African Studies Cluster @ Wesleyan

African Feminisms The African Studies cluster symposium March 1st, 2013, Allbritton 311 1:30pm: Welcome remarks 1:40pm: Ousseina Alidou, Associate Professor, Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and Director of the Center for African Studies, Rutgers University. “African Muslim Women’s Agency, Leadership and Contribution to Social Change.” Followed by ten minutes [...]

Are you interested in gender and feminist issues in Africa? Did you find the nomination of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leyma Gbowee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 inspiring? If so,  you might be interested in being part of the organizing committee for a spring 2013 symposium on the topic of “African Feminisms.” The [...]

Hot Discussion + Pizza Come understand the Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP). A lively discussion with Prof. Jonathan Cutler. Location: PAC 001 Time: Tuesday 4pm. Question to be discussed: Is Structural Adjustment a replacement of colonial administrators in third world? Is SAP the vehicle for integration of the African proletariat into world Market? With [...]

From the Africa Book Centre – Clearance Sale The Africa Book Centre will be moving to new, smaller premises in February and to this end, we are  offering over 1000 excess stock items at bargain basement prices (up to 70% off list price). See the  catalogues (arranged by region) here: http://www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/index.html?http% 3A//www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/SALE_BOOKS_-_WAREHOUSE_CLEARANCE.html&Cata logBody If you [...]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 55th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN THE STUDY OF AFRICA November 29-December 1, 2012 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, PA DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:  March 15, 2012 PROGRAM CHAIRS Tejumola Olaniyan, Departments of English and African Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison Staffan I. Lindberg, Departments of [...]

WESeminar: Youth at War, Youth Building Peace, Youth on the Margins As the next generation of leaders, young people are key players in creating sustainable peace in areas torn apart by war. In conflict zones youth constitute a reservoir brimming with potential energy, ready to be channeled for good or ill. Yet, what causes some [...]

Professor Andrew Curran (French) has been elected to the New York Academy of Medicine. Professor Ákos Östör (Anthropology) “was appointed to “Professor Catedratico” for the fall semester at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Epresa – Lisbon University Institute. This is the highest appointment offered in the Portuguese University system.”

It is the second week of classes and most of us are beginning to settle into our routines.  I want to quickly remind students to take advantage of the unique course offerings we have this term, with two courses being offered at CHUM engaging African studies. CHUM’s lecture series this fall also features several talks [...]

Courtesy UC Berkeley’s Center for African Studies: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Call for Papers Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed journal published jointly by the Association of Nationalism and Ethnicity and Wiley-Blackwell, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes. The editors are particularly [...]