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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 08:02:16 -0700 (MST)
From: Lahoucine Ouzgane <Lahoucine.Ouzgane-AT-ualberta.ca>
Subject: CFP: Africa Society Conference


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                       THE AFRICA SOCIETY
                           CONFERENCE
                        CALL FOR PAPERS

The Africa Society is organizing a two-day conference at the University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, February 26-28, 1999.

The Conference Theme: OPTIONS FOR AFRICA: Education, Development, Governance

                  The Keynote Speaker:
                  DR. GEORGE SEFA DEI
"Afrocentricity and Education: Implications for Africa and the Diaspora"
    Department of Sociology and Equity Studies, OISE, Canada

Proposals of about 200 words are invited for papers in the following areas: 

          EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Africa in the Information Age; Literature and the Arts; African cinema; 
'Brain Drain' and African Students Abroad; African Diaspora; African
Masculinities; Gender, Sex and Sexualities; Nationalisms and Identities.

          DEVELOPMENT
Globalization and Development Studies;  Gender and Development;  Sustainable
Development; Industrialization and Post-Industrialization; Agriculture and
the Environment; Media and Communications Technologies.

          POLITICAL ECONOMY
Governance; Democratization; Peace and Security; Human Rights; 
Neo-/Post-colonialism;  Corruption;  Constitutional Changes;  Africa and
Global Civil Society; Africa in the Global Economy. 

Other topic suggestions are welcome.
Conference organizers plan to publish selected papers.

Deadline for Proposal submission is January 15, 1999. 
Proposals and enquiries should be addressed to either: 

Dr. Malinda S. Smith                   
State and Legal Studies                      
Athabasca University                             
1 University Drive
Athabasca, Alberta T9S 3A3 
E-mail: malindas-AT-athabascau.ca
Tel.: (403) 438-5708                     
Fax: (403) 675-6338                                

Or

Dr. Lahoucine Ouzgane
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2E5
E-mail: Lahoucine.Ouzgane-AT-ualberta.ca
Tel: (403) 492-7828
Fax: (403) 492-8142
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