AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
Volume 5
November 12, 2002
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EVENTS
November 13. Sandwich Seminar. “Getting Works on Africa Published” will
be presented by David Henige, Africana bibliographer and Thomas Spear,
professor, History. UW-Madison. 12:00 at 206 Ingraham
November 14. Lecture. “Aspects of Reconciliation: Acknowledgement,
Atonement and Redress” will be presented by Mary Burton, commissioner,
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, South
Africa. Sponsored by the International Institute and the Global Studies
Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 4:00p.m. The Pyle
Center. 702 Langdon Street, Madison. Tel: 262-2042
November 14. Department of African Languages and Literature Graduate
Colloquium. Mukoma Ngugi will present a talk entitled "A Word, the Reader
and Writer in a Pond of Literary African Imagination: A Case for Writing in
African Languages. Or simply, hitting English where it hurts the most."
12:00-1:00 p.m. , 1418 Van Hise Hall
November 14. Boston Globe reporter Elizabeth Neuffer will talk about her
book, The Keys to My Neighbor's House at 6 p.m. at the University Book
Store, 711 State .The book offers an account of the United Nations
international criminal tribunals that have been trying those alleged to
have committed war crimes during the Bosnia-Serbia war of 1992-1995 and the
Rwandan civil war of 1994.
Saturday, November 16. African Film: Faat Kine at the South Madison Branch
Library, 2222 South Park Street, 1 p.m. Introduction and discussion by
Amadou Fofana, Ph.D. candidate, African Languages and Literature
November 18. Special Lecture. “Desire and Decline: Schooling Amid Crisis
in Tanzania”. A lecture presented by Fran Vavrus, Teacher’s College,
Columbia University. 12:00 in Room 220 Teachers Education Building.
November 19. from 5-7 pm, Ramadan: A Cultural Celebration will take place
in the “On Wisconsin Room” of the Red Gym. This year’s theme is “A Sacred
Night”. A potluck dinner will be followed by presentations by faculty and
students of the Department of African Languages and Literature, led by
Professor Moneera Al-Ghadeer. Please bring a dish to share, but do join us
if you can’t contribute a dish. Extra food will be available. Event is
free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Multicultural Student
Coalition, International Institute, and the Middle East Studies
Program. For more info, contact Jane Roberts at 262-2487, [log in to unmask]
November 20 Sandwich Seminar. “Politics Writ Small: Ugandan Football as
Microcosm” will be presented by Michael Schatzberg, professor, Political
Science, UW-Madison. 12:00 at 206 Ingraham
November 23. International Children’s Literature Teacher Workshop. “Open a
Book...Open a Door...Open your Mind...to the World”. Co-sponsored by the
Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC); co-sponsored by the
Madison Public Libraries, and the Wisconsin Department of
Public. Email: Tel: 608/262-9224.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Harold Scheub on his latest book, The Poem in the Story:
Music, Poetry and Narrative, University of Wisconsin Press, 2002 . Isidore
Okpewho says about it, "Scheub has gone to much greater length than any
other scholar I know to deduce, by extrapolating from as wide a reach of
evidence as possible, the driving aesthetic impulse in a storytelling
tradition."
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers for a critical collection of essays on the land question in Africa
and beyond its borders, for an African Debate Publication Series. Deadline
for submission of papers is December 15, 2002. Essays should be sent to
KPH, 53 Harare Drive, Greendale, Harare. Email: [log in to unmask]
COURSES - Spring 2003
Communication Arts 610 . “Reconciling Words: Rhetoric, Reconciliation and
Identity in Contemporary South Africa” Taught by Dr. Erik
Doxtader. Partial course description: “This course is given to the
rhetorical history of reconciliation in South Africa. In it, we will
consider both how citizens, public, and institutions have argued about the
nature and practice of reconciliation and the ways in which this rhetorical
argumentation has worked to perform (and problematize) reconciliation,
making (and complicating) a time for transition. From a basic understanding
of the double-movement that constitutes the study and practice of
rhetorical history, the course will begin with a study of theological
debates in which influential South African churches called for
reconciliation as a way of contesting and undermining the theo-polticial
“legitimacy” of apartheid.” For further description and information, please
contact: [log in to unmask]
Agronomy 377 “Cropping Systems of the Tropics”. For students with broad
interest in tropical agriculture, agroecology and food production
systems. Tropical farming systems and the major food crops of Latin
America, Africa and Asia. Tuesday/Thursday: 1:00-2:15 in 351 Moore Hall
Dance 377. Cross Cultural Forms: West African Music/Dance in the Americas.
Taught by Claudia Melrose. She writes “We will consider the aesthetics and
values of West African cultures as reflected in their dance, art, ritual
and study how these continued, and yet were changed by the powerful forces
of the Diaspora experience such as slavery, oppression, and enforced
conversion in nearly all aspects of human life. The course is cross-listed:
Dance 377 (# 53427), Music 377 (# 53540), or AfroAmerican Studies 377 (#
53539)
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Tulane University
Tulane University is seeking an Associate Professor/Director who will be
jointly appointed in African & African Diaspora Studies and a department in
the Liberal Arts and Sciences beginning July 1, 2003. The successful
candidate should have a research, teaching, and grant record analogous with
the tenured associate professor rank in her/his field. Please send letter,
CV, and supporting materials including relevant publications, pre-prints,
and three letters of reference to ADST Search Committee, 105 Herbert Hall,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. The search committee will begin
its initial review November 15, 2002, but applications will be accepted
until the position is filled.
The Center for African Studies and the Department of History at the
University of Florida seek an assistant professor of West African history
to begin August 2003. The successful candidate must have demonstrated
excellence in teaching and research and be able to teach undergraduate and
graduate classes in the Department of History. Send letter of application,
C.V., and the names and addresses of three references to Luise White,
Department of History, University of Florida, 025 Keene-Flint Hall, P.O.
Box 117320, Gainesville, FL 32611-7320 before December 30th, 2002.
California State University, Sacramento Department of Humanities and
Religious studies. A tenure track position in African
Traditions/Islam. Qualifications: Ph.D in Religious Studies, History or
related discipline, with competence in African religions and cultures and
Islam and Islamic cultures and experience in college level teaching.
Application deadline: January 10 2003. Contact: Dr. J.R. Donath, Chair,
Department of Humanities and Religious Studies, California State
University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6083
FELLOWSHIPS
Residency Fellowships for the Five College African Scholars Program in
Massachusetts The new Five College African Scholars Program invites junior
or mid-level African university scholars, currently teaching in African
universities, to apply for five-and ten-month residency fellowships at
Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College,
and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.Contact: African Studies
[log in to unmask] URL: www.fivecolleges.edu/asp Announcement ID:
131430
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=131430
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) would
like to remind faculty and Ph.D. students about its upcoming grants
competition. The purpose of the CIBER awards is to encourage and support
teaching and research in international education –– applied to multiple
disciplines –– from business, engineering and law to area/international
studies, foreign languages and communications, etc.
Grants are generally in the $750-$5,000 range and can be used to support
international research (e.g. travel), purchasing of curriculum development
materials, hiring of undergraduate or graduate students to work on
international research projects, supporting visiting guest speakers for
classes and/or public programs with an international focus, etc. Proposals
are due by November 30th via our online grants application. Detailed
information can be found at www.wisc.edu/ciber under "faculty development."
If you have questions after visiting the website, please contact Susan
Huber Miller in room 2266 Grainger Hall or via e-mail at
The Population Council offers fellowships for advanced training in
population studies (including demography and public health) and more. For
additional information and application forms go to:
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Education and African Modernities: The Development of African
Universities. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. For more information
go to: http://www/rockfound.org/
OTHER
Art Exhbition: “Representations Of Violence: Art About The Sierra Leonean
Civil War”
February 28 – March 1st, 2003. Memorial Union Potter Butts Gallery.
Co-sponsored by: 21st Century African Youth Movement and University of
Wisconsin African Studies Program With support from University of Wisconsin
Union Directorate Art Committee. Funded in part by a grant from the
Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for
the Humanities and the State of Wisconsin..
Apartment sublelt. Seven month sublet (with option to re-new).
Three-bedroom townhouse near Post Rd. and Fish Hatchery Rd. One and
one-half bathrooms, living room, dining area, electric stove, dishwasher,
garbage disposal, attached garage. No pets. Rent: $875 per month (50%
reduction for December). Available December 1. 2002. Contact: Mariama
Ross, Assistant Professor, Art Education, 263-6259 ; [log in to unmask]
Volunteer Opportunity
"Third World View" news/analysis collective, WORT 89.9fm Madison Madison's
volunteer-powered community radio station, WORT, seeks regular help with
its longest-running news & analysis program, "Third World View." The
weekly, hour-long show (Sundays, 5-6pm), presents a critical left,
anti-imperialist, anti-interventionist perspective on events in Third World
communities around the globe and relations between the global "North" and
"South." Volunteers are needed to write and read news stories, conduct
interviews, produce features, and engineer/host the program. No experience
is necessary, and training will be provided. To learn more, contact: Justin
Mog <[log in to unmask]> or Allen Ruff <[log in to unmask]>.
To submit announcements for the Memo, please contact Eileen McNamara, 205
Ingraham Hall; Tel262-4461; E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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