(Archived Friday Bulletin)
AFRICAN
STUDIES PROGRAM
FRIDAY
BULLETIN
NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Contents
3.
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 Evening Seminar
2. Announcements of Interest
Foreign Language and Area Studies Applications Skomp Distinguished Lecture Series African Students’ Association The event will feature African story telling and playing the games: Oware, Sudanese Card Game, and Ludo. Women of Mass Percussion Potpourri of Arts In the African American Tradition The IU African American Arts Institute will present its 14th annual “A PotPourri of Arts in the African American Tradition.” The Institute’s three ensembles, African American Choral Ensemble, African American Dance Company, and IU Soul Revue, will perform. TWO EVENTS Monday, November 12 Roberta Durrant, independent film/TV producer from South Africa will talk about production, direction, cultural diversity and representation issues and answer questions from the audience about South Africa or its media industry. Horizons of Knowledge Lecture Series Roberta Durrant, independent film/TV producer from South Africa will lecture on her expertise as a creative producer/director working in a culturally diverse South Africa, with particular reference to her own independent productions. Question and answer period will follow the presentation. Sheasby Matiure and the Mbira Queens An evening of Zimbabwean music with a new batch of tunes to be featured on the upcoming album. No cover charge, however donations will be gratefully accepted.
3. Jobs, Fellowships and Other
Opportunities
International Women’s Program – Africa Program Officer The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Open societies are characterized by the rule of law; respect for human rights, minorities, and a diversity of opinions; democratically elected governments; market economies in which business and government are separate; and a civil society that helps keep government power in check. To achieve its mission, OSI seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media. In addition, OSI builds alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information. OSI places high priority on protecting and improving the lives of marginalized people and communities. The International Women’s Program (IWP), a program within the Open Society Institute, promotes the advancement of women’s human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization. IWP encourages, supports, and initiates gender-inclusive projects in the countries of the George Soros foundations network. The IWP is seeking a Program Officer in its NY Office to assist in the development of a more comprehensive approach to its work in Africa. The position will report to the Director of IWP and will have responsibilities to, among other things: develop overall strategy recommendations and identify specific priority areas and entry points for IWP’s further work on women’s rights in Africa; help with developing strategy and implementation plans for priority countries; maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders; assist with the preparation of budgets; work on financial and budget reports to monitor and track program spending; and provide back-up to the program assistant with general administration. Qualifications: Law degree strongly preferred, will consider advanced degree in a related field (i.e., women’s/gender studies, international relations, human rights, international policy studies, international law); 8+ years relevant experience working with NGOs, UN agencies, humanitarian organizations or development agencies; represent IWP in media (print, TV and radio) and at public events; strong commitment to and interest in working on women’s rights; excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and French. Expected start date is January 2008. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. Please e-mail resume, cover letter and salary requirements no later than November 15, 2007 to: humanresources@sorosny.org Include job code: PO/IWP or mail to: Open Society Institute, Human Resources – Job Code PO/IWP, 400 West 59th Street, NY, NY 10019 No phone calls please. The Open Society Institute is an EOE.
4. Conferences
New Directions in the Humanities The Humanities Conference and its associated International Journal of the Humanities provide a space for dialogue and publication of new knowledge which builds on the past traditions of the humanities while setting a renewed agenda for their future. In addition to an impressive line-up of international main speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of New Directions in the Humanities. The deadline for this round in the call for papers is November 15, 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the website, noted above. 4th Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Papers are invited on topics including (but not limited to): Theoretical and empirical investigations; language-and culture-specific studies; changing methodologies for research; practical applications; teaching and classroom practices; writing in school and college; writing in business and professional settings; orality and literacy connections and critical approaches to contrastive rhetoric Papers should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words typed on a single page. In the upper left-hand corner place the submitter’s name, address, institutional affiliation, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Send submissions to: IR Conference Planning Committee, Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 620 Union Drive, Rm. 407, Indianapolis, IN 46202. For more information phone: 317-274-2555; e-mail: icic@iupui.edu http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/IRconference.htm Conference Registration: $100 early registration, $115 on-site; $50 student advance registration; $65 student on-site.
AFRICAN STUDIES NOONTALKS
FALL 2007
Woodburn
Hall 218, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Titles
will be added as they become available.
September 18 Elizabeth Perrill, Art History September 25 Michael Reece, HPER October 2 Kate Schroeder, LibraryR October 9 Gracia Clark, Anthropology October 16 Takyiwaa Manuh, African Studies, University of Ghana October 30 Jessica Hurd, African Art History November 6 Ruth Stone, Folklore/Ethnomusicology, and Verlon Stone, Liberia Collections November 13 November 20 Stephen Ndegwa, World Bank November 27 Laura Arntson, Senior Global Health Specialist, US-AID Nigeria "Curriculum for Community Integration for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania"
“TEACHING ABOUT AFRICA”
FALL SEMINAR
SCHEDULE
Wednesday
5:30-7:30pm, Woodburn 218
September 5 James
Delehanty (Univ. of Wisconsin): “Mapping Contemporary Africa.”
October 3 John
Aden (Wabash College): “Roots and Branches: Historical Overview to 1870.”
October 16 (Tuesday) Takyiwaa Manuh (University of Ghana):
“Empowering Women? Passing Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana?”
Note:
This seminar will be presented in the Tuesday Noontalk series
12:00
p.m., WH 221)
October 31 Tracy
Luedke (Northeastern Illinois University): “Health and Society.”
November 7 MOVED TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20
November 14 Karen
T. Hansen (Northwestern U.): “Urbanism as African Ways of Life: Thematics for an Exploration of Changing Urban Livelihoods in the Time of Globalization”
December 6 Paul
Zeleza (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago): “Education.”
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