Winter 2017 Member News and Announcements
February 15, 2017
The African Studies Association is pleased to showcase the achievements of our members in each edition of ASA News. If you have an announcement, publication, or other
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Winter 2017
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
Decisions of the ASA Board of Directors, November 2016-February 2017
February 15, 2017
The ASA Board of Directors made the following decisions in the Fall 2016 and Winter 2017: -The Board approved the launch of a small grants program for
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
The ASA thanks supporters of our 60th Anniversary Campaign
February 15, 2017
2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the African Studies Association. To recognize the past 60 years and to look forward to the next 60,
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
Winter 2017 Coordinate Organization Update
February 15, 2017
Starting in 2017, the African Studies Association will be changing its relationship with its coordinate organizations. The driving force behind this adjustment in relationship is to allow
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
Meet Your Board: An Interview with Emerging Scholar Representative Ruth Murambadoro
February 15, 2017
The ASA Board of Directors recently added the position of Emerging Scholar Representative to facilitate the participation of graduate students and emerging scholars in the membership
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
The ASA Presidential Fellows Program: A Host’s Experience
February 15, 2017
By Stéphane Robolin, Director of the Center for African Studies and Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Since 2010, the Center for African Studies at Rutgers
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
An Interview with 2016 ASA/ACLS Presidential Fellow Eric Debrah Otchere
February 15, 2017
The ASA Presidential Fellows Program brings scholars from the continent to the ASA Annual Meeting each year, along with a visit to a host institution before and/or
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
Winter 2017 Advocacy Update
February 15, 2017
The start of 2017 marks an important period of time for the ASA and its members in terms of advocacy for federal funding priorities in the next
Read MoreWelcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
From the Executive Director
February 15, 2017
Dear ASA Community,
The beginning of the year is always a busy time at the ASA Secretariat and 2017 has been no exception. The Secretariat staff
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of ASA News! In this issue you will find letters from the ASA President and Executive Director, member announcements, and information about new ASA initiatives and developments. We hope you enjoy this issue, and please feel free to share your feedback about this issue with us by emailing the ASA at kathryn@africanstudies.org.
From the President
February 15, 2017
I would like to extend best wishes for the new year to our ASA members living in the global South as well as the countries of the
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