Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
Analysis and Action on Policies Impacting Africa

ACAS events at 2008 African Studies Annual Meeting

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).