Happening TODAY!!
UN Operations in the 21st Century
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Being Black & Muslim:
An Affirmation of Black Self Determination and a Challenge to White Supremacy, 1960-1975
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a talk by
Dr. Bayyinah Jeffries
Wednesday, March 7
12-1PM, Baker 231
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Dr. Jeffries will discuss the preeminent Black Muslim community in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s. Specifically, she will consider how that group responded to racism, poverty, educational inequality, and historical attacks against Black identity and agency.
Dr. Bayyinah S. Jeffries is Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Ohio University. Previously, she was Director and Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies program and co-director of the Race & Culture Studies major at Eastern Washington University. She earned a PhD in African American and African Studies from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts from Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science from Temple University. Her research and teaching interests include a range of time periods and themes but specifically the history of Black Nationalism, race relations both inside and outside the United States, Black Muslims, Black Women's activism and resistance, civil rights-Black power movements, and comparative Black history.
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Register for the Student Expo
Deadline tomorrow - Feb. 28
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Registration closes February 28
This year's Expo will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12, at the Convocation Center.
The annual event attracts more than 800 student presenters from dozens of disciplines. More than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, community members and local middle school and high school students attend to learn more about how Ohio University students are engaged in research, scholarship and creative activity.
Participation is open to all undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, on the Athens and regional campuses.
Posters, exhibits, performances, film screenings and other presentation formats are welcome.
Awards will be given for the best presentations in each category: $150 (1st prize) and $75 (2nd prize). Categories are limited to no more than 12 presentations and assigned by discipline. For sessions with undergraduate and post-degree students, judges may elect to give two 1st prizes (one each for an undergraduate and a post-degree student). In this case a 2nd place prize will not be awarded. In addition, several sponsors will offer special award categories.
The Student Expo is sponsored by the Research Division, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, Office of the President and the University Libraries.
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Personal & Professional Development Symposium
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Yale University Internship
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Yale University has an established internship program for students enrolled in, or recent graduates of Master's degree programs related to international higher education. It is a 6-12 month paid full-time internship. It may be good for someone graduating who really wants to get their "foot in the door" in international education but isn't having much luck finding a permanent position right now. You can find the information here:
http://oiss.yale.edu/about/oiss-staff/internship-program
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Apply to be an International Student Orientation Student Staff Member
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Explore East Africa!!!
2018 Swahili STARTALK
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Mid-Atlantic & Great Lakers African Studies Conference
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Creativity, Innovation, and Resilience: Rethinking Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
University of Pittsburgh
March 24, 2018
The African Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its inaugural, regional one-day conference on Saturday, March 24, 2018. The Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes African Studies Conference creates a space for the sharing of ideas and broader intellectual engagement for Africanist faculty, researchers, and graduate students from across the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions. Seeing the need for opportunities for scholarly development and networking among educators and researchers in African Studies outside of the annual meeting of the African Studies Association, we invite Africanists from universities, community colleges, HBCUs, and other academic institutions in the neighboring states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, and New York to participate in the conference. The larger goal is to stimulate a regional intellectual community for Africanist scholars and researchers across a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and institutions.
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Moses Ochonu, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of History in the Department of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of three books (including
Colonialism by Proxy: Hausa Imperial Agents and Middle Belt Consciousness in Nigeria, which was a finalist for the 2015 Herskovits prize),
numerous articles, and is a frequent public commentator on history and politics in Nigeria and the larger African continent. Co-sponsors for this conference also include the Department of Africana Studies, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Education.
The conference organizers have limited travel funds available to support conference participants who are more than three hours away from the University of Pittsburgh. If you are interested, please contact Yolanda Covington-Ward at
ydc1@pitt.edu to request an application for travel funds.
Registration for the conference is free and breakfast and lunch will be provided. The deadline for conference abstracts is
March 1, 2018. To present at the conference, please submit an abstract of 150 to 200 words through the online registration form. Participants will be notified of their acceptance within one week of the abstract deadline. A conference website with the full agenda will also be posted before the conference takes place.
Register and Submit Abstracts
HERE
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International Symposium Call for Papers/Workshops/Demonstrations
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A three-day Symposia and Workshops focused on the theme: “ARTS, HEALTH, and WELLNESS” will be organized by the National Theatre of Ghana in collaboration with Ohio University, Azaguno, Inc. with support from the
Ministries of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Health, Education, Youth and Sports, and Gender, Children
and Social Protection
of Ghana as part of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the National Theatre of Ghana. The symposia and workshops
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create opportunities for the intellectual exchange of ideas, concepts, and recommendations to aid artists, students, sports enthusiasts, arts teachers, educators, health workers, policy makers in the various ministries, in the development and cultural education with regards to Arts, Health and Wellness in contemporary Ghana and beyond. The Symposia will culminate in AGORO: A three-day concert of New African Music, Dance and Dramatic Sketches themed “Ghana Meets the World” featuring the National Dance Company, National Symphony Orchestra, National Drama Company, Azaguno, Inc, USA and 16 International Artists, from the USA and Canada from June 28-30, 2018.
Presentations may include individual papers, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations; and other original forms of presentations. Papers on Arts, Health and Wellness that fall outside of the themes of the conference will also be considered, though will not be given a high priority. Presenters may consider (but are not limited to) the following categories of themes:
“Contributions of the Arts to Health and Wellness”
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The Role of Sport in a Healthy Society”
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Whole Person Wellness and the Transformation of Health and Healthcare”
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Celebrating National and Personal Wellness”
“Music, Dance and Drama Therapy”
“Role of Arts in Community Health”
“Storytelling and Speech”
“The Arts in Traditional Herbal and Healing Practices”
“Taking care of the Artist”
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Paper Proposals Deadline: March 15, 2018
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Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 2018
TO HAVE YOUR PAPER/SESSION CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION,
send the following to the
Chair: Dr. Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor (agoro2018.ntg@gmail.com)
by March 15, 2018.
- A one-page (150-250 words) abstract with a title
- Name
- Position or Job Title
- Affiliation and Department
- Biographical Narrative and Abbreviated curriculum vitae
- E-mail address and Telephone number
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AERN 2018 Bi-Annual Summit
Call for Proposals
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T
he African Educational Research Network (AERN) proudly invites you to participate at its 2018 BI-ANNUAL SUMMIT at The University of Ghana-Legon, in Accra, Ghana, June 25-28, 2018. We are accepting proposals for
concurrent Panel
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Research paper, scholarly paper, research in progress, reflective practice),
workshop
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roundtable
, as well as v
irtual and poster presentation
s that examine current issues, scholarship, and debates in all areas related to Africa and the African diaspora. Professional/scholars, students, practitioners, and retired individuals from any discipline are all invited to participate.
The theme of the Summit is:
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EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA”
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Education and Development in Africa
- Research and Scholarship on Africa
- Africa and the African Diaspora
- Reflective Practices on Africa
- Culture, Language, and Literacy in Africa
- STEM, STEM education, and Development in Africa
- Politics, Public Policy, and Development in Africa
- Justice, Democracy, Human Rights, and Development in Africa
- Environment, Sustainability, and Development in Africa
More information available at https://www.ohio.edu/education/aern.cfm.
FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE
: March 30, 2018
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An Evening with Tal National
Thursday March 15
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Upcoming Africa@OHIO Talks
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Yearning for Spain:
Theater Reminiscences of Moriscos in North Africa
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Wednesday March 28
Dr. Melissa Figueroa
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
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The Legal Fight for Reparations on Martinique
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Wednesday April 11
Dr. Jennifer Fredette
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
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Graduation Reception for the 2018 Class
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8th World Music & Dance Schedule
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