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> From: Kim Rapp <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: African Studies Program Memo, Vol. 1
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 10:35 AM
>
> African Studies Program Memo
> Volume 1, January 20, 1998
>
>
> ANNOUNCEMENTS:
> FLAS applications are due February 9, 1998.
>
> SANDWICH SEMINARS:
> 12 noon on Wednesdays, Room 206 Ingraham Hall
>
> On January 28th Amy Stambach will present "Curl Up & Dye: The Cultural
> Politics of Hair Fashion in Tanzania." Amy has provided the ASP office
with
> background reading material. Anyone who is interested in this material
can
> pick it up in the program office.
>
> On February 4th Bernard K. Hayford, Fulbright Scholar and Visiting
> Professor at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee will present "Recent
> Higher Education Reforms in Ghana."
>
> COURSES:
> Students! If you still need to add a class, consider William
Thiesenhusen's
> "Economic Problems of the Third World" (AAE/Econ 474). This is a survey
> course dealing with structural change, economic growth and economic
> development in less developed countries. It will be issue, policy and
> theory oriented.
>
> OUTREACH:
> ASP Outreach will host a Teachers' Workshop on February 7th. For more
> information about "Images of Resistance: Popular Visual Arts in Struggles
> for Democracy," please call the program office.
>
> LOCAL EVENTS:
> On January 29th from 5-8 p.m. Verona Middle School will open its day-long
> Cultural Expressions Fair to the public. The "Africa" booth this year
will
> focus on the countries Ghana and Sierra Leone.  For more information call
> Mr. Stan Woodard at 845-6454 ext. 108.
>
> INTERNET:
> Check our website for funding and employment opportunities in African
Studies:
> http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html
>
>