AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
Volume 6
  January 23, 2002

website: <http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html>

EVENTS

Thursday, January 24, 2002. International Institute Forum: "War on
Terrorism: Lessons Learned? Challenges Ahead." 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., 3650 Mosse
Humanities Bldg., 455 North Park St.

Wednesday, January 30, 206 Ingraham Hall, noon
Linda Hunter, Professor, African Languages & Literature, UW-Madison
"Dodo, the Dynamic Ogre, and Hausa Artistic Genius"

Wednesday, February 6, 206 Ingraham Hall, noon
Eric Boos, J.D. candidate, Law School, UW-Madison;vice president for
Development, Mwokozi College, Morogoro, Tanzania; assistant professor ,
Philosophy, Edgewood College
"The Political Challenges of Starting a New (Catholic) College in
Tanzania:  Church, Government, and Higher Education's Future"

Thursday, February 14, Roseman Auditorium, UW-Whitewater, 7:30 pm
Dr. Akwasi Assensoh, "Africans and African-Americans: Ties That Should Bind"

CALL FOR PAPERS

African Media Conference "Reporting Africa in the US Media", March 8, 2002,
Annual Media Conference of the Center for African Studies, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Organized by Center for African Studies and
Department of Journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Deadline: January 30, 2002. Contact: Romanus Ejiaga, Center for African
Studies, 210 International studies Building 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign,
Illinois 61820. Phone217-333-6335; email: [log in to unmask]

"Youth-centric Approaches to Africa's Problems."May 10-11, 2002. Sponsored
by Program on International Cooperation in Africa. Submit paper abstracts
and curriculum vitae by March 1, 2002. Send to PICA Conference Coordinator,
Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, 620 Library Place,
Evanston, IL 60208-4110.

Colloquium on Muslim interactions with the state in Africa from 1700s to
the present. May 23-26, 2002. Sponsored by Institute for the Study of
Islamic Thought in Africa. Paper abstracts and curriculum vitae due
February 28. Send to ISITA Coordinator, Program of African Studies,
Northwestern University, 620 Library Place, Evanston, IL 60208-4110.
"Underrepresented  Faces and Nontraditional Places." November 6-9, 2002.
Sponsored by Council on International Educational Exchange, Atlanta,
Georgia. Deadline for submission is March 2, 2002. Email: [log in to unmask]

EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES

Deputy Chief of Party/Monetization Manager--Kigali, Rwanda. Requirements:
knowledge of USAID; experience working in Africa; fluency in French;
minimum 2 yrs experience in monetization; 2-3 yrs experience in association
development, agriculture development, and/or grants management. Send
resume, cover letter, and salary history to [log in to unmask]

Country Representative--Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Family Planning and
Reproductive Health Service Delivery Program for the Near East, Europe and
the Newly Independent State, Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Send
resume to Marcy Winzer, Employment Manager, Pathfinder International, 9
Galen St. Suite 217, Watertown, MA 02472. Email: [log in to unmask]

FELLOWSHIP

Compton Peace Fellowships: Training African Doctoral Students for Careers
in Africa. The African Studies Program has received a grant from the
Compton Foundation to support dissertation research in Africa by Africans.
The goal of the Compton Peace Fellowship Program is to build intellectual
capacity to address the challenges of conflict resolution, peace, and
security in Africa. The grant supports dissertation fieldwork in Africa
conducted by UW-Madison graduate students who are citizens of an African
country, and who plan to focus their careers on African problems, ideally
from an African home base. Four fellowships will be awarded in 2002.
Deadline for application: March 1. For details about application, contact
Jim Delehanty, African Studies Program, 205 Ingraham.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2002-04, Center
for the Study of Cultures, Rice University. Appointments in one of the
following areas of specialization: African-American and African Derived
Religions, Technologies and Strategies of Cultural Memory, World History in
the Pre-Modern Period. Eligibility: Ph.D. in hand after September 1999 or
by June 30, 2002.  Application deadline March 1, 2002. Applications must be
mailed to: Rice University, Center for the Study of Cultures, MS-620, PO
Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892.

SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

Council on African Studies, Yale University. Summer Intermediate-Advanced
Intensive Group Project Abroad for isiZulu in South Africa June 20 - August
7, 2002. Travel, room/board, and educational materials funded by
Fulbright-Hayes. Submit application and requested materials no later than
February 1, 2002.  For applications and more information contact Lora M.
LeMosy, Council on African Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New
Haven, CT 06520-8206.

Intensive Summer 2002 Program - Amharic. June 19 to July 27, 2002. Offered
by the African Studies Center and Dept. of Linguistics and Germanic,
Slavic, Asian and African Languages at Michigan State University. Three
courses will be offered: Elementary Amharic, Intermediate Amharic, and
Advanced Amharic. Email: [log in to unmask] Or contact Grover Hudson, Dept of
Linguistics and German, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, (517)
355-8471,  [log in to unmask]

OTHER

Teachers for Africa Program,  International Foundation for Education and
Self-Help.  Application materials due February 28, 2002.  Send to:
Chairperson, International Fellows Program Selection Committee, IFESH, 5040
East Shea Boulevard, Suite 260, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-4687. Visit  for more
details.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Dean of Students Outstanding
Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Awards. UW-Madison faculty, staff
students, or members of the community need to submit nominations by March
1, 2002 to the Dean of Students Office. Simply e-mail or call the Dean of
Students ( 608.263.5700) with the student's name, address, phone, student
id number, and expected graduation date. Please also give the nominator's
name, address, and phone.

Interested in Tutoring? Madison Metro School District is sponsoring a
workshop called Middle School Tutor Training. Details: Thursday, January
31, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sennett Middle School, 502 Pflaum Rd, Madison. For
more information call Karen at 441-7893.

Tutor middle school students one-on-one or in small groups. Contact Corey
Lewis at the Urban League by phone 251-8550 x28, or email   Also visit
their web site: www.ulgm.org.

For comprehensive and current news and information about Africa check out
www.allafrica.com. You'll find news from more than 100 African newspapers
and magazines, over 500 new stories daily, parallel sites in English and
French, a searchable archive of some 300,000 items.

The deadline for submissions to the Journal of Cultural Studies' special
issue on "Globalisation and Cultural Identity in Africa" has been extended
to 31 January 2002. Anyone interested in submitting an article for
publication should contact the issue's editor, Mark L Lilleleht at
[log in to unmask] for additional information or to directly submit
a piece via email. We welcome submissions on any and all aspects of this
theme. The Journal of Cultural Studies is peer-reviewed international
journal published by the African Cultural Initiatives project based in
Nigeria. Additional information on JCS is available on the journal's
website at http//www.sit.wisc.edu/~mllillel/jcs/.


To submit announcements for the Memo, please contact Eileen McNamara, 205
Ingraham Hall; Tel: 262-4461; E-Mail: [log in to unmask]

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