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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

FRIDAY BULLETIN

MARCH 14, 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

Tuesday Noon Talks
March 18
12:00-1:00 p.m. - Woodburn 218
Richard Werbner, Professor Emeritus African Anthropology, Manchester University
            “Ethnographic Film-making as Discovery: The Quest Trilogy”
Prof. Werbner will also screen his film “Eloyi” on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m. in RTV 275.

Wednesday Seminar
“Fieldnotes in African Research”
Wednesday, March 19
5:30-7:30 p.m., WH 218
Kate Schroeder, IU History/Library and Austin Okigbo, IU Folklore and Ethnomusicology
            “Recent Experiences with Fieldnotes”

Ghana Jubilee Events
The African Studies Program and the Graduate Students in African Studies have organized a series of events in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Ghana’s Independence (See list at end of Bulletin)
The next event is:
Friday, March 21, 7:00 p.m.
Woodburn Hall 120
            “Love Brewed in the African Pot” a film by Kwaw Ansah

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, March 17
1:15 p.m. -  IMU Starbucks 

Bamana Conversation Hour
Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
The Pour House (www.thepourhousecafe.com)         
Contact Abbie Hantgan (ahantgan@indiana.edu) to sign up for the group.

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”                                  

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2.  Announcements of Interest

African American Arts Institute Spring Concerts

I. African American Choral Ensemble Spring Concert Keith McCutchen, Director

Friday, March 28, 8:00 pm, Buskirk-Chumley Theater

II. African American Dance Company Spring Concert Iris Rosa, Director

Friday, April 4, 8:00 pm, Buskirk-Chumley Theater

III. IU Soul Revue Spring Concert Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, Director

Saturday, April 12, 8:00 pm Buskirk-Chumley Theater

Tickets for all three concerts are $15 for adults, $10 for children and students, and $5 for IU students with advance purchase (limit 2 per ID). Tickets are available at the Sunrise Box Office, 114 E. Kirkwood.

Daraja Children’ Project
You can help orphans with HIV-AIDS return to life as normal in Kenya. Much of the post-election violence has abated, however  there has been much property damage, especially, in Eldoret, where there are three orphanages aided by the Daraja Children’s Project (DCP).  Naanyu Violet Yebei, IU Sociology Ph.D. candidate, is co-founder of DCP. One of these orphanages was burned down and the others are coping with high prices, among other challenges. Any assistance you may want to give to these orphanages would be greatly appreciated. No gift is too small.  To learn more about the DCP and how you can help, visit the website: http://www.indiana.edu/~daraja/index.htm

“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

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM 2009-10
The Fulbright Scholar program is offering over 800 awards for lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research in over 130 countries around the world during the 2009-2010 academic year.  In addition, many country programs include “All Disciplines” awards open to specialists in any field.  You can find details on the new awards, check eligibility guidelines, and download materials at www.cies.org.

The deadline for the traditional Fulbright Scholar program worldwide is August 1, 2008.
Contact information for staff working on particular countries and awards is available both within the award description and at our web site at http://www.cies.org/amstaff.htm.  My colleagues welcome the opportunity to speak with you about awards in their countries.  Please contact Andy Riess, Ph.D.

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4.  Conferences

IU School of Law:  Two Spring Conferences

Of particular note to Africanists may be the civil society panel on Thursday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the first conference. While there will not be any regionally-focused issues, discussions on customary law and human rights and international law principles are relevant to the region. Complete information is on the websites:  www.law.indiana.edu/front/special/2008_global_conference.shtml and www.law.indiana.edu/front/special/2008_customary_law/

1. “Symposium on Operationalizing Global Governance”

Thursday, March 20 – Friday, March 21, 2008
Law School, 3rd Floor Lobby and Conference Room
Coffee & Pastries:  9:30-10:00 a.m. both mornings
            Thursday Panels:
            10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Constitution-making in complex local contexts
            1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.              Corporate self-regulation and private law networks
            3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.              Civil society – the answer or obstacle to implementation?

            Friday Panels:
            10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Operationalizing global governance in a complex world
            12:00-1:00 p.m.                       Concluding Discussion

1. “Individual and Customary International Law Formation Conference”

Friday, April 4 – Saturday April 5, 2008
Law School, 1st Floor Lobby and Moot Court Room
Coffee & Pastries 8:30 a.m. -9:00 a.m. (Friday; 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (Saturday)
            Friday Panels:
            10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.           Making ancient trans-border custom: the history and players
            1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              The individual and customary international law formation
            3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.              Making law from below

            Saturday Panel
            10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Finding custom: possibilities and obstacles.

Eighth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations
June 17-20, 2008 – CALL FOR PAPERS

The conference, to be held in HEC Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has a history of bringing together scholarly, government and practice based participants with an interest in the issues of diversity and community. 

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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”
                        NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS TALK: OAK ROOM, IMU

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
                        “Ethnographic Film-making as Discovery: The Quest Trilogy”

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

April 1            Cancelled

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
                        “Fieldnotes Past and Present”

April 9--Anaba Anankyela Alemna, Library and Library Science, University of Ghana, Ghana

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In Celebration of the
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF GHANA’S INDEPENDENCE

Indiana University African Studies Program
And
Graduate Students in African Studies

Present

March 4          Tuesday          Saakumu with Bernard Woma in Concert
                        7:30 pm                      Performance, Wilkie Auditorium                           
                                   
March 21        Friday             Love Brewed in the African Pot
                        7pm                             A Film by Kwaw Ansah
Woodburn Hall 120
                       
April 4            Friday             Ghana Jubilee Symposium
                                                            Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall

                        1:00pm           What Ghana Means to Us
Roundtable Discussion by local
                                                            Ghanaian students and faculty

                        2:15pm           Using the Past for the Present and the Future:
                                                Ghana's 50th Independence Celebrations
                                                            Lecture by Professor Kofi Baku
                                                            University of Ghana, Legon
                                               
                        3:30pm           In Search of Hannah Kudjoe:  Nationalism,
                                                Feminism, and the Tyrannies of History
                                                            Lecture by Professor Jean Allman
                                                            Washington University, St Louis
                                               
April 12          Saturday        Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie with his
7:30pm           Afrikania Culture Troupe
                                                Opening Performance by the Osagyefo Dance Ensemble 
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Grand Hall

All Events are Free and Open to the Public
For further information please contact the African Studies Program at 812/855-8284 or 855-5081