Call for Papers: Mid-America Alliance for African Studies, 09/00

The Mid-America Alliance for African Studies will host a conference at Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS) Sept. 30, 2000. Founded in 1995 at the University of Kansas, MAAAS is an organization for the promotion of African Studies in mid-America. It is open to all with an interest in scholarship and teaching within an African Studies focus.

General Theme: Africa and its environment.

Deadlines: proposals for sessions and abstracts March 1

registration Sept. 7

Sessions: possible framework

economy, political sciences, agriculture and forestry, history, literature and the arts, veterinary and animal sciences.

Contributions could be: papers of 20 min., round tables, panel discussions or any other format.

For more information:

Claire L. Dehon

Department of Modern Languages

Eisenhower Hal

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS 66506

email dehoncl@ksu.edu

tel 785 532 1929; fax 785 532 7004