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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
Volume 7
February 1, 2002
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EVENTS
Tuesday, February 5. University Bookstore, 711 State St., 6 p.m. Reading
by Author Nega Mezlekia (The God Who Begat a Jackal, Notes from the Hyena's
Belly).
Wednesday, February 6, 206 Ingraham Hall, Noon. Eric Boos, J.D. candidate,
Law School, UW-Madison;vice president for Development, Mwokozi College,
Morogoro, Tanzania; visiting 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 7, 1418 Van Hise. Noon. Department of African Languages
and Literature Graduate Student Colloquium. Christina Higgins, English
Department, "A Discourse Analysis of the Typology of Bilingual Speech in
Urban Tanzania"
Tuesday, February 12th, from 1220 - 145, 4308 Social Science. Tukufu
Zuberi, Professor of Sociology and Population Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. "The Biological Myth and Social Reality of RaceImplications
for Social Statistics"
Wednesday, February 13, 206 Ingraham, noon. Marc Mealy, International
Economic and Foreign Policy Advisor, Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks
(NY06). "US Economic Policy Towards Africa: One Year of the African Growth
and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
CALL FOR PAPERS/PANELISTS
The West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal, is organizing an
international interdisciplinary symposium on fieldwork in Africa, from June
12-15, 2002. Papers, panels, roundtables and workshops are invited on all
theoretical, scholarly, ethical and practical aspects of fieldwork in
Africa. Contact Fiona Mc Laughlin, Department of Linguistics, University of
Kansas. [log in to unmask]
The Program on International Cooperation in Africa (PICA) is accepting
papers for its May 10-11 conference at Northwestern
University. The conference will focus on youth and youth organizations,
under the title "Youth Policy and the Policies of Youth in Africa". Paper
abstracts are due by March 1 and should be submitted to PICA Coordinator,
Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, 620 Library Place,
Evanston, Illinois 60208-4110.
The Berkley-Stanford Joint Center for African Studies is accepting papers
for its conference "Rethinking Global ization From An African Perspective",
to be held at the University of California, Berkeley on April 27,
2002. Abstracts are due by Feb. 18th. For more information contact Mary
Lewis at [log in to unmask]
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Foreign Area and Language Study (FLAS) applications. A reminder that all
application materials for both summer and academic year FLAS scholarships
are due February 11, 2002.
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, the Global Studies Program will award
5-10 pre-dissertation and 3 internship grants during the spring semester
2002. Applications can be found at http//www.wisc.edu/globalstudies or at
the GSP office, 301 Ingraham Hall. For more information contact Liliana
Obregon at 262-0646 or [log in to unmask]
STUDY ABROAD
The AFS-USA Intercultural Programs is expanding its Global Educators
Program to include Professors and other college-level educators. It is
also seeking individuals who would be willing to host a mentor or visiting
teacher. For more information contact Caitlin Schaap at
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The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) is offering
faculty seminars in Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa in the summer of
2002. More information is available at www.ciee.org/ifds.
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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