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> From: eileen mcnamara <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/10/22 Fri PM 09:31:56 GMT
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> AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
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> Volume 20
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> October 2004
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> Website: <http://www.africa.wisc.edu/>africa.wisc.edu
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> EVENTS
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> * The Elvehjem Museum will be displaying an
exhibition entitled,
> Perspectives: African Art from the Bareiss Family
Collectionfor the next
> seven months. The exhibit includes fifty objects,
including masks,
> sculpture, ceramics, metal-work, and textiles from
about twenty cultural
> groups across sub-Saharan Africa dating from the
eighteenth to early
> twentieth centuries.
> * A Photographic Exhibition Commemorating 10
Years of Democracy in
> South Africa will be on display in the Oscar
Rennebohm Library at Edgewood
> College October 13-30, 2004. The 24 posters on
display in the exhibition
> are taken from two poster series entitled A Pictorial
History of the ANC
> and Women under Apartheid produced by the
Mayibuye Centre of the University
> Western Cape in South Africa. The posters bring to
life the courage and
> resilience with which South Africans opposed the
apartheid state.
> * Professor Heinz Klug of the UW Law School will
be presenting a
> lecture entitled, 10 Years of Democracy: Overcoming
the Legacy of
> Apartheid,Sunday October 24 in the Oscar
Rennebohm Library at Edgewood
> College.
> * An interactive discussion entitled, Amandla! Song,
Dance and Poetry:
> South Africa Yesterday and Today,will be led by Peter
Quella, PhD
> candidate, UW-Madison Department of African
Languages and Literature and
> Bekisizwe Ndimande, PhD candidate, UW-Madison,
Department of Curriculum and
> Instruction. The presentation will take place
Thursday, October 28 in the
> Oscar Rennebohm Library at Edgewood College.
> * Wednesday, November 3rd African Studies
Program Sandwich
> Seminar. The Changing Trajectories of Islamist
Movements in
> Ghana,presented by Ousman M. Kobo, PhD
candidate, Department of History,
> UW-Madison. Room 206 Ingraham Hall, 12 noon.
> * Wednesday, November 17th African Studies
Program Sandwich
> Seminar. Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a
Rwandan Refugee in
> Zaire,presented by Marie-Beatrice Umutesi,
Rwandan author (Co-Sponsored
> with UW Womens Studies Research Center). Room
206 Ingraham Hall, 12 noon.
> * Wednesday, December 1st African Studies
Program Sandwich
> Seminar. Two Zulu Women,presented by Harold
Scheub, Professor, Department
> of African Languages and Literature. Room 206
Ingraham Hall, 12 noon.
> * Wednesday, December 8th African Studies Social
Hour for Faculty,
> Staff, and Students. 206 Ingraham Hall, 12 noon.
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>
> CALL FOR PROPOSALS
> * The Midwest Political Science Association is
currently soliciting
> proposals to present at its 63rd Annual National
Conference to April 7 -
> 11, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. There are several new
sections for the
> conference, including ones on International
Relations, Comparative
> Politics, History and Politics, Sociology and Politics,
Applied Politics as
> well as sections that examine politics in a specific
area of the world
> (e.g. sections on European, Latin America, Asian,
and African Politics.)
> For a full list of sections for the conference, go to:
> <http://www.mwpsa.org/content/
program_committee.aspx>http://www.mwpsa.org/
content/program
> committee.aspx. The deadline to submit a proposal
has been extended to
> October 24th, 2004. Proposals can be submitted on-
line at
> <http://www.mwpsa.org/>www.mwpsa.org.
Questions may be directed to
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> FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS
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> (Visit:
> <http://www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/fellow-gr>
www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/fellow-gr)
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>
> The Center for African Studies and the College of
Education, University of
> Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, welcomes applications
for two post-doctoral
> fellowships for AY 2005-2006 on African Studies in
Global
> Perspectives. For more information, visit:
> <http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/postdoc/>
www.afrst.uiuc.edu/postdoc/. The
> application deadline is January 5, 2005.
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> JOBS
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>
>
> (Visit:
> <http://www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/
employment>www.africa.wisc.edu/opportunities/
employment
> )
>
>
> * University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of
Anthropology, African
> Studies Program and the Center for the Study of
Cultural Diversity in
> Healthcare invites applications for a tenure track
position in Cultural
> Anthropology at the Assistant Professor level, with a
begin date of August
> 22, 2005. A cultural anthropologist is sought with a
specialty on any
> aspect of health, disease and health care in
contemporary Africa,
> preferably West Africa, and on international health
questions emanating
> from or substantially involving Africa. Application
deadline: December 1,
> 2004. Please send application letter, including
statement of research and
> teaching interests, curriculum vitae, teaching
evaluations, three letters
> of recommendation and up to three publications to:
Chair, Medical
> Anthropology Search Committee, Department of
Anthropology, 1180 Observatory
> Drive, 5240 Social Science Building, Madison, WI
53706-1393.
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>
> * Bowdoin College is currently accepting
applications for a position in
> their History Department with specialization in Africa.
For complete job
> advertisement listings, see
> <http://academic.bowdoin.edu/acadaffairs/recruit/
index.shtml>http://academic.bowdoin.edu/acadaffairs/
recruit/index.shtml
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> * The University of California-Davis is accepting
applications for an
> Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in African
American/African
> Diaspora/ or African Studies to begin July 1, 2005.
Review of applications
> begins November 1, 2004. Interested applicants
should send a letter of
> application, curriculum vitae, description of research
interests, writing
> sample, relevant course syllabi, and three letters of
recommendation to
> Professor Moradewun Adejunmobi, Chair Search
Committee, African American
> and African Studies Program, University of California,
Davis, One Shields
> Ave., 2201 Hart Hall, Davis, California, 95616.
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>
> * Bridgewater State College is accepting
application for an Assistant
> Professor in Anthropology, specifically Sociocultural
Anthropology, as well
> as an Assistant Professor of History with a specialty
in sub-Saharan Africa
> or South Asia. Visit
> <http://www.brigew.edu/HR/JobList/>http://
www.brigew.edu/HR/JobList/ to see
> complete position descriptions, qualifications, and
any additional
> application materials required for some positions.
>
>
> * Northeastern Illinois University is accepting
applications for a
> tenure-track faculty position in Anthropology with
specialization in the
> cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. Review of
Applications begins December 1,
> 2004. Appointment begins August 2005. Additional
information available at
> <http://www.neiu.edu/>www.neiu.edu.
>
>
> * Tulane University is seeking candidates for a
tenure-track Assistant
> Professor position in the Program in African and
African Diaspora Studies
> with preferred specialty in literature, theater, dance,
performance
> studies, and media and communication. The
position starts July 1, 2005,
> and the application deadline is November 15, 2004.
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>
> * The University of Kansas is accepting
applications for three
> Assistant Professor positions in African/African-
American Studies with
> specialization in Kiswahili and African Languages, in
Political Science and
> Womens Studies with specialization in Gender and
Africa, and in French and
> Italian with specialization in Francophone Africa. For
a complete position
> announcement and requirements, please refer to the
CLA&S Web site at
> www.clas.ku.edu.
>
>
> * Oxfam America is accepting application for a
Regional Program Manager
> Africa stationed in Boston, MA. For a complete job
description visit
> <http://www.oxfamamerica.org/>
www.oxfamamerica.org.
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>
> * The International Rescue Committee (IRD) is
currently seeking
> candidates in multiple positions, including: Gender
Program Coordinator,
> Sierra Leone, Gender Based Violence Coordinator:
Liberia, and Field
> Coordinators in DRC, Liberia, Sierra Leone,
Tanzania, and Tabou, Cote dIvoire.
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>
> * The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance
Project is accepting
> applications for an HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Program
Manger based in
> Rwanda. For additional information visit <http://
www.aed.org/>www.aed.org
> and www.fantaproject.org.
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> OTHER
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> * The Centre of African Studies at the University of
London publishes a
> newsletter containing many announcements about
proposals, conferences,
> lectures, and fellowships relating to African Studies.
Check their website
> for more information at <http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/>
www.soas.ac.uk/cas/
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> * Aloys Habimana, Visiting Human Rights
Practitioner at the University
> of Wisconsin-Madison 2004-2005 from Rwanda is
now reachable by email at
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