Spring 2007
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EDITOR: BHIM SANDHU bsandhu@wcupa.edu, |
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ATWS MEETING
A GREAT SUCCESS
The Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS), Inc., the largest organization of its kind in the world, founded at GSW in 1983, was held at Winston-Salem State University, November 2-4. The conclave featured 33 panels and round tables which focused on the theme, “Transnational Challenges: Environment, Integration, and Security in the Third World.”
The conference was sponsored by ATWS, Winston-Salem State University, Georgia Southwestern State University, and Mississippi State University.
The Keynote Banquet Address, “Imperial Globalization,” was presented by Robert Fatton, Jr., Ph.D., Julia A. Cooper Professor at the University of Virginia. Michael Hall, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Armstrong Atlantic State University, gave the presidential address, “The Impact of the U.S. Peace Corp at Home and Abroad.”
The prestigious ATWS “Presidential Award” for 2006 was presented to Shu-hui Wu, Ph.D., associate professor of history and a noted expert on Taiwanese history, who teaches at Mississippi State University, “In Recognition of Her Outstanding Contributions to the Promotion of Scholarship Devoted to the Third World.”
Additionally several awards were presented to recognize individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the academic discipline of Third World studies. The winner of the “Lawrence Dunbar Reddick Memorial Scholarship Award,” for the best article published on Africa in the year 2005 issues of Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS), was Guy Martin, Ph.D.,who teaches political science at Winston-Salem State University. Professor Martin received this honor for his outstanding article, “The West, Natural Resources, and Population Control Policies in Africa in Historical Perspective,” published in Volume 22, No. 1, Spring, 2005 issue of JTWS.
The winner of the “Cecil B. Currey ATWS Book Award,” presented to the author of the best book published by a ATWS member during 2005-2006, was Hanchao Lu, Ph.D., professor of history at Georgia Institute of Technology, a world-renowned authority on Chinese history. Professor Lu won the award for his superlative study, “Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese Beggars,” published by Stanford University Press in 2005.
The Toyin Falola ATWS Africa Book Award, given for the best book on Africa published in 2005-2006, was presented to Adam Ashforth, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University, for his outstanding work, “Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa,” published by the University of Chicago Press in 2005.
The “Harold Isaacs Graduate Student Award,” given to the author of the top graduate student paper presented at the annual ATWS meeting, was presented to Christian Noll, American University, for his paper, “The Betrayed: An Exploration of the Acheli Opinion of the International Court.”
Dr. Gary Kline, who served as Treasurer of ATWS for the past nine years, received the “ATWS Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service..” Four “ATWS Appreciation Awards” were presented to the following ATWS members who were instrumental in planning and implementing the program for the conference: Emmanuel I. Udogu, Ph.D., Appalachian State University, program chair, and now President of ATWS; Mueni wa Muiu, Ph.D., and Ike Okonta, Ph.D., members of the Department of Social Sciences at Winston-Salem State University, who were in charge of local arrangements; and Abdul Karim Bangura, Ph.D., American University, who assisted in the formulation of the program.
The African Studies and Research Forum (ASRF), an affiliate organization of ATWS, presented two awards. Diya Agha, American University, was the recipient of the “Sulayman S. Nyang Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper on Islamic Peace Studies” for her paper entitled “Economic Cooperation with Non-Muslim States: A Peace Paradigm for Muslim Nations Through Siyar.” The “Fidelis E. Udogu Africa Award for Outstanding Scholarly and Humanitarian Services,” was presented to John Mukum Mbaku, Ph.D., Willard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinkley Fellow at Weber State University, and Toyin Falola, Ph.D., the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Superlative entertainment at the welcoming reception was provided by the Otesha Creative Arts Ensemble from Winston-Salem. The Ensemble gave a program which explored the heritage and culture of African, Modern, and Jazz dance.
Newly elected ATWS officers are: Emmanuel I. Udogu, Ph.D., professor of political science, Appalachian State University, President; Gary Kline, Ph.D., professor of political science, Georgia Southwestern State University, Vice-President/President-Elect; Doyin Olefemi Coker-Kolo, Ph.D., associate professor of education, Georgia Southwestern State University, Treasurer; and Peng Deng, Ph.D., professor of history, High Point University, Executive Council Position #3.
The Twenty-Fifth ( Silver Anniversary) ATWS annual meeting will be held November 18-20, 2007 in Lima Peru.
RESULTS OF THE 2006 ATWS ELECTIONS
Vice-President/President/Elect: Gary Kline
Treasurer – Doyin Olufemi Coker-Kolo
Executive Council - Post 3: Peng Deng
Executive Director – William D. Pederson
Relected officers were: Lauren Eastwood (Secretary); David Schwam-Baird ,Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee; Bhim Sandhu ,Chair, Information Services Committee; and Lily Mendoza, Chair, Teaching Committee.
The new Executive Council will therefore consist of President, Emmanuel I. Udogu, Immediate Past President, Michael Hall, Vice-President/President/Elect, Gary Kline, Secretary,Lauren Eastwood, Executive Director, William D. Pederson, Editor of the Journal of Third World Studies Harold Isaacs, Chair of the Nominations & Elections Committee David Schwam-Baird, Chair of the Information Services Committee Bhim Sandhu, Chair of the Teaching Committee Lily Mendoza, and Executive Council members Kelechi Kalu, Virginia Leonard, and Peng Deng.
ATWS OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Dr. Emmanuel I. Udogu, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Appalachian State University, Post Office Box 32107,Boone, NC 28608-2107. Phone: 828-262-3085; Fax: 828-262-2947; E-mail: udoguei@appstate.edu
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Dr. Michael Hall, Department of History, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419-1997. Phone: 912-961-3202. E-mail: hallmich@mail.armstrong.edu
VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT: Dr. Gary Kline, Department of Political Science, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Georgia Southwestern State University Drive, Americus, GA 31709. Phone: 229-931-2088; Fax: 229-931-2960. E-mail: wgk@canes.gsw.edu
SECRETARY: Dr. Lauren Eastwood, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, 101 Broad Street, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2681. Phone: 518-564-3309 E-Mail: eastwole@plattsburgh.edu or leeastwood@msn.com
TREASURER: Dr. Doyin Olufemi Coker-Kolo, School of Education, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Georgia Southwestern State University Drive, Americus, Georgia 31709. Phone: 229-931-2744. E-Mail: dck@gsw.edu
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Dr. William D. Pederson, International Lincoln Center for American Studies, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71115-2301. Phone: (318) 797-5349 or 797-5158. Fax: (318) 795-4203. E-Mail: wpederso@lsus.edu
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
Dr. Kelechi Kalu, Executive Council Position #1, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639. Phone: 970-351-1588. E-mail: kelechi.kalu@unco.edu
Dr. Virginia Leonard, Executive Council Position #2, Department of History, 438 Morgan Hall, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390. Phone: 309-298-1053;fax: 309-298-2540; E-mail: v-leonard@wiu.edu
Dr. Peng Deng, Executive Council Position #3, Department of History and Political Science, David Hayworth Hall 131, High Point University, High Point, NC 27262. Phone: (336) 841-9117; E-mail: pdeng@highpoint.edu
Dr. Harold Isaacs, Editor, Journal of Third World Studies, Professor Emeritus of History, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Georgia Southwestern State University Drive, Americus, Georgia 31709. Phone: 229-931-2078. E-mail: hisaacs@canes.gsw.edu
Dr. David Schwam-Baird, Nominations & Elections Committee, Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Florida, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Jacksonville, FL 32224. Phone: 904-620-2977. E-mail: dschwam@unf.edu
Dr. Bhim Sandhu, Information Services Committee, Dept. of Political Science, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19380. Phone: 610-738-0378. Fax: 610-436-3580. E-mail: bsandhu@wcupa.edu
Dr. S. Lily Mendoza, Teaching Committee, Human Communications Studies, 2142 South High Street, Denver, CO 80208. E-mail: lmendoza@du.edu
GREETINGS From the President’s DeskFrom the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, I bring you greetings. I trust that you and your family had a smashing and restful holiday season.
I am delighted to report to you that our “Garden of Eden,” an invented metaphor for the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS), is flourishing. From San Jose, Costa Rica to Taipei, Taiwan and from Denver, Colorado to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic (and all of the great centers of our conferences) the ATWS has continued to grow from strength to still greater strength. We have had many new members join us in our Garden of Eden because there is so much in it for everyone.
The success of our meeting at Winston Salem State University in 2006 was breathtaking. The outstanding papers presented at the conference attest to the greatness of our association. Moreover, the support of the university administrators, and students in particularly, was exceptional. Thanks to our illustrious colleagues, Professors Okonta, Muiu and Martin for coordinating the activities, and Professors Kieh and Fatton for their inspiring keynote addresses.
Many thanks are extended to members of the Executive Committee (both former and current members) for their dedication to the service of the ATWS. Our presidents for the past 25 years or so deserve our appreciation for their contributions to the growth of the association, too. In particularly, I salute our past president, Professor Michael Hall, for his excellent performance in Santo Domingo and Winston Salem.
Our meetings would have been less successful were it not for the perennial attendance at our conferences of members of the ATWS. Many thanks go to you for your unflinching support. But most importantly, my greetings are extended to the great institutions that sponsor you annually to our meetings.
Our patron and founder, Professor Harold Isaacs, has remained the backbone of our family since its inception. We are indebted to his hard work in keeping us together, and may I recommend that our future leaders in particular, and members in general, should undertake an intellectual hajj to Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus to see the superb archives of the ATWS put together by Harold. It is impressive, indeed!
This year, we will kick off activities marking our 25th anniversary of the ATWS. It is particularly fitting that our meeting will be held in Lima, Peru, a Third World country from November 18-20. Arrangements are underway to celebrate this unique occasion and our Vice President and President-Elect, Professor Gary Kline, working in concert with our new Executive Director, Professor Bill Pederson, has set the ball rolling. Please start planning for this great conference that I promise you will be the “Mother of all Conferences.” As always, I look forward with eager anticipation to meeting with you in Lima.
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the ATWS, I wish every one of you and your family a wonderful and successful 2007!
Thanks. Sincerely,
E. Ike Udogu, Professor and President
Association of Third World Studies, Inc.
Department of Political Science & Criminal Justice
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina.28608 USA
E-mail: udoguei@appstate.edu
GSW Third World in Perspective Program Seminar Series
Celebrating Twenty-Sixth Anniversary
The Georgia Southwestern State University Third World in Perspective Program Seminar Series, founded in 1981 by Dr. Harold Isaacs, is currently celebrating its 26th anniversary. The series was the seedbed for the founding by Dr. Isaacs of ATWS in 1983 and JTWS in 1984.
“Major Third World Problems and Issues” are the focus of the series during the 2006-2007 academic year. During the Fall semester seminars were held on “Third World Immigration Into the United States,” and “Third World Development: Successes and Failures.” (given by Dr. Gary Kline) The Spring semester program will feature seminars on “Rwanda: Contemporary Problems and Issues;” Southeast Asia: Problems and Issues in Southeast Asia, A Fulbright Participant’s (Dr. Doyin Coker-Kolo) Perspective;” “South Africa: Contemporary Problems and Issues” (Dr. Brain Parkinson) and “Historical and Contemporary Issues in Third World Education and Development,.” featuring presentations by students in Dr. Kolo’s class, “Third World Education and Development Studies Seminar.”. Large numbers of students and faculty continue to attend and participate in the forums which are taped by the Instructional Technology Center at GSW and shown to the community on GSW Channel 16.
CALL FOR PAPERS
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES
18-20 November 2007
THEME:
“Development Strategies: Struggles for Peace, Justice, and Democracy”
HOSTED by ATWS
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LIMA, PERU
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Scope: Papers and Panels from all academic disciplines that deal with the study of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America/Caribbean, and Middle East are welcome. Presentations that pertain to contemporary Third World issues regarding peace, justice, and democracy are especially encouraged. Submission Procedure: Persons interested in presenting papers or organizing entire panels must submit a 200-word electronic copy abstract. Persons interested in serving as chair or commentator/discussant must submit a brief electronic copy statement describing their areas of expertise. In order to be included on the program, a participant MUST be pre-registered. The deadline for pre-registration is 17 August 2007 |
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: June 29, 2007
PLEASE SEND PAPER, PANEL OR CHAIR/DISCUSSANT PROPOSALS TO:Gary Kline, Ph.D. Department of Political Science, Tel: (229) 931-2088 |
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING SITE:
Michael Hall, Ph.D. Department of History, Tel: (912) 961-3202 |
The conference pre-registration fee is $80 for ATWS members and $100 for non-members. After 17 August 2007, the conference registration fees increases to $100 and $120, respectively. Students and any participants coming from the Third World pay only $50. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased for guests for $25. Conference rooms will have audio-visual equipment, but participants should bring their own laptops if needed.
Hotel Reservations: Sheraton Lima, Paseo de la Republica 170, Lima 1, PERU; Tel: 1-800-325-3535. The room rate is $108US for single, $118US for double; but you must identify yourself as an ATWS conference participant. Conference participants may go to the web site, http://www.geographia.com/sheraton/lima, to reserve their accommodations.
For more information about the hotel, transportation, and optional travel, please click on this link.
THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS August 17, 2007
Please note: PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REGISTERED BY THE DEADLINE OR
THEY WILL BE STRICKEN FROM THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM.
ATWS MEMBERS: the Association is soliciting proposals for future annual conferences. If you would like to help organize a conference (normally in September, October, or November) and your institution would be willing to help sponsor it, please contact our President, Emmanuel “Ike” Udogu, or our Executive Director, Bill Pederson.
REGISTRATION FORM
ASSOCIATION OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES, INC.25th Annual Meeting
18-20 November 2007
“Development Strategies: Struggles for Peace, Justice, and Democracy”
Lima, Peru
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NAME: ______________________________________________________________ INSTITUTION: ________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ TEL.: _____________________________ FAX: _____________________________ E-MAIL: _____________________________________________________________ CONFERENCE FEES REGISTRATION: Deadline is August 17th, 2007 PRE-REGISTRATION FEE LEVELS (ATWS member in good standing traveling from the Third World) TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: U.S. $ ______________________________________ Please make checks payable to: Association of Third World Studies, Inc. and mail to Dr. Doyin Coker-Kolo, PAPER/PANEL SUBMISSION FORM NAME: ______________________________________________________________ Position: ______________________________________________________________ Affiliation and Address: ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Fax: ______________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________________________ PART I: INDIVIDUAL PAPERTitle of paper: __________________________________________________________ Audio-visual or other special equipment needs (All requests must be made well in advance): _______________________________________________________________________________________ PART II: PANELPanel Organizer or Chair: ________________________________________________ Position/Affiliation and Address (if different from above): ________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Panel Title: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Summary of Panel: Panelists:1. Name, Affiliation: ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Fax: ______________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________________________ Title of paper: ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Brief (200 word) description of paper #1: 2. Name, Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________ Fax: _____________________________ E-mail: _______________________________________________________________ Title of paper: __________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Brief (200 word) description of paper #2: 3. Name, Affiliation: ____________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Fax: ____________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________________________________ Title of paper: ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Brief (200 word) description of paper #3: 4. Name, Affiliation: ________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________ Fax: _____________________________ E-mail: _______________________________________________________________ Title of paper: _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Brief (200 word) description of paper #4: Discussant(s):Name, Affiliation: ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________ Fax: _____________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________________________ Audio-visual or other special equipment needs (Requests must be made in advance):_______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ PART III I am interested in serving as a Chair ______________ I am interested in serving as a Discussant ____________ Please describe your areas of expertise for either activity: |
“CALL FOR BOOKS” CECIL B. CURREY BOOK AWARD
ATWS wishes to announce the formal request for submissions of books for the Cecil B. Currey Book Award for 2006-2007. This award is named in honor of one of the foremost experts on the war in Vietnam. Topics on any part of the Third World are acceptable. ATWS members are encouraged to have their works published and submit them for the book award. The award will not necessarily be given out each year, but only when the committee determines that a book of sufficient merit is submitted. Publications must be 2006 through May 15, 2007. Submission deadline is May 31, 2007.
Qualifications:
Only monographs and studies will be considered. Please do not submit anthologies or edited works If an individual wishes to be considered s/he must send a letter of application to the committee chair, Dr. Tom Leonard, Department of History, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645 E-mail: tleonard@unf.edu Persons interested in entering the competition must submit a copy of their book to EACH of the members of the committee – please mail them yourself or have your publisher send copies.
Committee members are:
Dr. Tom Leonard, Department of History, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645. E-mail: tleonard@unf.edu
Dr.Philip Aka, Department of History and Political Science, Chicago State University, 9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL, 60628-1598. E-mail: philip_aka@hotmail.com
Dr. Paul Magnarella, Director, Peace Studies Program, Warren-Wilson college, P.O. Box 9000, Asheville, NC 28815. E-mail: pmagnarella@warren-wilson.edu
Dr. Dorothea Martin, Department of History, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. E-mail: martinda@appstate.edu
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
Potential contributors are sought for the 2-volume, 800,000 word Encyclopedia of United States-Latin American Relations scheduled for publication in early January 2008 by the Francis/Taylor group, the reference division of Routledge Publishers.
Interested persons should refer to the project’s website for listing topics, related details, and answers to the most frequently asked questions: http://www.routledge-ny.com/enc/USLatinRelations
For assignment consideration please submit via email a maximum one page vitae (listing relative courses taught and publications) to one of the individuals listed below.
Thomas M. Leonard
Editor
University of North Florida
tleonard@unf.edu
Associate Editors
Jurgen Buchenau
Director, Latin Am. Studies
Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
jbuchena@mail.uncc.edu
Mark Gilderhus
Lyndon B. Johnson Prof.
Texas Christian Univ.
M.Gilderhus@tcu.edu
Kyle Longley
Distinguished Prof.
Arizona State Univ.
Kyle.Longley@asu.edu
“CALL FOR BOOKS” THE 2006-2007 TOYIN FALOLA ATWS AFRICA BOOK AWARD
The Toyin Falola ATWS Africa Book Award, in honor of Toyin Falola, one of Africa’s outstanding historians and intellectuals, was initially given for the best book on Africa published in 2005-2006. The first award was presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of ATWS, November 2-4, 2006, Winston -Salem State University.
Book submissions must be published in 2006 through May 15, 2007. The deadline for the submission of entries is May 31, 2007. The award will not automatically be given each year, but only whenever the committee decides that a book of considerable merit has been submitted. ATWS members are encouraged to enter their publications into the competition. The recipient will receive a plaque, citation, and a $500 cash award
Qualifications are:
Only monographs and studies will be considered. Please do not submit anthologies or edited works.
An individual who wishes to be considered must send a letter of application to the committee chair, Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. 20016-8071. E-mail: bangura@american.edu
Publishers are permitted to nominate an author’s book as long as the above rules are observed.
An individual seeking the award is responsible for sending a copy of his/her book to each member of the committee.
Committee members are:
Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, committee chair, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. 20016-8071. E-mail: bangura@american.edu
Dr. James T. Gire, Department of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450. E-mail: GireJT@vmi.edu
Dr. Jose Arimateia da Cruz, Department of Criminal Justice, Social and Political Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA 31419-1997. E-mail: dacruzjo@mail.armstrong.edu
Dr. Ishmael Munene, Center for Education Excellence, Northern Arizona University, Flagg Staff, AZ 86011-5774. E-mail: Munene@nau.edu
THE ATWS ANNOUNCES THE 2007 ISAACS AWARD COMPETITION
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
At its 2001 meeting the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) instituted The Harold Isaacs Award competition for graduate students. The Award is named in honor of the Association’s founding president and aimed toward supporting research focusing on the various problems facing “Third World” peoples. The Award will be made to the top graduate student paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association. The Award is designed to encourage high quality research and writing among graduate students who have an interest in Third World studies. All candidates MUST have their papers accepted for presentation at the meeting in order to be eligible for the competition AND they must be present at the 2007 ATWS meeting to deliver their paper. The winner will be presented with a $400 check award at the annual meeting’s banquet. Other selected graduate student papers will also be presented with Certificates of Excellence AND they must be present at the 2007 ATWS meeting to deliver their paper.
The selection procedure is as follows: students will submit abstracts of their papers according to established procedures of the Association (see Call for Papers above). Paper submissions MUST follow “Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts” for Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS). Click-on Journal of Third World Studies at http://itc.gsw.edu/atws. Upon acceptance for presentation at the meeting, the student will send three copies of the completed paper to the Education Committee Chair. The deadline for receipt of the papers is 30 SEPTEMBER, 2007. The current chair is Dr. S. Lily Mendoza, Human Communication Studies, 2142 South High St., Denver, Colorado 80208, USA. E-mail: lmendoza@du.edu. Dr. Mendoza and two other ATWS members will compose the Graduate Student Award Selection Subcommittee.
Interested graduate students must submit papers that 1) demonstrate originality in terms of research area and/or interpretation, 2) contribute to the intellectual debates within the subject area in which they are framed, and 3) present well-substantiated arguments. Please note that submissions should be near ready for publication. The winning paper will be published in the Journal of Third World Studies after any revisions suggested by the Review Subcommittee.
MEMBER’S CORNER
Prof. Craig Auchter of Butler University published an article, “Safeguarding the Rama Territory: Towards Autonomous Development through Multiethnic Collaboration,” based on his research with the Rama indigenous, Afro-descendent Creoles and long-time Mestizo inhabitants of Nicaragua’s southern Caribbean Coast as they have sought to ensure their collective territorial land rights, was recently published as a chapter in the bi-lingual volume, El Pueblo Rama: Luchando por Tierra y Cultura, The Rama People: Struggling for Land and Culture, edited by Miguel Gonzalez, Svein Jentoft, Arja Koskinen and Diala Lopez (Managua: URACCAN, 2006).
Prof. Abul Bangura informs the members: that his former graduate student and winner of the 2005 Harold Isaacs Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Nathaniel Kwabo, has been appointed the Executive Director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commision for Liberia. Please let us support and pray for Nathaniel to be able to bring peace to Liberia as Archbishop Desmond Tutu did for South Africa.
Prof. Tom Leonard reports his scholarship as follows: Publication: Thomas M. Leonard and John F. Bratzel, Latin America During World War II Boulder, Co.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006; Participation: seminar on “Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy,”- 18 academics from the US, Britain, Australia and Germany, participated in a week long seminar in June 2006 at China’s Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, China ( The University is an agency of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and its primary function is the training of diplomats); presented a paper, “The failure of Globalization and the Emergence of Latin America’s New Left, ” 10th annual meeting of South Korea’s Latin American Study Group September 2006. UNF’s International Studies Program and its Faculty Fulbright Chapter in October 2006 sponsored lecture entitled “The U.S. and Latin America’s Leftist Governments” by former US Ambassador, Thomas J. Dodd (Uruguay and Costa Rica). Awards received: University of North Florida international Leadership Award, May 2006.
Prof. Hanchao Lu, Professor of History at Georgia Tech’s School of History, Technology, and Society, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS), a national organization affiliated with the American Historical Association (AHA), during it’s annual meeting held here in Atlanta. The award recognizes his contributions as editor of the Chinese Historical Review, a fully refereed and vigorously edited transnational journal of history and published by CHUS. The journal publishes original research on the history of China in every Period, China’s historical relations with the world, the historical experiences of the overseas Chinese, as well as comparative studies of history.
Prof. Saneta Maiko, an adjunct Professor of African History and Islamic Studies at Concordia University-Wisconsin-Fort Wayne Center, is about to finish his Ph.D. research work titled, “The Impact of Slavery, Colonialism and Tribal Resistance on Foreign Methodist Mission work in Kenya 1862-1967”. His forthcoming book is titled “Youth, Faith and Culture: Contemporary Theories and Practices of Youth Ministry” and several of his research articles have appeared in the Journal of youth Ministry, The Journal of Youth and Theology and the Local Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Professor Paul Magnarella, has assumed the position of Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC). He has recently published the following: “Protecting Indigenous Peoples,” Human Rights and Human Welfare, vol. 5, pp. 124-135 (2005), five articles in the Encyclopedia of the Developing World Vol. 1-3. New York/London: Routledge, 2005. “Human Rights: Definitions and Violations,” pp. 777-784, “Military and Human Rights,” pp. 1638-1639. “United Nations University,” pp. 1633, Turkish-American Intellectual Exchange and Community Research in Turkey (1930-1980), Turkish Studies Journal v. 27, Nos. 1-2 (2003) pp. 69-89. (Actually published in June, 2006), and the Hutu-Tutsi Conflict in Rwanda, In Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict (S.C. Saha, ed) New York/Oxford: Lexington Books, 2006, pp. 107-131.
Prof. J. Patrice McSherry, Associate Editor for Latin American sections of JTWS, was promoted to full professor last year. Her second book, Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America, was listed as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2006.
Prof. Guy Martin was awarded the 2005 Lawrence Dunbar Reddick Memoprial Scholarship Award for the best article on Africa published in the Journal of Third World Studies (“The West, Natural Resources and Population Control Policies in Africa in Historical Perspective,” Journal of Third World Studies vol. 22, no. 1/Spring 2005). This Award was formally present to Guy—in the form of a laminated plaque—on November 3rd, 2006 during the dinner on the occasion of the 24th ATWS annual meeting on the campus of Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Prof. Donald Simmons, former ATWS President, joined the faculty of Dakota Wesleyan University during the Fall semester as Associate Professor of Leadership and Public Service and the founding director of the George McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service. President Bill Clinton and Senator Bob Dole were on hand in October to dedicate the new library.
Prof. Sharifah Munirah Alatas, with extreme regret, informs you, that Dr. Syed Hussein Alatas passed away January 23rd, at 9:15pm in Kuala Lumpur. He was 79. He was a very well known sociologist who studied corruption in developing societies.
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