fight and end Violence Against Women (VAW). The NNVAW is inviting a mature, dynamic and experienced person, with sound knowledge and technical skills in fund raising and solid understanding of South African and international NGO environment. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=25332

SUDAN: DEMOCRACY FELLOW

World Learning for International Development. For more information, visit: http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=238974

SUDAN: EMERGENCY HEALTH & NUTRITION CO-ORDINATOR, SAVE THE CHILDREN, UK

In response to the current humanitarian emergency, the successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring that health and nutrition systems are implemented and standardised in the region of Eddaein and for supporting SC UK's emergency preparedness and response. To fulfil the role teh applicant must have at least three years of international experience in health and nutrition, preferably gained within the context of an emergency programme. For more information, visit: http://jobsearch.savethechildren.org.uk/viewvacancies.cfm?ID=79749

SUDAN: HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION ADVISER, OXFAM,UK

The position holder will be responsible for leading the ongoing development of a humanitarian protection strategy for Oxfam's response in North Sudan. The successful applicant must have at least three years experience working on issues related to the protection of civilians during conflict and have strong familiarity with international law, namely in the area of refugee and humanitarian law. For more information, visit: http://www.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_oxfam.asp? s=QzByEJgTrIUzWwIro&jobid=16796,3445238752&key=2116352&c=711586140223&pa gestamp=setdtwyntsjsaskxyj

TANZANIA: BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST

The Communications Specialist will function as the communication advisor, developing innovative and effective behavior change and social marketing approaches for the Tanzania Marketing and Communications: AIDS, Reproductive Health (RH) and Child Survival (CS) Project. He/she will work as part of the overall AED team in Dar Es Salaam and will work closely with Government, NGO and private sector organizations/institutions implementing the communications and marketing aspects of the program. For more information, visit: http://employment.aed.org/openings/international/BCCTanzania.html

UGANDA: HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME COORDINATOR, OXFAM GB

Oxfam GB Uganda is looking for an experienced and dynamic individual to provide leadership and support to a large humanitarian programme. The applicant does not necessarily have a particular technical background, but he or she must understand the kind of technical support needed to mobilize resources and ensure high quality programmes. In particular, the applicant will consciously consider issues like gender and HIV/AIDS in programming, and be able to take into account the long-term impacts of the work done by OSFAM. For more information, visit: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/index.htm

UGANDA: STAR ACTION RESEARCH COORDINATOR PAMOJA AFRICA REFLECT NETWORK

The incumbent is responsible for overseeing the implementation of a STAR (dynamic approach to empower communities in the face of HIV/AIDS), a two-year pilot project in Nigeria, Uganda and Mozambique. All candidates must be within the ages of 30 - 42 years old. For more information, contact: pamoja@infocom.co.ug or visit: http://www.comminit.com/vacancy2039.html.

UK: REFUGEE AND MIGRANTS' RIGHTS COORDINATOR, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty International (AI) seeks a Refugee and Migrants' Rights Coordinator to lead our work on behalf of refugees and asylum-seekers, the internally displaced and migrants. You will be the principal legal and policy adviser, taking the lead in developing strategies, plans and actions involving AI's staff and membership. For more information, visit: http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/18082004-PEP0402

UK: TREASURER-TRUSTEE

Stand Up For Africa (SUFA) is a UK-based African-led organisation dedicated to work towards the eradication of poverty and suffering in Africa. SUFA's current area of focus is in the Child Slave Trade (a desperate measure, born out of poverty) in various parts of Africa. The Charity was set up in August 2003. Please find out more about SUFA at www.standupforafrica.org.uk. For more information, visit: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=24466

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AFRICAN COLOURS, ONLINE RESOURCE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

http://www.africancolours.net/
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. To subscribe to their mailing list and receive African Colours Updates, please send an email to friends@africancolours.com.

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT DISSERTATION WORKSHOP PROGRAM

(Resource for funding opportunities)
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). Journals included in AJOL are scholarly in content with peer reviewed articles, and publish a mixture of pure and applied research as well as review papers. The address of the new site is: http://www.ajol.info

ASC WEB DOSSIER ON CONFLICT IN SUDAN: THE CASE OF DAFUR

The Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a web dossier on conflict in Sudan, and especially Darfur, to coincide with a workshop held at the ASC on 10 September 2004. The workshop brought together scholars involved in African Studies and journalists with a special interest in Africa in order to exchange ideas on information gathering and media coverage of African issues, in particular conflicts and war. The current crisis in Darfur was discussed as an example. The dossier aims to give background information on the Darfur crisis within the context of the wider conflict in Sudan. It contains a selection of titles from the ASC library's online catalogue on Darfur, the conflict in Sudan, and media coverage of conflicts in Africa in general, covering monographs as well as articles and chapters from edited works. The dossier further contains an introduction on the Darfur crisis and links to selected web resources. It can be found at our web dossier page, together with earlier dossiers on subjects such as African sport, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Youth in Africa: http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/library/webdossiers/

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 at: For more information, visit:
http://www.gdnet.org/online_services/funding_opportunities/ funding_news/.

PAMBAZUKA: A WEEKLY ELECTRONIC FORUM FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA

To view online, go to http://www.pambazuka.org/

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE NEWSLETTER

This is the 11th edition of the SAHO newsletter. If you would like to receive our newsletter regularly, please click contact: http://www.sahistory.org.za/newsletter/add.htm.

USA/AFRICA INSTITUTE JOURNAL: CHIMERA
The Summer issue of CHIMERA <http://www.usaafrica.org/chimera.html> is available at www.usaafrica.org <http://www.usaafrica.org/> . Please click the link Summer 2004 <http://www.usaafrica.org/Chimera-Summer04.html> to access the journal.

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. Topics include: briefings on recent and upcoming global events, conferences, workshops, and forums; announcements of newly released publications and online resources; and links to HIV/AIDS-related documents, resources, and USAID partners' Web sites. The newsletter reflects activities exclusively to USAID and its implementing partners. For more information: http://www.synergyaids.com/newsletter.asp

WEST AFRICA NEWSLETTER, INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND LIBERIA INSTITUE OF

JOURNALISM
This radio station that broadcasts News and Information about the political situation in Liberia. For more information contact: info@radiolij.org To listen to the live broadcast go to: http://www.radiolij.org, and click on broadcast.

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