AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
February 19, 2001
Volume 7
EVENTS
Monday, February 19: Mohmaud Jama (United Nations Consultant on Africa)
MATC DTEC 240 "African Development for the 21st Century: Challenges
and Opportunities"
211 N. Carroll St.
6-7:30 pm
Monday, February 19: Informational session on the University of Minnesota
program in Kenya.
67 Bascom Hall
4 p.m.
Wednesday, February 21: Sonya Clark, professor of Environment, Textiles,
and Design,
206 Ingraham UW-Madison
Noon "Beaded Blessings: An Art Project Inspired by African Amulets
Found in the Diaspora"
Thursday, February 22: Patrick Harries, Visiting Professor from University
of Cape Town
Social Science Bldg, 8411 Making Sense of Africa: Missionaries and Modernity
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Professor Harries will present his current book
project. Thomas Spear (editor of East African Expressions of
Christianity, 1998) discussant.
Thursday, Feb. 22, 4:30 pm Niyi Osundare, West African poet and Professor
of English, University of New Orleans
Memorial Union (TITU) "Poetry and the Human Voice" Sponsored by the
National African Language Resource Center with support from the
University Lectures Committee.
Wednesday, February 28: James Giblin, professor of History, University of
Iowa
"Contextualizing Oral Narratives from Njombe, Tanzania:
From Maji Maji to Ujamaa Villagization"
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Visit our employment website:
<http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/employ.html> for ngo jobs listed in the
latest edition of Monday Development a periodical which represents 150
non-governmental organizations. Check our website, also, for more
information on employment opportunities for Africanists from the Chronicle
for Higher Education
FELLOWSHIPS
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a Global Studies Scholar dedicated to
global peace and justice, the Global Studies Program will award and
administer a small number of Scott Kloeck-Jenson International
Pre-Dissertation Travel grants to support summer travel for doctoral
students hoping to explore potential field research sites outside the
United States.
The program is open to students of any nationality who are enrolled in a
doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who are planning
to conduct dissertation research. Projects which are related to Global
Studies themes
(<http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/globalstudies/>http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu
/globalstudies/) will receive particular attention.
Application materials are available in the Global Studies Office, 301
Ingraham Hall. For additional information, please visit the Global Studies
website (<http://www.wisc.edu/globalstudies>www.wisc.edu/globalstudies) or
contact Louis Bickford at the Global Studies Program, 262-0646.
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Applications are now being invited for the Leadership and Advocacy for
Women in Africa Fellowship Program for South African lawyers committed to
women's rights issues. Applications must be received by Monday, April 2,
2001. An application may be obtained at www.wlppfp.org.
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The International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) is now
accepting applications for its International Fellows Program, which gives
graduate students and college seniors the opportunity to work for nine
months in the developing world on self-help and economic development
projects. For more information, visit www.ifesh.org. Deadline for
application: February 28, 2001.
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listings in this Memo, please contact Eileen McNamara, 205 Ingraham Hall;
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