From H-Net academic announcements posted to the web [H-ANNOUNCE@H-NET.MSU.EDU]:

Location: Kentucky. Date: 2010-04-10. Description: We would like to invite you to contribute a chapter in an edited textbook focusing on African experience. This book is intended to give both instructors of African history and college students a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Africas cultural and political history, economic development, art ... Contact: ogechi.anyanwu@eku.edu. Announcement ID: 174709. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=174709.

Title: Deadline: 2010-07-31 Description: Call for Papers: The African Students Research Initiative (ASRI) is pleased to announce that the call for papers in occasion of its first interdisciplinary journal The African Students Journal isopen. This first edition scheduled to be published in December 2010 will follow an open theme to allow for ... Contact: asri.asso@yahoo.com Announcement ID: 175745 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175745

Title: Religion, History, and Globalization: The Linkages Between Africa and the Diaspora, 1900 Present. Date: 2010-11-15. Description: The Journal of Traditions and Beliefs, the interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed publication of the Initiative for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in the History of Africa and the Diaspora (RASHAD), is seeking submissions for its Fall 2011 issue. Publishable articles should address the general the ... Contact: r.williams@csuohio.edu. Announcement ID: 175321. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175321.

Title: Call for Reviewers: Notes and Records Journal Description: Notes and Records: An International Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies is looking for qualified reviewers for its upcoming issue. Notes and Records is a new peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that aims to examine connections between Africans and the African Diaspora and encourage f ... Contact: tjones@csusb.edu URL: www.kysu.edu/NotesAndRecordsJournal Announcement ID: 175399 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175399

Title: Field Notes on the 9/11 Moment: Transformations in Community and Country Description: Call for papers Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts Volume 4 Number 3 Spring 2011 (June 2011) Field Notes on the 9/11 Moment: Transformations in Community and Country Please contact Leslie Shortlidge for submission deadlines and information (shortlidge.2@osu.edu). See Style Guidelines ... Contact: s URL: www.raceethnicity.org Announcement ID: 175464 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175464

Title: Call For Papers. Date: 2010-07-15. Date: March 15, 2010 Submission. Deadline for abstracts: April 15, 2010 Submission deadline for completed article: July 15, 2010 Email address: dorothy.ukaegbu@csn.edu Title: REFUGEES AND RETURNEES IN BIAFRA. For several decades, scholars have been studying the refugee problem as a glo ... Contact: dorothy.ukaegbu@csn.edu. Announcement ID: 175064. http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175064.

Edited Collection. (En)Gendering the Black Atlantic: Diasporic Bodies and Identities in Contemporary Womens Performance Art. Description: We invite proposals for a book-length project related to issues in womens performance art and texts in the African and Black Diaspora. We are primarily interested in works by female artists and writers that articulate the Black Atlantic as both a theoretical concept and a lived experience, particula....Contact: black.atlantic.collection@gmail.com.

From H-Net academic announcements posted to the web [H-ANNOUNCE@H-NET.MSU.EDU]:

Title: Doctoral Research Grants Deadline: 2010-06-06 Description: Supported by the Excellence Initiative, the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology has been established as a joint institution of the Department of History and the Department of Sociology at Bielefeld University. The Graduate School is offering with effect from 1 October 2010 2 Doctoral Contact: bghs@uni-bielefeld.de URL: www.uni-bielefeld.de/bghs/ Announcement ID: 175875 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175875

Worcester State College - Assistant Professor African History/African-American History (MA, United States) http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=39858 Boston College - Dissertation Fellow. any discipline in the Humanities & Social Sciences focusing on African & African Diaspora Studies (MA, United States) http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=39168

Georgetown University - Visiting Assistant Professor, Sub-Saharan African history (DC, United States) http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40003.

Lewis and Clark College - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in sub-Saharan African history (OR, United States) http://h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40045.

University of Johannesburg - Senior Researcher, Centre for Culture and Languages in Africa, South Africa (South Africa) http://www.h-net.org/jobs/display_job.php?jobID=40325.

From H-Net academic announcements posted to the web [H-ANNOUNCE@H-NET.MSU.EDU]:

POSTAMBLE: CALL FOR PAPERS, VOL. 6. No. 2, August 2010 ‘Under the Lens: South Africa and the FIFA Soccer World Cup’ UCT’s Centre for African Studies and its postgraduate, peer-reviewed student journal, postamble invite you to submit essays, photographic projects, book reviews, and opinion pieces that critically engage with the socio-political, cultural and economic impacts of the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament on South Africa. The atmosphere around this event in South Africa is fevered, not only owing to the opportunities FIFA and the South African government have promised, but also because this moment signifies a chance for the country and continent to project a positive and powerful public image to the rest of the world. The event has heralded huge developments in urban infrastructure and transport, tourism is expected to surge, sustained attention has been paid to improving the safety of and access to public spaces and investment–both local and foreign¬–is high. Soccer fans, of which there are many, are awaiting the arrival of some of the greatest names in sport; energies have soared in anticipation of an extended period of mid year celebration. There is a feeling of pride here, and South Africans seem to be united in a way unseen these past fifteen years. However, critics have questioned the real sustainable effects of the event, the development it brings, and have criticised the quick fix clean up strategies of the state and local government. There are hard questions that stir: what will be the real benefits of the FIFA World Cup, and what will happen once it is over? Who will be the real victors here? Will South Africa be able to use this opportunity to shift global perceptions about Africa and African cultures and societies? Or, do we stand the risk of entrenching many of the stereotypes that persist in the global public imagination? Achille Mbembe suggests that, …if we cannot win on the soccer field and if our victory won't be economic and financial, then we better start thinking hard about changing the very terms of what it means to win at all…Our victory can only be a cultural and moral victory. We will win the 2010 Soccer World Cup if we organize it in such a way that it powerfully contributes to changing the terms of Africa's recognition in the world. We invite submissions that heed the debates and questions around the 2010 Soccer World Cup tournament. Postamble aims to publish an edition that is lively and polemical. The issue will be released a month after the tournament ends: in August 2010. Submissions may vary in their subject matter and approach and will be assessed on their relevance to the edition's theme. Long papers should be addressed to the Managing Editor, and emailed to postamble@gmail.com or cas-postamble@uct.ac.za by no later than the 10th June 2010. These should be between 5000 and 8000 words. Short Submissions (1500-3000 words) and photographic essays (10 to 15 photographs) should be submitted to the same addresses by the 15th July 2010. OR submit on our website: www.postamble.org For correct formatting, please see http://postamble.org/ Submissions/ Guidelines.aspx. Please ensure all submissions contain a short abstract (200 words), biography (50 words), with relevant contact details. The Editor Centre For African Studies Harry Oppenheimer Building Private Bag Rondebosch, 7700, Cape Town, SA. Phone:(002721) 650 2308 Fax:(002721) 686 1505 Email: postamble@gmail.com/cas-postamble@uct.ac.za Visit the website at http://www.postamble.org

From Gerard Hagg ghagg@hsrc.ac.za:

Call for chapters for new HSRC publication Africa Focus. The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa's premier social research institution, has identified the need for a platform for critical and innovative debates around themes that will contribute to the dissemination of the views of African scholars among research, policy and academic institutions, civil society organizations and governments, both in Africa and abroad. For this purpose the HSRC has initiated a new annual publication under the title Africa Focus.

From H-Net academic announcements posted to the web [H-ANNOUNCE@H-NET.MSU.EDU]:

Title: JSRI - Religion and Political Communication Deadline: 2010-12-01 Description: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies launches the call for papers for its issues in 2011. The second special issue is on "Religion and Political Communication at the Beginning of the Third Millenium". (Deadline: December 1st, 2010) Contact: s_c_i_r_i@yahoo.com URL: www.jsri.ro Announcement ID: 175951 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=175951

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