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AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

FRIDAY BULLETIN

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Contents

1.       Upcoming Events

2.       Announcements of Interest

3.       Conferences

4.       Noontalks schedule

5.       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
WH 218, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
December 4
            Angela Stone-MacDonald
            “Curriculum for Community Integration for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania”

Wednesday Seminar
            The Wednesday Seminar speaker for December 5, Paul Zeleza, has had to cancel.

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2.  Announcements of Interest  

Foreign Language and Area Studies Applications
FLAS APPLICATIONS FOR 2008-09 AND SUMMER 2008 ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON LINE AT:  http://www.indiana.edu/~flas   The deadlines for African Studies FLAS applications are: 
February 1 for AY 2008-09 and March 1 for Summer 2008.

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.

Thursday, December 6
Thursday Night Jazz at Bear’s Place
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Featuring The Mahluli McCutchen Quintet (Fareed Mahluli, tenor sax; Marlin McCay, trumpet; Keith McCutchen, piano; Charleston (Deno) Sanders, drums; and Frank Smith, bass). 

Join the African American Arts Institute and adjunct AAADS faculty (Mahluli, IU Soul Review, and McCutchen, African American Choral Ensemble) for an evening of jazz at Bear’s.  Admission $6.00. Experience sounds ranging from Coltrane to Najee, as well as original compositions by each band member.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Multi-Country Research Fellowships
This program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.

DEADLINE:  January 11, 2008   For full details and application, visit the website: http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/index.html

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3.  Conferences  

see http://www.iub.edu/~afrist/conference.html for current listings.

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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
                                    “Contemporary Zulu Ceramics: Kusempondo zankomo kuze kube Ukucwebezela
                                     (From the early hours until the shining)”

September 25        Michael Reece, HPER
                                    “Research on HIV-Related Mental Health in Kenya:
                                      Conceptual and Methodological Considerations”

October 2                Kate Schroeder, LibraryR
                                    “Legislating Race and Marriage in German Südwest Afrika"

October 9                Gracia Clark, Anthropology
                                    “Traders Talk: A Collaborative Workshop”

October 16              Takyiwaa Manuh, African Studies, University of Ghana
                                    “Empowering Women? Passing Domestic Violence
                                     Legislation in Ghana”
October 23              

October 30              Jessica Hurd, African Art History
                                    "The Power is in the Pot:” Exploring Themes Addressed in Dogon Artist
                                    Amahinguere Dolo’s Recent  Installation, “Les Ceramiques” "

November 6            Ruth Stone, Folklore/Ethnomusicology, and Verlon Stone, Liberia Collections
                                    "War, Wealth and Music in Liberia: The Dynamics of Digital Research Processes"

November 13         

November 20          Stephen Ndegwa, World Bank
                                    "Development Issues"

November 27          Laura Arntson, Senior Global Health Specialist, US-AID Nigeria
                                   "The HIV Epidemic in Nigeria"

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“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 5     CANCELLED:  Paul Zeleza (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago): “Education.”

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