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ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAMS
http://aasp.asrc.cornell.edu
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
March 31-April 2, 2011
Johns Hopkins University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies -- Rome Building
1619 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED
- PROGRAM March 31, 2011 from 10:30am we will be in the Rome building in room 806.
April 1, 2011 from 8:00am we will be in Rome Building in 203.
April 2, 2011 from 8:00am we will be in Rome Building room 806.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 (Rome Building – Room 806)
10:30-11:00
Welcome—Ousseina D. Alidou, 20010-11 AASP Chair
Director, African Studies Center, Rutgers University
Tel: (732) 445-6638; E-mail: oalidou@rci.rutgers.edu
Greetings— Peter Lewis, Director, African Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/africa/index.htm
Tel: (202) 663-5676; E-mail: plewis@jhu.edu
11:00-12:30
Dr. Eric Silla, US Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs,
US Department of State. Tel: 202-647-6339 sillae@state.gov
12:30-1:45
Lunch and networking
1:45-2:15
Panel Discussion: Submitting a Title VI Proposal
James Pritchett (Michigan State University), James Delehanty (University of
Wisconsin University)
2:15-3:15
Daniel Volman, Director, African Security Research Project
Member, Board of Directors, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
E-mail: dvolman@igc.org
3:15-3:30
Coffee break
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3:30-4:15
Partnerships in Higher Education
Kine Liddell, Senior Program Specialist at Higher Education for Development (HED)
http://www.hedprogram.org/
4:15-5:15
Panel Discussion: Reporting on African Affairs
Intermedia: Global Communication and Media Research
http://www.intermedia.org/ (TBA)
http://www.audiencescapes.org/contact/contact-54
Bayo Omolola, Morgan State University
5:15-5:45
Reports from Allied Organizations
African Studies Association (ASA), Judith Byfield, Board of Directors
E-mail:jab632@cornell.edu; Website: http://www.africanstudies.org/
West African Research Association (WARA), Mbaye Cham, President
WARA Board Tel: (617) 353-8902; E-mail: wara@bu.edu;
Website: http://www.africa.ufl.edu/WARA
National African Language Resource Center (NALRC)
NALRC, University of Wisconsin, Madison
E-mail: nalrc@mailplus.wisc.edu – Website: http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/
African of Language Teachers Association (ALTA)
ALTA Coordinator, NALRC, University of Wisconsin, Madison
E-mail: alta@mailplus.wisc.edu - Website: http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/alta/
Friday, April 1, 2011
(Rome Building – Room 203)
8:00-8:50
BREAKFAST
9:00-10:30
U.S. Department of Education
International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) Programs
Christine Corey, Senior Program Officer, International Study Group (ISG) (IFLE)
Tel: (202) 502-7629 - E-mail: christine.corey@ed.gov
Peter Baker, Senior Program Officer
Advanced Training and Research Group (ATRG) (IFLE)Tel: (202) 219-7060 –
E-mail: peter.baker@ed.gov
Michelle Guilfoil, Senior Program Officer, International Studies Group (ISG),
(IFLE) Tel: (202) 502-7625 - E-mail: michelle.guilfoil@ed.gov
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10:30-11:30
U.S. Department of State Programs
Curtis E. Huff, Chief, Africa-Near East Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges,
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Tel: (202) 632-6053; Email: HuffCE@state.gov
Dana Ott, Director
USAID Office of Development and Planning, Africa Bureau
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa /initiatives/infrastructure.html
Tel: 202) 712-5883
11:30-12:00
Fulbright Programs
Kari Miller, Fulbright Scholar Program Sub-Saharan Africa and Western
Hemisphere Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Tel: (202) 686-6230; E-mail: kmiller@iie.org; Website: www.cies.org
12:00-12:30
David Wiley Award and François Manchuelle Award
12:30-1:30
Lunch and Network
1:30-2:45
Panel: Foundation Activities in Africa
David Smock, the US Institute of Peace, Center for Mediation and Conflict
Resolution, Religion and Peace Making Center of Innovation
http://www.usip.org/
Dorina A. Bekoe, Senior Research Associate
US Institute of Peace, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
http://www.usip.org/
Steven W. Jones, President & CEO
International Education Resource Center Education Foundation (IECEF)
http://www.iercef.org/home0.aspx
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00-3:45
Daniel Neher, Foreign Service Institute
E-mail: NeherDE@state.gov
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
(Rome Building – Room 806)
8:00-9:20
BREAKFAST
8:00-9:00
Title VI Directors’ Meeting, Room 812
9:30-12:00
AASP Business Meeting
Approval of Fall 2011 meeting minutes
Ousseina Alidou, 2010-2011 Chair, Rutgers University
Secretariat & budget
Judith Byfield, AASP Treasurer, Cornell University
Manchuelle Award Committee
Amadou Fofana, 2010-2011 Vice-Chair, Willamette University
Fulbright-Hays Summer Group Projects Abroad
Swahili GPA report (University of Georgia)
Yoruba GPA report Todd H. Leedy, Center for African Studies, University of
Florida (on behalf of Akintunde Akinyemi)
Zulu GPA report (University of Pennsylvania)
Update on SCALI 2011
Todd H. Leedy, Center for African Studies, University of Florida
Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 meetings
Nominations for Chair
Nominations for Vice-Chair
Nominations for Planning Committee