African Studies Memo
Volume 25, 2000
EVENTS
Thursday, May 4: 206 Ingraham, noon. Special Sandwich Seminar to welcome
6 teacher educators from teacher colleges in Namibia. The visitors will
briefly discuss their research at this interactive session titled:
"Teacher Education Reform and Research in Namibia." Reception to follow.
Friday, May 5: Room 180 Science Hall, 3:30 p.m . Judith Carney, professor
of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles will present a lecture
titled "African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas."
Monday, May 8: Curti Lounge, 5233 Humanities, 3:30. Paul Lovejoy, PhD
‘73 African History, UW-Madison) and professor at York University, Ontario,
is a candidate for one of the positions in the African Diaspora. He will
be visiting campus Monday-Tuesday, May 8-9 and will present a lecture
"Identity and the Mirage of Ethnicity: Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua's Journal to
the Americas under Slavery."
Professor Lovejoy is one of the most distinguished African historians of
his generation. He has also been extraordinarily productive. His earliest
works were innovative studies of local and regional economic history (Salt
of the Desert Sun, Caravans of Kola), from which he then expanded to
produce major studies of African slavery (Transformations in Slavery, The
Ideology of Slavery, Pawnship in Africa), the slave trade (numerous
articles), and the abolition of slavery (Slow Death of Slavery). He has
led in the development of two massive collaborative projects, the UNESCO
Slave Routes Project and the Nigerian Hinterland Project, that have joined
scholars throughout the Atlantic World in a coordinated study of slavery,
the slave trade, and the African Diaspora.
Tuesday, May 9: Curti Lounge, 2:00 p.m. Professor Lovejoy will meet with
graduate students in African, Afro-American, Latin American and American
history.
Wednesday, May 10: Sandwich Seminar, 206 Ingraham Hall, noon. Harold
Scheub, Professor, Department of African Languages and Literature will
present a lecture titled "The Storyteller as Mythmaker."
Wednesday, May 10: Room 259 Educational Sciences, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Kopano
Taole, director of the Effective Science, Education, and Technology
Education and Awareness division of the National Research Foundation of
South Africa will present a lecture titled "Building a New Educational
System in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges"
NEW SUMMER CLASSES
From Ijesha to Rumba: Currents of Yoruba Dance & Music in Americas
This is a new survey course taught by means of lectures, guest
speakers/artists, videos, and live music and dance by Professor Claudia
Melrose of the Dance Program. How has music and dance in the New World
been influenced by Yoruba dance and traditions? As we move from Nigeria to
Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Brazil and the United States we will ask: what are
the relationships between Rumba, Samba, Salsa, Rock n Roll, even Hip-Hop
and Flamenco to the traditional performances in Western Nigeria and to
traditional European dances? How do these hybrid forms of the New World
provide means of identity, survival and resistance for those dancing them?
June 12 thru July 9 Summer Four Week Session, Lecture Component
8:55-10:30 MTWR 2 credits
Call # 30896, Course #741-560 Sec 1
Also: West African Dance class: (May be taken alone or with the Lecture
component)
This West African dance and music workshop with excellent live percussion
is designed to introduce all participants to the joy, expression, and
healing aspects of dances from Cuba, Brazil and West
Africa and to enhance understanding and respect for the traditions from
which these dances originated. Rhythm, movement and song will fill the
classes as well as discussions and videos to enrich the dance
experience with historical and cultural background.
June 12 thru July 9 Summer Four Week Session, Dance Component,
10:40-12:15 MTWR 1 credit
Call # 34561, Course #741-560, Sec 2
Both classes can be taken together for a total of three credits. For
further information call the Dance Program 262-1641.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Michigan State University seeks to the fill the position of Academic
Specialist for the Less Commonly Taught Modern Languages (LCTLs) in the
Department of Linguistics and Languages starting August 16, 2000.
Applicants must have an M.A. or Ph.D. in Linguistics, Second Language
Acquisition, or a foreign language and literature; native or near-native
ability in at least one foreign language; and familiarity with computer
applications. Applicants should send a letter, curriculum vita, and the
names of three references to Prof. George Peters, Chair, Department of
Linguistics and Languages, Wells Hall
A-615, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1027.
http://www.msu.edu/~petersg
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