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Symposium in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God October 17, 2014

Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program Survey

Syracuse University
The College of Arts and Sciences
Department of African American Studies

Summer 2014

Symposium in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of
Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
October 17, 2014

The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University will be holding a symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Arrow of God, Chinua Achebe's third novel. The symposium is a part of ongoing international commemorations honoring the legacy of the late Achebe as an icon of African and World literature.

When: 8.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Friday, October 17, 2014

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 701 East Genesee St., Syracuse NY 13210

Questions may be directed to:
The Department of African American Studies, Syracuse University, 315 443-4302; aas@syr.edu.

Symposium Co-Conveners:
Micere Githae Mugo, Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Department of African American Studies, Herb Ruffin, Associate Professor of History, Department of African American Studies

http://aas.syr.edu/

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Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program Survey

As part of the upcoming African Higher Education Summit on the Future of African Higher Education in March 2015 in Dakar, we are organizing a Diaspora Convening, comprised of African-born academics working in higher education in the Canada and US, for the November 2014 African Studies Association's (ASA) annual meeting. The goal of this convening is to develop a series of concrete recommendations that represent the Diaspora's voice(s) at the AHE Summit.

I am reaching out to you with a survey I hope you will share with African-born academics in your organization so that we can begin collecting contributions from the African academic diaspora in preparation for the 2014 ASA convening. The survey can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1681e7u0vaO82qB20y1qaYatjxZTnZXsjDv3PycwfMII/viewform

The survey should take no more than 5 minutes and is anonymous, though participants can provide their contact information if they are interested in participating in a panel at ASA on this topic.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and assistance in this request. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. With the insight from academics of the within the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, we look to develop a robust, engaging dialogue in November.

Questions or Comments:
Kim Foulds, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
Quinnipiac University
Tel: +1 203-582-7963
Kimberly.foulds@quinnipiac.edu
Skype: kimfoulds