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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:11:43 -0600
From: eileen mcnamara <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: African Studies Memo, Vol 7
AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
Volume 7
January 2004
Website: <http://www.africa.wisc.edu/>africa.wisc.edu
EVENTS
January 30. Voices of Africa. Bori (Possession-Trance) as Metaphor in
Hausa Verbal Art.Speaker: Professor Linda Hunter, African Language
and Literature, UW-Madison. Noon. 1418 Van Hise.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for Conference paper. 2004 Summer Conference, Imo State
University, Owerri, Nigeria. June 11-12, 2004. Conference theme:
Nineteenth-Century Post-Abolition Commerce and the Communities of the
Lower Niger River Basin (Nigeria).
The deadline is January 31, 2004. For further information or to
submit a proposal, contact the coordinators: Femi J. Kolapo,
Department of History, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
NIF 2W1, email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask];
Chima J. Korieh, Department of History, Central Michigan University,
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, email:
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
9th Midwest Graduate Student Conference in African Studies will
convene at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois from April 2nd
to April 4th, 2004. The theme is: Studying Africa in the 21st
Century.The deadline is January 16th. For more information, please
email <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
CONFERENCES (Visit:
<http://www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/conf/>www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/conf/
)
African Language Teachers Association 8th Annual Conference. Theme:
Expanding Our Vision for African Language Pedagogy: A Priority for
the 21st Century,April 29th to May 1st, 2004. Abstracts will be
accepted until January 15, 2004. For additional information, please
contact: Antonia Schleicher, National African Language Resource
Center, 4231 Humanities Building, 455 N. Park Street, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706;
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]; Tel:
608-265-7905.
FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS
(Visit:
<http://www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/fellow-gr>www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/fellow-gr
)
Scott Kloeck-Jenson Awards. The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Global Studies Program awards International Internship and
Predissertation Travel Grants to graduate students working towards
international social justice through their research and training.
The deadline for application is February 20th, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. For
more information and to download application materials, please visit:
<http://www.wisc.edu/globalstudies>www.wisc.edu/globalstudies
Rotary International Peace Scholarship. Visit the Rotary International website:
< http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/foundation/educational.html>
JOBS (Visit:
<http://www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/employment>www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/employment
)
The Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, Athens, Ohio, is
seeking applications for African Language Instructors for Summer
2004. Prospective SCALI Instructors are asked to apply for the
teaching position by March 15, 2004. For more information, please
contact: Catherine Cutcher, SCALI Coordinator, African Studies
Program, Ohio University, 117 Haning Hall, Athens, OH 45701, phone:
740-593-0272, Fax: 740-593-9476, email:
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]; or visit:
<http://www.ohiou.edu/scali>http://www.ohiou.edu/scali
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), based in Dakar, Senegal invites applications for the post
of assistant editor for its Publications and Communication
Department. Please visit: <http://www.codesria.org/>www.Codesria.org
or Email Francis B. Nyamnjoh at:
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask],
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] for more information.
Research/Production Assistant. Here On Earth, Wisconsin Public Radios
news and global cultural affairs program, seeks a half-time graduate
student intern to assist in producing a four-hour weekend global
cultural affairs call-in program. For more information, please
contact: Jean Feraca, Hear On Earth, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI
53706; email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
OTHERS
Teachers for Africa Program. The International Foundation for
Education and Self-Help (IFESH) invites applications from school
teachers, college and university professors and school administrators
who wish to spend one academic year helping to improve the quality of
education in Ghana, Benin, Malawi, Ethiopia, Guinea, and Namibia,
South Africa and Djibouti.
Guinea-------Teacher Training, Gender Equity and Teaching English as
a second language. Candidates French must be fluent.
Benin--------Teacher Training Fluent French.
Djibouti-----Teacher Training, Teaching English as a Second Language
Must have computer skills and Fluent in French. Selected teachers
will teach at High School and some at the main University in Djibouti
City.
Ghana--------Teacher Training and Training of Trainers.
Ethiopia-----Teacher Training at Universities/Teacher Training
Colleges, Teaching English to Trainee Teachers, Teaching Computer at
Vocational Institutions/University level, Health Education at
University Level.
Namibia------Teacher Training, Vocational Training, Computer
Training, Business Education, Training in various Tourism Industry or
Educational Administration (proposal writing, project monitoring and
evaluation) and adviser.
Malawi-------Teacher Training both at the University and Teacher
Training Colleges, Special Education Teachers Trainers.
The application deadline is February 28, 2004. For more information,
please visit: <http://www.ifesh.org/>www.ifesh.org.
Study Abroad. The St. Johns University Office of Study Abroad
Programs and the St. Johns University History Department, invite
college students to take part in the Gambia Program. The program will
take place in May of 2004. Application are being accepted until
February 16th, 2004. For more information, contact: Dr. Konrad
Tuchscherer at: (718) 990-5244 or Office of Study Abroad Programs
(718) 990-6105, <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
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