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UCLA African Activist Association Symposium April 11-12, 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS "(De)Constructing Urbanities: Opportunities and Challenges in African Cities" UCLA campus Submissions: To encourage discourse on the challenges and opportunities facing Africans in the post-colonial context of urbanization, the African Activist Association at UCLA is hosting a symposium to examine new configurations of African cities. Possible topics could include: public policy and administration, public health, demography and mobility, architecture and art of the city, youth culture and music, film and performance art, religion and spirituality, or law. Abstracts or descriptions of the presentations should be no longer than 250 words and should include contact information, name, mailing address, telephone number, affiliation, department, and email address. Participants will have the option of submitting, at a later date, copies of their presentations to be considered for publication in Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies. Eligibility: Although we strongly encourage graduate students, we also welcome submissions from undergraduates, professionals, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, professors, activists, and practitioners. Papers and presentations on topics related to Africa in ALL DISCIPLINES and from ALL INSTITUTIONS, PROGRAMS and ORGANIZATIONS will be considered. Deadline: February 15, 2008 Abstracts or descriptions may be sent via email to africanactivists@gmail.com or mail to: African Activist Association The James S. Coleman African Studies Center University of California, Los Angeles 10244 Bunche Hall PO Box 951310 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1310 Please post flyers and forward the call for papers to email lists and/or to those you think would be interested. About the African Activist Association: The African Activist Association (AAA) at UCLA is a student organization comprised of undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in Africa and the diaspora. AAA's mission is to provide an organization on campus where Africanists across disciplines can work together to increase awareness of issues about and on the African continent and to provide a forum for discussion of these issues. Information forwarded by the UCLA African Studies Center (ASC) – www.international.ucla.edu/africa -- Kim Yi Dionne PhD Candidate UCLA Political Science kimg@ucla.edu http://kimg.bol.ucla.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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