ACAS has four roundtables scheduled for the African Studies Association 2008 Annual Meeting with the theme “Knowledge of Africa: The Next Fifty Years” scheduled for November 13-16, 2008, in Chicago.
Please join us for the following events:
Membership meeting, Friday, Nov 14, 7pm, Meeting Room Parlor E
Agenda:
-Welcome and Announcements (Kris)
–Bud Day Award Chair (Betsy)
-Bud Day Award Announcement (Frank and Don)
-Launch new Virtual Think Tank (Sean)
Open meeting: find out how you can get involved:
Saturday, 4:30-6pm
American Friends Service Committee
c/o Grace Episcopal Church
637 S. Dearborn between Harrison and Polk Streets
(near the conference hotel)
ACAS and Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) 30th Anniversary Party at:
American Friends Service Committee
c/o Grace Episcopal Church
637 S. Dearborn between Harrison and Polk Streets
(near the conference hotel)
Saturday, 6-9pm
*Pan-African dinner and drinks will be served
Thursday, 12:45 P.M. – 2:45 P.M.
Roundtable: ACAS – Thirty Years of Knowledge for Political Action: Historical Reflections
Chaired by David S. Wiley (Michigan State). Panelists include Carol B Thompson (Northern Arizona)
Friday, 10:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Roundtable: Zimbabwe 2008: What is to be done?
Chaired by Sean H Jacobs (Michigan, Ann Arbor) and panelists Timothy L Scarnecchia (Kent State), Terry Barnes (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Christopher J Lee (North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
Friday, 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Roundtable: Africom and the Militarization of Africa
Chaired by Daniel H Volman, African Security Research Project. Panelists include Jennifer Davis (Independent Scholar), Horace Campbell (Syracuse U.) and Jesse Benjamin (Kennesaw St.)
Saturday, 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Roundtable: ‘Fighting Words’: Art, Politics, and Social Movements in Africa
Chaired by Kristin A Peterson (Irvine) and panelists Ogaga Ifowodo (Cornell), Gabeba Baderoon (Penn State), Grant Farred (Cornell) and Pius Adesanmi (Carleton).