African Studies

CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

About the Center
The Center for African Studies promotes excellence in teaching and research on Africa in all the disciplines at the University of Florida. The Center also disseminates knowledge about Africa to the wider community through an integrated outreach program to schools, colleges, community groups, and businesses. Central to this mission is sustaining contacts and expanding interactive linkages with individuals and institutions on the African continent. In addition to undergraduate education, the Center promotes and supports graduate studies as essential for the development of a continuing community of Africanist scholars.

The Center has over 100 affiliated teaching and research faculty in a wide variety of fields, including: languages, the humanities, the social sciences, agriculture, business, engineering, education, fine arts, environmental studies and conservation, journalism, and law. A number of faculty members with appointments wholly or partially within the Center have facilitated the development of a core curriculum in African Studies in support of the undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs.

A full-time Outreach Director oversees an active program that provides ongoing training opportunities for K-12 teachers and educators from postsecondary institutions as well as outreach for business, media, and community groups.

CAS is funded in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center Grant which supports research, teaching, outreach, and development of international linkages. It is the only National Resource Center for Africa located in the southeastern US, and the only one in a sub-tropical zone.

The Center thus plays a pivotal role in addressing issues critical for understanding Africa in the global context. At a time when the University of Florida is expanding its international dimension, a major component of the Center for African Studies' mission is to work with the rest of the University in promoting Africa-related programs on the campus and beyond.

INTENSIVE YORUBA IN NIGERIA
FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD
JUNE 18 - AUGUST 15, 2009


An Intensive Advanced Yoruba Group Projects Abroad (hereafter Yoruba GPA) for summer 2009 is planned for Nigeria. The course will be held on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and directed by Dr Akíntúndé Akínyemí of the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Florida in Gainesville, through the university’s Center for African Studies.

The Fulbright-Hays GPA fellowship covers:

* round trip airfare from New York to Lagos

* program related transportation in Nigeria

* maintenance allowance for housing and food, cost of instruction and educational materials

The fellowship does not cover:

* $1000 program fee

*transportation from participant’s home institution to New York City and return

*passport and visa processing fees, inoculations and other health care travel

Students will be expected to travel to Nigeria and return as a group. In the likely event that the program will only be able to provide participants with special group-rate (non-changeable, non-refundable) tickets, travel will only be possible on the selected dates. Any changes in reservation and travel dates and costs connected with them will be the responsibility of the student. Final travel dates will be announced at a later date.

Application Deadline: February 27, 2009
Click here for application procedures and forms
For further information or consultation, please contact:


Dr. Akintunde Akínyemí, Program Director
E-mail: akinyemi@aall.ufl.edu

African & Asian Languages & Literatures | 301 Pugh Hall | Gainesville, FL 32611 | (352) 392-7082