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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

FRIDAY BULLETIN

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Contents

1.       Upcoming Events

2.       Announcements of Interest

3.       Jobs, Fellowships and other Opportunities

4.       Conferences

5.       Noontalks schedule

6.       Seminar schedule

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

The African Studies Program and the Graduate Students in African Studies have announced a series of events in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Ghana’s Independence (See list at end of Bulletin)
The first event is:
Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
Wilkie Quad Auditorium
            “Saakumu,” with Bernard Woma in Concert Performance

Tuesday Noon Talks
March 4
12:00-1:00 p.m.,  Woodburn 218
Prof. Samuel Obeng, Lingistics, Director of African Studies
“Ghanaian Political Criticism through Hip-Life: Textuality, Contextuality, and Intertextuality”
           
Wednesday Seminar
“Fieldnotes in African Research”
5:30-7:30 p.m., WH 218
The next seminar speaker will be March 19.

African Music and Dance Ensemble
Every Friday!!
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Neal Marshall Black Culture Center – Room A219

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
Monday, February 25
1:15 p.m. -  IMU Starbucks 

Bamana Conversation Hour
Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
The Pour House (www.thepourhousecafe.com)         

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2.  Announcements of Interest

Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
February 29, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Workshop Seminar Room, 513 N. Park
I.
“Assessing the Implication of Decentralization on Livelihood, Biodiversity, and Ecological Sustainability in Uganda: A Preliminary Analysis of the Pilot Sanrem/Ifri Site”
            Joseph Bahati, Lecturer, Uganda Forestry Resources and Institutions Center (UFRIC), Makerere University, Kampala, and Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC) and Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
II.
March 3, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Workshop Seminar Room, 513 N. Park
“In the Shadow of ‘Lame Leviathans’: Collective Action and Local Governance in Africa”
            Professor James Wunch, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Director of African Studies, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

11th Annual African American Arts Institute/African American  Dance Company Workshop
February 29 – March 1
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center
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
Full registration fees (Friday and Saturday) $90
Saturday Registration only (includes 3 classes) $55
Single class fee: $20
For information, contact:  Iris Rosa  at rosa@indiana.edu  phone 812-855-6873

Special African Studies Lecture
Monday, March 24
Woodburn Hall 218
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Paul Zeleza, University of Illinois, Chicago
            “Education in Africa”

“The Art of Persuasion”
18th Annual IU Art History Association Graduate Student Symposium
March 29, 2008
To be held in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Room 102, events begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue through the 4:00 p.m. Keynote Address by Dr. David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University.  Full program to be included in upcoming Bulletins in March.

Women’s History on Film
February-March 2008
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Monroe County Public Library
            All movies are free and will be introduced b a faculty member of the IU History Department. Organized by the IU History Department’s Gender and Sexuality Field; Co-Sponsored by the Office of Women’s Affairs, Department of Gender Studies, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Russian and East European Institute, American Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Jewish Studies, Cultural Studies, and Latino Studies.

February 29, 3:00 p.m.            “Kadosh” (Israel 1999) – MC Library meeting room 1C
March 3, 6 p.m.                       “Iron-Jawed Angels” (US 2004) – MC Library Auditorium
March 9, 2 p.m.                       “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days” (Romania 2007) MC Library Auditorium
March 23, 2:30 p.m.    “Portrait of Teresa” (Cuba, 1979) – MC Library Auditorium
March 25, 6:30 p.m.    “A Midwife’s Tale” (US 1998) – MC Library meeting room 1B
March 29, 2:30 p.m.    “Sisters in Law” (Cameroon 2005) – MC Library meeting room 1B
March 31, 6:00 p.m.    “Losing Isaiah” (US 1995) – MC Library Auditorium

SCALI 2008

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3. Jobs, Fellowships and Other Opportunities

The Project on African Expressive Traditions (POAET)
Travel and Research Grants (up to $2000)

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:
NOTE CORRECTED WEBSITE ADDRESS:  www.indiana.edu/~complit/poaet.html         
or contact Natasha Vaubel:  iupoaet@indiana.edu

Ambassadors for Children
Travel Abroad Program
Ambassadors for Children (AFC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving children around the world through short-term humanitarian service trips and sustainable projects.  Volunteers on an AFC trip can expect to interact one-on-one with children and communities in need while contributing to a major sustainable project that will benefit the country long-term.  Since its formation in 1998, AFC has assisted thousands of children and distributed close to $5 million in aid through the implementation of hundreds of service trips. More information is available in the African Studies office, Woodburn 221. 

Upcoming AFC trips include: 
South Africa:  June 11-21 and December 29, 2008-January 9, 2009. To work on community development projects throughout townships surrounding Cape Town and interact one-on-one with the children. Visit the wine lands, Table Mountain, and experience homestays.  June ground package:  Single $2999; Double $1899; December pricing not yet available. Flights estimated between $1400 and $1600.
Uganda: May 14-24 and July 9-19, 2008. AFC is building its first international school in the rural areas of Kampala. Plan on digging, painting, cleaning, mixing concrete, etc.!  Ground package: sincle $1399; flights estimated between $1400-$1700.

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4.  Conferences

See our conferences link for previously announced upcoming conferences: http://www.iub.edu/~afrist/conference.html.

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AFRICAN STUDIES NOONTALKS

February 19     John Prendergast – Co-Founder of the “Enough Campaign”, a joint initiative
                        Of the International Crisis Group and the Center for American Progress.
                        “Stopping Genocide in Darfur”

February 26     Summer Tritt (IU-SLIS)  “Understanding the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan
                       Africa:  Connections between Information Access and National Development.”

March 4           Samuel Obeng, African Studies, Linguistics
                        "Ghanaian Political Criticism through Hip-Life: Textuality, Contextuality,
                        and Intertextuality”

March 11         SPRING BREAK

March 18         Richard Werbner, Manchester

March 24         MONDAY:  5:30-7:30 p.m.   Paul Zeleza, University of Illinois, Chicago
                        “Education in Africa”

April 1             Alwiya Omar, IU Linguistics

April 8             Verlon Stone, Indiana University Liberia Collections
                        “Selecting Digital Equipment for Field Work: Video, Photo & Audio”

April 15           Kathryn McHarry, University of Chicago
                        “Institutonalization of the WHO’s Child Health Standards in La Case des Tout
                        Petits (Senegal)”

Special Talk:
April 21           MONDAY:  2:30  Adewale Maja-Pearce, writer/publisher (Nigeria)

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“FIELDNOTES IN AFRICAN RESEARCH”

African Studies Wednesday Seminar
Fieldnotes in African Research
(Marion Frank-Wilson and Ruth M. Stone)

Wednesdays 5:30-7:30, WH 218

Speakers:
February 20--Steven Raymer, Journalism, Indiana University
                        “The Documentary Photographer: Writing with Light”

February 27--Peter M. Chilson, English and Creative Writing, Washington State University
                        “Romancing the Archivist: A Cautionary Dispatch from West Africa”

March 19--Kate Schroeder, History/Library, and Austin Okigbo, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
                        “Recent Experiences with Fieldnotes”

March 26--Daniel Reed, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
                        “Fieldnotes: For Whom and What For?”

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

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