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1 WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT DIGEST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12 TH, 2012

2 Upcoming Events: RSVP today! Join us on Thursday, November 29th, 2012 from 3:30-4:45 PM at the Labor Center room 309 for our Senegal and The Gambia Summer C 2013 Information Session! This information session will serve as an opportunity for those interested to gain general information about this Study Abroad session, the scholarship opportunities, meet other interested students, and much more. Due to limited space, we encourage you to reserve your spot today by calling Reyni Valerio at (305) For more information about Senegal and The Gambia Summer C 2013, click here! We hope to see you there!

3 November 15 SPECIAL PRESENTATION For more information, please call (305)

4 November 16 FIACRE BIENVENU For more information, please call (305)

5 January 31 DEBORAH THOMAS For more information, please call (305)

6 February 14 PEDRO NOGUERA For more information, please call (305)

7 Summer C 2013 SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA For more information, please click here!

8 Announcements: Fellow Students and Professors, Here is a great event featuring our new faculty member Dr. Mark Padilla. SAGGSA Colloquium Committee Presents: Border-crossing and the politics of body modification among Puerto Rican transgender women: Findings from the TRANS-forma project Lecture by Dr. Mark Padilla November 29th, :30 PM FIU Modesto A Maidique Campus LC 110 Drawing on ethnographic observations and qualitative in-depth interviews with transgender women from the TRANS-forma project - the first NIH-funded ethnographic project on transgender persons in Puerto Rico - Dr. Padilla uses the metaphor of border crossing as a framework to discuss both the process of gender transitioning within local social networks and the transnational field of transitioning practices and commodities that mediate body modification practices for Puerto Ricans, such as illegal silicone and hormone injection, global sources of knowledge about trans-genderism, and medical migrations for transitioning surgeries. Dr. Padilla explores ethnographically-informed recommendations for the reduction of structural and health-related vulnerabilities for transgender women in Puerto Rico. Dr. Padilla, new to the FIU GSS department, is a medical anthropologist with cross-training and experience in public health both domestically and internationally. His work is located within a synergy between anthropology and the more applied concerns of public health. As an anthropologist trained in ethnographic methods, globalization, and critical medical anthropology, he has sought to trouble the terms of discourse and "intervention" in public health, and to bring structural inequalities and material processes into greater focus in public health. Specifically, he has used this analytic lens in his work on HIV/AIDS and sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call To view the flyer for this lecture, please click here.

9 November 19 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

10 Westside Gazette Informative HIV/AIDS SUPPLEMENT For the month of December, the Westside Gazette Newspaper will be presenting our HIV/AIDS Supplement. This supplement will inform our readers and subscribers concerning the impact HIV/AIDS is having on our communities in general and the devastating impact on Black America. The Supplement will contain valuable information about staying healthy while living with HIV/AIDS, prevention, assistance in finance and/or housing for HIV/AIDS patients. It also will provide resources and facilities that provide counseling and testing, medical services, clinical trials, and prescription medication. HIV/AIDS has become the No. 1 killer in the African American population, so it is of the utmost importance that we inform our community on the facts about this dreadful disease. We need your support to make this year s supplement Highly Informative and Visual (HIV)/with Advertisements Involving Direct Services (AIDS)!, National AIDS Day is December 1, 2012! Deadline for Ads is November 30, Feel free to call for additional information, our office hours are Monday- Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. HIV/AIDS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE FULL PAGE - 9-1/2 X /4... $2, TABLOID HALF PAGE - 9-1/2 X 8 (Horizontal" & 4-3/4 X 12-1/4 (Vertical) $1, TABLOID QUARTER PAGE - 4-3/4 X 6-1/8... $ TABLOID Camera Ready Copy Deadline: NOVEMBER 23, 2012 Publication Date: NOVEMBER 30, 2012 Type Setting/Layout Charge Additional There is additional $500 charge for Color Ads For additional information please contact the Phone: (954) or via wgazette@bellsouth.net To view the Westwide Gazzette flyer, please click here!

11 Call for Papers: Dear Colleagues: We have now posted the Call for Abstracts - panels and individual submissions - on the CSA website and are very pleased to invite you to participate in the 38th Annual Conference of the CSA to be held in Grenada during 3-7 June The theme of the 2013 Conference is Caribbean Spaces and Institutions: Contesting Paradigms of Development in the 21st Century. In accordance with our multilingual profile, we have posted the Call for Abstracts in French, Spanish and English, three (3) of the active languages of the CSA. In submitting your abstract(s), please note that we are running on-line submission forms. Please note that both membership and conference registration are required for all presenters, and we also welcome donations to the CSA (see Make a Donation) For further information on the Call for Abstracts and Submission Forms, go to: Contacts: President: Godfrey St. Bernard <gstbcsa2013@gmail.com> Program Chair: Maggie Shrimpton <shrimptoncsa2013@yahoo.com.mx> We look forward to seeing you in Grand Anse, Grenada! Godfrey St. Bernard and Maggie Shrimpton

12 CALL FOR PROPOSALS The NBGSA Conference Committee is seeking proposals for papers, posters, oral presentations, panels, and workshops that focus on our conference theme: Honoring the Past, Defining the Future. We invite you to join us as we commit to the future, reflect on the past, encourage our communities, and boldly blaze new trails! While proposals related to this theme are especially welcome, proposals addressing any topic of interest to the diverse membership of the National Black Graduate Student Association will be considered. Paper Competition SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We are soliciting research papers involving a single topic and explaining the issues, methodologies, and outcomes involved. Submissions will be automatically eligible for a cash prize of $200 for first place, $100 for second place, and $50 for third place. Competition winners and a selection of the best papers will be eligible for publication in Call and Response: The Scholarly Journal of the National Black Graduate Student Association Papers will be refereed by specially selected disciplinary and interdisciplinary professors and graduate students. A scholarly paper may be a research report, case study, methodological paper, theoretical paper, or scientific analysis. The text should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages and should follow the guidelines of the associated discipline (MLA, APA, etc.). No more than four tables and/or figures may be included. Posters Posters are ideal for presenting speculative in-progress work; late-breaking results; for giving an introduction to interesting, innovative work; or for presenting research from the hard sciences. Posters are intended to provide authors and participants with the ability to connect with each other and to engage in discussions about the work. Poster sizes are not specified; however, they should be at least 17 by 22. Presenters are encouraged to bring 25 handouts for distribution during the session. All posters will automatically be entered in the poster competition. Submissions will be automatically eligible for a cash prize of $100 for first place, $50 for second place, and $25 for third place. Oral Presentation

13 Oral presentations are brief discussions of a focused research topic. Presentations are 12 minutes in length with five additional minutes allotted to each presenter for questions. While there is a paper competition, students who are interested in presenting research orally are not required to enter the competition. All oral presenters will automatically be entered in the oral presentation competition. Submissions will be automatically eligible for a cash prize of $100 for first place, $50 for second place, and $25 for third place. Workshops and Panels Workshops and panels are not forums for research presentation; rather, they should focus on a single topic or theme related to the graduate experience or the conference theme. These hour-long workshops should focus on fostering discussion and must not be presentation only; the major portion of the time should be devoted to discussion. Panels should not have more than five presenters. Sessions can be geared toward undergraduates looking forward to graduate school, or issues related to current graduate students. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The following information is required for proposals: Proposal Submittal Form This includes the title of the paper, poster, oral presentation, panel, or workshop; authors(s)/presenter(s); phone number; category; presentation format and length; and audio-visual requirements. Proposal Abstract The abstract must contain the title plus no less than 150 and no more than 200 words describing the paper, poster, oral presentation, panel, or workshop. The abstract should be in Microsoft Word format. Scholarly Paper If submitting a proposal for the paper competition, please note that full papers are due no later than January 7, All questions should be directed to the Vice President for Administration, at vpadmin@nbgsa.org. While proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis, they must be received by Monday, December 31st, You should receive confirmation of receipt within 72 hours of sending your proposal. Notification of proposal dispositions will be sent within two weeks of receipt confirmation.

14 The AES Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A. and Ph.D.) to submit stand-alone papers demonstrating outstanding ethnography for consideration for the Elsie Clews Parsons Prize. Papers should engage with AES core commitments to combining innovative fieldwork with rich theoretical critique. AES awards a cash prize of $300 and the winner will be invited to present the paper at the AES annual meeting. Registration fees will be waived and the recipient will be provided $200 to offset the cost of travel. The prize winner will be announced in Anthropology News. Papers should not exceed 8,000 words (including notes and references) and should follow AAA style guidelines: Submission Details: Please submit two pdfs: One containing a cover sheet with the author's name, contact information, paper title and acknowledgments and the other containing the paper's title, text, notes and references but not otherwise identifying the author. Papers will be read in a double-blind process by a committee of AES members. The committee members will be identified when the prize winner is announced. Submissions and questions should be sent to Jessica Hardin jahardin@brandeis.edu

15 Dear Friends/Colleagues working in Latin America and the Caribbean, We are pleased to announce the Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. We would be truly grateful if you can help us circulate the attached Call for Papers as widely as possible to interested graduate students at your respective institutions. Here is a quick run-down of the main details. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anya Peterson Royce Chancellor s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature Organizer: Graduate Students of IU's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference Title: "Shifting Social Landscapes" Place: Bloomington, Indiana Dates of Conference: February 15-16, 2013 Deadline for Submissions: November 16, 2012 Travel Grants: Small grants of $ will be awarded on a competitive basis to assist in covering participant travel costs. Full Details: Gracias mil! Shane Green

16 The Journal of Black Masculinity CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS The Journal of Black Masculinity is a peer reviewed international publication providing multiple discoursed and multiple discipline based analyses of issues and/or perspectives with regard to black masculinities. We review empirical, theoretical, and literary scholarship as well as essays, poetry, and art for publication. Submissions from multiple disciplines beyond the humanities and social sciences are encouraged. The Journal of Black Masculinity is published three times a year and has a ten percent (10%) acceptance rate. The Journal of Black Masculinity also publishes special issues on a periodic basis with guest editors focusing on themed issues. Manuscript submissions, books for review, and correspondence concerning all editorial matters should be sent to: Dr. C. P. Gause via the contact information below. Authors should follow the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition (APA Press, 2010). A style guide for preparing manuscripts and ordering information are located on the journal s website at The Journal of Black Masculinity GES Publishing Group/GES LLC 2309 W. Cone Blvd. Suite 142 Greensboro, NC drcpgause@gmail.com

17 Call for Submissions There are millions of Americans from all walks of life who are going through a tough time. Many have been severely affected by the economic recession and can neither pay their bills, nor afford the basics such as food and medicine. Our anthology, Tough Times in America, aims to provide a platform for telling these stories. We will accept true stories, as well as fictionalized versions of real life events. This collection aims to preserve and document narrative accounts of the anger, fear and frustration that most Americans are feeling due to the recession which has resulted in massive job losses, loss of homes, loss of healthcare, reduced retirement benefits, etc. We also hope to document the hope and gratitude that bloom even in the midst of despair true testaments to the tenacity of the human spirit. Significantly, we would like this collection to reflect the diversity of America in the 21 st century, and so we welcome submissions from people from all ethnicities, racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Submissions should be between and words in length, typed and double-spaced, Times New Roman or similar sized font (12 point). Stories must be previously unpublished in any form, including print, web etc. Each story should be identified within the geographic location/landmark of the city in which it is set. We want to show that these experiences are common to many Americans, regardless of race and ethnicity, so the cultural component is vital. We welcome established as well as unpublished writers who would like to represent their experiences or the experiences of their friends and loved ones. Deadline for submissions is January 29, Please send your submissions to: Donna Aza Weir-Soley: (weirsole@yahoo.com) and Max Freesney Pierre (prrmax@yahoo.com). Donna Aza Weir Soley is an Associate Professor of English at Florida International University. Dr. Weir-Soley is the author of First Rain, Eroticism, Spirituality, and Resistance in Black Women s Writings, and co-editor of the anthology Caribbean Erotic (Peepal Tree Press). Max Freesney Pierre is a former Administrator and Adjunct Professor of Education at Miami-Dade College. Pierre is a poet/writer/journalist, the author of Tambours de la Mêlée, Fée Caraïbe, Soul Traveler and Le chant de l apaisement.

18 Writer s Information Name Address Phone Story Title Number of pages/or words Date of submission

19 Job Opportunities: Florida International University invites applications for an assistant professor of 19th- and/or 20thcentury African history. This is a joint appointment in the Department of History and the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies. The successful candidate will contribute a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective to the Department and Program. Ability to teach broad surveys required, but candidate will also teach in subfields of interest in upper-division undergraduate courses and our vibrant graduate programs. Regional specialization is open but West Africanists are particularly encouraged to apply; topic of specialization is open but scholars of decolonization or historians with expertise in Africa and the Atlantic World will be of special interest. This position is contingent upon funding. Please send three letters of recommendation, a CV, cover letter, and writing sample (the last document in.pdf format) to fiuafrica2012@gmail.com. We will begin reviewing applications December 1, 2012.

20 The Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida welcomes applications for the position of Instructor beginning in August Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Minimum qualifications include a Master's degree in any of the Social Sciences or Humanities with prior college teaching experience, though a Ph.D. is preferred and ABDs will be considered. The successful candidate will be expected to teach various courses relating to the discipline of Africana Studies, especially the "Introduction to the Black Experience" course, which is part of the USF General Education program. Scholars who can teach additional courses relating to current issues of race, racism and/or human rights within the United States and/or the broader African Diaspora are especially encouraged to apply. Please upload (1) letter of interest, (2) vitae, (3) writing sample, and (4) teaching portfolio, which should include a statement on teaching philosophy and may contain previous course syllabi and/or evaluations to Please arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to Dr. Edward Kissi, Department of Africana Studies, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, FAO 270, Tampa, FL Application deadline is January 7, For more information, visit USF is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public. For ADA accommodations, please contact Irina Ramirez-Fuentes at (813) or irivera@usf.edu at least five working days prior to need. Minimum Requirements: * Master's degree in any of the disciplines in the Social Sciences or Humanities * Prior college teaching experience Preferred Requirements: * Ph.D. in any of the disciplines in the Social Sciences or Humanities * Online teaching experience * Ability to teach courses relating to current issues of race, racism and/or human rights within the United States and/or the broader African Diaspora According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public. For ADA accommodations, please contact Irina Ramirez at at least five working days prior to need. USF is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

21 Fellowship: Brandeis University invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. We seek a scholar of the Caribbean in the age of revolution, preferably with an emphasis on Haiti. The successful candidate will take a central role in the University s Sawyer Seminar, Rethinking the Age of Revolution: Rights, Representation, and the Global Imaginary. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and directed by Professors Jane Kamensky (History) and Susan S. Lanser (Comparative Literature), this faculty seminar will explore the American, French, and Haitian revolutions in transnational and interdisciplinary terms. The fellow will receive a stipend of $52,000 and a research fund of $3000 and is eligible for University health and dental insurance. Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, a research statement of no more than 1500 words, and three letters of recommendation to Review of applications will begin on December 1, Ph.D. should be in hand by the commencement of the fellowship and preferably received within the past six years. Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

22 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS CCAPS Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship The Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will offer up to three fellowships for the academic year. The CCAPS fellowship aims to support the development of the next generation of researchers and thought leaders on the topic of climate change and political stability in Africa. Fellows are encouraged to present their research within and outside the Robert S. Strauss Center, collaborate on papers or projects with other fellows and faculty, participate in CCAPS research activities, attend and take an active role in CCAPS and Strauss Center seminars and conferences, and immerse themselves in the greater University community during their appointment. Eligibility Applicants must be registered in a PhD program. Fellowships are available to advanced PhD students, with preference given to those who have made substantial progress towards the completion of their dissertation. Fellows are expected to work on and ideally complete their doctoral dissertations during the fellowship. CCAPS invites applications from all disciplines, including both the social and natural sciences, as they pertain to relevant topics to the CCAPS program (see Areas of Research below). CCAPS encourages applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries. Applicants do not have to be attending a U.S. university or have U.S. citizenship to apply. Areas of Research The Strauss Center s program on Climate Change and African Political Stability conducts research in three core areas seeking to: investigate where and how climate change poses threats to stability in Africa; identify strategies to support accountable and effective governance in Africa; and, evaluate the effectiveness of international aid to help African societies adapt to climate change. CCAPS will consider applicants working on a broad range of topics related to climate change, political stability, and security in Africa. Stipend Information CCAPS offers pre-doctoral fellowships in residence at the University of Texas at Austin for one academic year (September 2013-May 2014). The fellowship includes a nine-month stipend of $24,000 and one round-trip airline ticket.

23 Deadline: February 15, 2013 For more information about the fellowship and application procedures: or Dominique Thuot Program Coordinator, Climate Change and African Political Stability Program The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law Have a great week!