(Archived Friday Bulletin)
AFRICAN
STUDIES PROGRAM
FRIDAY
BULLETIN
FEBRUARY 8, 2008
Contents
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Jobs, Fellowships and other Opportunities
4.
Conferences
NOTE: If you have announcements or
information appropriate for the Bulletin, please send it to us by 5:00 p.m.
on Thursdays.
1.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday Noon Talks Wednesday Seminar African Music and Dance Ensemble The African Studies Outreach Program and the Neal Marshall Black Culture Center are organizers of this event, taking place each Friday evening during the semester. The music/dance instructor is Kwesi Brown (kwebrown@indiana.edu). Swahili Conversation Hour Bamana Conversation Hour
2. Announcements of Interest
GPSO Graduate Student Valentine’s Dance Party The event is free. Enjoy free snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. There will be a cash bar. DEADLINE MARCH 1! Foreign Language and Area Studies Applications for Summer 2008 Music and Diversity Concert A unique mixture of musical styles and traditions will be presented when four vibrant music ensembles perform live. Sponsored by the Celebration Committee of the UU Church, the annual Music and Diversity Concert is an event designed to promote tolerance for all cultural beliefs and traditions through offering an enchanting evening of culturally diverse music for the larger community. Music will be provided by Delia Alexander and AcaBella, a multi-part vocal ensemble (music from the African Diaspora), Colleen Haas and her group: Women of Mass Percussion (Afro-Brazilian religious and secular music); and Sheasby Matiure and the Mbira Queens and his Mutinhimira Marimba Ensemble of IU (traditional and popular music from Zimbabwe). The concert is free and open to the public. “Worlds Collide: Spirit, Soul and Body: A Spoken Word and Visual Art Event of the African American Arts Institute” Worlds Collide explores the gentle collision of cultural diversity—diversity of age, gender, ethnicity, and art form—through spoken word and visual art. The event features a catered gallery opening of paintings, photography, and sculptures by some of Indiana’s finest visual artists, including Bloomington’s own Wayne Manns and Joel Washington, and IU graduate students Yara Cluver, and Katie Dieter. The opening is followed by spoken word performances by the Philadelphia-based Asian American duo Yellow Rage; poet, writer, educator, and veteran of the Taco Shop Poets Tomas riley; and IU Professor Emeritus Dr. James E. Mumford. The gallery opening begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre in the NMBCC. Spoken word performances begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the NMBCC. Black History Month Art Fair – CALL OUT The Office of Mentoring Services and Leadership Development will present a Black History Month Art Fair, Wednesday, February 27, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Frangipani Room, IMU. The closing program will be at 4:00 p.m. All artists at Indiana University and in the Bloomington community are invited to submit any visual artwork with the theme of Black History Month to be displayed during the OMSLD Art Fair. For more details about submitting artwork, contact Cameron Beatty at 812-855-3549 or ccbeatty@indiana.edu Daraja Children’s Project – Kenya Dinner Tickets: $20. Please see information at http://www.indiana.edu/~daraja All proceeds will be used to help vulnerable children in Kenya access basic needs. 11th Annual African American Arts Institute/African American Dance Company Workshop The AAAI and the AADC co-sponsor the annual workshop, presented by Professor Iris Rosa, to expose students and community members to experiences in a broad range of dance styles and movement expression from the perspective of the African American and African Diaspora. Guest artists will teach master classes, discuss the Black Dance Experience, and educate participants through keynote speeches and panel discussions to create educational and enlightening dialogue. All events are open to students, as well as the surrounding communities. Master dance classes will be offered in modern (Horton), jazz, Afro-Cuban, African, and Salsa as well as a choreographic workshop, a panel entitled “The Black Dance Experience: The Use of Culture of the Diaspora to Shape Performance” on Friday, February 29 at 7:00 p.m. in Woodburn 101, and a dance showcase on Saturday, March 1, 7:00 p.m. at Wilkie Auditorium. Guest artists include Ronne Stone, Elena Anderson, Reynaldo Gonzales, and Terence Green. To participate, download a registration form from the AAAI website: www.indiana.edu/~aaai/ADCwksp.html For information, contact: Iris Rosa at rosa@indiana.edu phone 812-855-6873 Women’s History on Film February 29, 3:00 p.m. “Kadosh” (Israel 1999) – MC Library meeting room 1C Indianapolis Museum of Art Film Series February 7 “Bamako” (2006, Director: Abderrahmane Sissako) The film series is presented by the IMA Education Division, IUPUI Committee on African-American Studies, and the Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive. SCALI 2008 The Summer Cooperative African Language Institute for 2008 will again be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The website is now active: http://scali.afrst.uiuc.edu Interested students should visit the website and submit an “expression of interest” for the language you want to study. This is very important because it helps SCALI organizers determine what languages will be offered, and at what levels.
3. Jobs, Fellowships and Other
Opportunities
2008 Grant Opportunities from the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs Summer 2008 International Enhancement Grant Summer 2008 Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant The Project on African Expressive Traditions (POAET) Eligibility: IU undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty who wish to do original research in summer or fall 2008 on aspects of culture in Africa or communities of African descent, including language, literature, music, religion, the arts, journalism, dress and popular culture. These grants are not intended for pre-dissertation exploratory research, enrollment in classes, or participation in conferences. They may be used for dissertation research as long as funded research results in a coherent finite project. All recipients will present their research at the annual POAET Conversations and will submit an article for publication by POAET. Deadline for applications: March 28, 2008. Submit to Professor Eileen Julien, Ballantine Hall 903, IUB. Announcement of awards will be made in mid-April 2008. For complete information and application materials, see the website: www.indiana.edu/~complit.poaet.edu or contact Natasha Vaubel: iupoaet@indiana.edu
4. Conferences
See current conference listings at: http://www.iub.edu/~afrist/conference.html
AFRICAN STUDIES NOONTALKS
Upcoming noontalk:
February 19
“FIELDNOTES IN AFRICAN RESEARCH”
African Studies Wednesday Seminar Wednesdays 5:30-7:30, WH 218 Speakers: February 27--Peter M. Chilson, English and Creative Writing, Washington State University March 19--Kate Schroeder, History/Library, and Austin Okigbo, Folklore and Ethnomusicology March 26--Daniel Reed, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University April 2--David Henige, Library, African Studies, and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin April 9--Anaba Anankyela Alemna, Library and Library Science, University of Ghana, Ghana April 23--Selwa El-Shawan Castello Branco, Ethnomusicology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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