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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM MEMO
Volume 1
September 1, 2000

Website: <http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html>


EVENTS

Wednesday, September 6. African Studies Sandwich Seminar, 206 Ingraham
Hall, noon. Jan Vansina, Professor Emeritus,  Departments of  History and
Anthropology, UW-Madison. "The Old Kingdom of Rwanda and the Myths About It"

Friday, September 8. Talk sponsored by the Global Governance Research
Circle, and The Global Studies Program.  The Ogg Room, 422 North Hall, noon.
Lea Brilmayer, Howard Holtzmann Professor of International Law, Yale
University School of Law. "Becoming a Realist."

While on sabbatical, Professor Brilmayer is serving as Legal Adviser to
the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki.  In that capacity she is working
with the new UN peacekeeping mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE).

Saturday, September 10.  African Studies Fall Potluck for faculty, staff,
students, families, friends. Vilas Park Shelter, 1400 Vilas Park Drive.
4:00 p.m. Bring dish to pass.

Tuesday, September 12. African Studies Faculty Business Meeting. 206
Ingraham Hall. Noon.

Wednesday, September 13. M. Crawford Young, Professor, Department of
Political Science, UW-Madison
"Pastoral Politics in Northeast Uganda in the AK47 Age"



CALL FOR PAPERS

Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. Conference "Islam in Africa: A
Global, Cultural and Historical Perspective" sponsored by the Institute of
Global Cultural Studies,  April 19-21, 2001. Deadline for submission of
papers: October 1, 2000. E-mail: [log in to unmask]; telephone: 607/777-4494.

Center for African Studies & College of Engineering, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  The 27th Annual Symposium "Technology and
Development in Africa," April 25th-28th, 2001. Deadline for submission of
abstracts: November 3, 2000.   E-mail:[log in to unmask] <www.afrst.uiuc.edu>



CONFERENCES

African Studies Association. 43rd Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN.
November 16-19, 2000. Pre-regitration discount deadline: October 1.
<http://www.africanstudies.org/>


Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS), Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas. Conference: "Africa and its Environment" September
29030, 2000. <http://www.ukans.edu/~asrc/MAAAS2000.htm>



EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Assistant Director of African Studies. Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Review of applications begin September 15 and continue until the position
is filled. Starting date: November 1, 2000. Email: [log in to unmask]

African History.
Sarah Lawrence College, New York City. Deadline for application: October
15. <http://www.slc.edu>



FELLOWSHIPS

***     American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

<www.acls.org/appform.htm>
Email: [log in to unmask]

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars.
Deadline: October 2.

ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships. Deadline: October 2

ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships. Deadline: October 2

Library of Congress Fellowships in International Studies. Deadline: October 2

Social Science Research Council Fellowship Programs. SSRC/ACLS
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Program. World region:
North Africa and Latin America. <www.ssrc.org>


***     Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships. Students musts have
completed two years of university level course work. <www.rotary.org>


***     Fulbright-IIE Scholarships. The Fulbright awards are for graduate study
and research abroad in academic fields and for professionals training in
the creative and performing arts. Limited to U.S. citizens. For more
information, contact Elizabeth Hurd, Fellowships Office, 328 Ingraham Hall.
262-9632; [log in to unmask]

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To submit announcements for the Memo, please contact Eileen McNamara, 205
Ingraham Hall; Tel: 262-4461; E-Mail: [log in to unmask]

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