tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88130723662593288212024-03-16T14:51:19.493-04:00ỌfọdunkaArt. Life. PoliticsChika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.comBlogger612125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-44664694998365000732024-03-11T08:32:00.002-04:002024-03-11T08:40:32.964-04:00Two-Year Funded International Fellowship in UK Institutions<p>The International Fellowships Programme provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders. Each award is expected to involve a specific and protected research focus with the award holder undertaking high quality, original research.</p><p>This scheme is jointly run by the <a href="https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/">British Academy</a> and the <a href="https://royalsociety.org/">Royal Society</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Aims</span></b></p><p>The overarching aim of the International Fellowships Programme is to attract and retain emerging talent in the UK and build a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. The objectives are to:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Attract talented international early career researchers to establish and conduct their research in the UK;</li><li>Support early career researchers to pursue high-quality and innovative lines of research;</li><li>Provide opportunities to acquire and transfer new skills and knowledge through training and career development;</li><li>Foster long-term relationships through networking opportunities and the International Fellowships alumni programme.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Eligibility Requirements</span></b></p><p>The applicant must:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Have a PhD, or applicants in the final stages of their PhD will be accepted provided that the PhD will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the Fellowship. Confirmation of award of the PhD will be required before any Fellowship award is confirmed.</li><li>Applicants should have no more than seven years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).</li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Be working outside the UK.</li><li>Not hold UK citizenship.</li><li>Be competent in oral and written English.</li><li>Have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host researcher.</li></ul><p></p><p>Applicants should ensure that they meet all the eligibility requirements, which are explained in the scheme notes.</p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Duration and Value of Award</span></b></p><p>The International Fellowships offer support for two years and the award is offered at 80% FEC. Applicants may apply for research expenses of up to £12,000 and relocation costs of up to £8,000. Applicants will need to justify the level of research expenses and relocation costs requested in their application.</p><p>Applicants may also be eligible to receive Alumni funding following the tenure of their Fellowship to support networking activities with UK-based or international researchers.</p><p>To Apply: <a href="https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/international-fellowships/">Click HERE</a></p><div><br /></div><p data-block-key="tikvs" style="--transition-duration: 300ms; background-color: white; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Tiempos Text Regular", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-73203817511999250492023-12-21T12:02:00.001-05:002023-12-25T10:04:24.476-05:00Postdocs in African Studies @Princeton<p> </p><div class="page-header" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 20px 0px; padding-bottom: 9px;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 36px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px 0px 10px;">Application for Postdoctoral Research Associate, Program in African Studies @Princeton</h1></div><pre class="listing-description linkable" style="border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.42857; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 0px; text-wrap: wrap; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: white;">The Program in African Studies (PAS) at Princeton University invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate or more senior research positions for the 2024-2025 academic year. Up to two appointments will be made to exceptional recent PhDs in the humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary environmental science or engineering, with a focus on African thought, art, media, activism, conservation, economics, urban and rural communities, post-colonialism, and other research related to the African continent and its diaspora. Appointments at the Postdoctoral Research Associate rank will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year based on performance and availability of funding. The appointments will be made through the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). Applicants must demonstrate outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. These positions are open only to scholars who earned a PhD after September 30, 2018 and who do not currently hold a tenure-track or permanent academic position.
Responsibilities include teaching (one semester-long course per year) and active collaboration in research, discussions, and scholarly events within PAS and PIIRS. In addition, the successful candidate may have the opportunity to advise students in their area of expertise or related areas. When teaching, the successful candidate will carry a secondary teaching rank. Any teaching role is contingent on sufficient course enrollment and prior approval from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.
In addition to salary and benefits, the program will provide a research fund in the amount of $3,000 per year and office space. Position anticipated start date is 9/1/2024.
Applicants must apply online at <a class="linkified" href="https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/33121" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/33121</a>. The following application items are required and should be uploaded by the applicant:
* Cover letter
* Curriculum vitae
* Dissertation abstract
* Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published article related to the dissertation topic
* Research proposal
* Two course proposals
* Details of prior courses taught and evaluation results if available
* Document confirming your completion of all requirements for the PhD degree
* Names and email addresses for three references. References will be contacted only for those who advance to the short list of candidates.
For fullest consideration applicants should apply by February 1, 2024 11:59 (EST. Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only final candidates will be contacted. Further information about The Program in African Studies can be found at: <a class="linkified" href="http://piirs.princeton.edu/afs" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://piirs.princeton.edu/afs</a>.
Questions about the application process for this position may be directed to Fiona Romaine, <a class="linkified" href="mailto:fromaine@princeton.edu" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fromaine@princeton.edu</a>.
This position is subject to the University's background check policy. The work location for this position is in-person on campus at Princeton University.
Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.</span></pre><span style="color: white;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><small style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11.9px;">Requisition No: D-24-PII-00006</small></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"></span>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-4262414639595092982023-08-26T13:27:00.005-04:002023-08-26T13:27:47.645-04:00On the Theft of British Museum Artefacts: My interview on CGTN today, Aug. 26, 2023<p> In the wake of the <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-demands-return-of-benin-bronzes-after-thefts-from-british-museum-12946236">massive theft of artifacts</a> by staff of the British Museum, I was on CGTN live TV today for a chat on the implications for the restitution movement of this unfolding scandal that has seen the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66621006">resignation of the BM Director Hartwig Fischer</a>, and arrest of at least one staff member. </p><p>Here's the live interview on YouTube:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yc7JZ1tLNXM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Yc7JZ1tLNXM"></iframe></div><br /><br /><p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-73124604290057963072023-08-17T15:12:00.001-04:002023-08-17T15:12:44.799-04:00Chinua Achebe Symposium and Memorial Celebration, @Princeton, Sept. 29-30<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Princeton University’s Africa World Initiative and Program in African Studies are hosting the Chinua Achebe Symposium and 10th Anniversary Memorial celebration on September 29th and 30th.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">The symposium</span></b> on September 29, with an international cast of senior and emerging scholars, marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Achebe’s blistering political treatise The Trouble with Nigeria. Three panels will examine new directions in Achebe studies, the politics of canonicity, and African literatures in the age of historical reckonings, while a roundtable discussion focuses on leadership and statecraft in Nigeria and Africa.</span></p><div><u>Conference Participants:</u></div>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Portia Owusu</b> –
Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="FR">Jeanne-Marie Jackson</span></b><span lang="FR"> – Johns Hopkins University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Kwabena
Opoku-Agyemang</b> – University of Ghana <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Sarah Duff</b> –
Colby College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Chielozona Eze</b>
– Carleton College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Simon Gikandi</b>
– Princeton University <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Juliana Makuchi
Nfah-Abbenyi</b> – NC State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Ranka Primorac</b>
– University of Southampton <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Meg Arenberg</b> –
The Africa Institute, Sharjah <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Terri Ochiagha</b>
– University of Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Simukai Chigudu</b>
– University of Oxford<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Ainehi Edoro</b> –
University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Mukoma wa Ngugi</b>
– Cornell University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Maik Nwosu</b> –
University of Denver-Colorado<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Hannah Essien</b>
– Princeton University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Chris Abani</b> –
Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Obi Nwakanma</b> –
University of Central Florida<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Anthonia Kalu</b>
– University of California-Riverside <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Wale Lawal</b> – Editor,
<i>The Republic</i>, Lagos <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Adeleke Adeeko</b>
– The Ohio University</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* Symposium Advisory Committee: Christopher Okonkwo
(Florida State University, Chair), Ato Quayson (Stanford University), Terri
Ochiagha (University of Edinburgh), Grace Musila (University of the Witwatersrand)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The memorial
celebration</b></span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">on September 30<sup>th</sup> will be graced by His Royal
Majesty, <b>Igwe Alex Onyido</b>, the
Monarch of Ogidi Kingdom in Nigeria, and will feature tributes by <b>Toyin Falola</b>, <b>Simon Gikandi</b>, <b>Richard Joseph</b>,
<b>Anthonia Kalu</b>, <b>Sonia Sanchez</b>, and <b>Obiora
Udechukwu</b>; readings by <b>Patrice
Nganang</b> and <b>Chika Unigwe</b>, as
well as a presentation by Dorobucci Dance Company, a solo mbira performance by
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, and the Eme & Heteru Afro-roots Band.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both events are open to the public. Registration information will follow soon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-81162822406282820422023-07-20T02:37:00.002-04:002023-07-20T02:37:37.520-04:00Call for Applications: The Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, University of Ghana<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The University of Ghana, Legon, is pleased to invite
applications for the position of Occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African
Studies, to begin 1st August 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies was established
at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, in honour of Dr Kwame
Nkrumah, Pan-African luminary and Ghana’s first president, for his
contributions to the intellectual life of the African World, and for his projection
of Africa on the world stage.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates in
any discipline relevant to the study and understanding of Africa. The
successful Applicant will be a scholar or public figure who has a strong
understanding of African/Africana/pan-African Studies. The applicant should
have a strong research and publishing record and should have attained
distinction in his or her discipline. He or she may also be a public
intellectual or artist well-versed in the indigenous knowledge and cultures of
Africa.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Responsibilities</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applicants should be committed to pursuing their own
research agendas, collaborating and sharing their expertise with other
researchers, and developing interdisciplinary exchanges.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, applicants should be ready to demonstrate
strong community engagement and linkages in their research agenda and other
activities during the period.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Specifically, the Chair will be expected to:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Deliver public lectures, including an inaugural lecture,
which the University will publish;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Conduct research and/or create and establish a social or
cultural project;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Establish an active community linkage that strengthens the
intellectual and cultural relevance of Pan-Africanism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Produce a publishable manuscript on the research emanating
from the tenure, where appropriate;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Prepare a report detailing the results achieved at the end
of the tenure period;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Assist the University to mobilize resources to grow the
endowment for the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Lead in the organization of the Biennial Kwame Nkrumah
Intellectual and Cultural Festival Conference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Conditions</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Appointments will typically be for one academic year (August
1 – July 31) but with the possibility of extension for a second year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salary will depend on the qualifications and experience of
the successful applicant but will typically be at the level of Professor
(disclosure upon shortlisting). The Chair will also be provided with:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Return ticket or equivalent from his/her location to
Accra.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Airport pick up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Office accommodation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· A Research Assistant and/or other support staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· Accommodation and medical insurance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">· A research grant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An applicant is required to submit the complete application
dossier to the Registrar, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra,
Ghana (Hardcopy) or (Soft
Copy).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The application pack should contain the following:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Completed application form for Senior Level Administrative
Positions (UAB Form 1C) to be downloaded from the University’s website at <a href="http://www.ug.edu.gh/hrodd" target="_blank">www.ug.edu.gh/hrodd</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a cover letter expressing interest,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a curriculum vitae,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a proposal for the programme of work to be carried out
during the period of the tenure (maximum five pages).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and they may
be invited for a face-to-face interview.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Closing date: 30 September 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For further information contact: <a href=" https://www.ug.edu.gh/announcements/call-applications-kwame-nkrumah-chair-african-studies-2">visit website</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: +233 (0)302-213820/213850 extension 2153/2051<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">REGISTRAR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">17th July 2023<o:p></o:p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-23239440133263675832023-04-05T21:08:00.000-04:002023-04-05T21:08:00.216-04:00Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate in African Language Technologies<p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) and the African Humanities Colloquium at Princeton University invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate, or more senior researcher, in African Language Technologies. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We seek an innovative, multidisciplinary scholar to join the Princeton community and contribute to data-driven and computational humanities initiatives on campus. The scholar will spend 50% of their time on their own digital humanities research project. During the other 50% of their time, they will participate in a new multidisciplinary initiative to create data and tools for machine learning for African languages. Candidates with a background in linguistics, natural language processing, and/or computational humanities, and competence in at least one African language, are encouraged to apply. Scholars will be embedded in the CDH and will have the chance to participate in Center initiatives and activities - such as colloquia, discussion groups, and events - that align with their skills and interests.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Postdoctoral Research Associate may have the option to teach one or two courses per year during their appointment, subject to sufficient enrollments and with the approval of the Dean of the Faculty. If teaching, they will carry the additional title of Lecturer, and their project-related responsibilities will be reduced accordingly.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A successful candidate must show expertise in their disciplinary field, have a broad knowledge of the methods, tools, and trends in digital humanities, and demonstrate a nuanced understanding of how the emergence of new technologies intersects with humanistic inquiry. Promising candidates must show commitment to teaching, and must have skill and interest in supporting students and colleagues in computational or data-intensive humanities work. They must have the ability to work collaboratively, and have excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The term is anticipated to start on or about July 2023. Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance and continued funding. This appointment will be processed through the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Candidates should have or expect to have a Ph.D. by the start date. Untenured scholars with fewer than four years of postdoctoral experience are eligible to apply.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please contact <a href="mailto:cdh-info@princeton.edu">cdh-info@princeton.edu</a> with any questions about this position.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Applicants must apply online at <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/29802 ">https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/29802 </a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Applications submitted by May 7, 2023 will receive priority. All applications should include: (1) a cover letter; (2) the title and summary (200 words) of your proposed independent digital humanities research project; (3) a curriculum vitae; (4) a sample syllabus for an undergraduate data-driven or computational humanities course in your field; and (5) three letters of reference. This position is subject to the University's background check policy.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Requisition No: D-23-LIB-00010</span></span></p><p><br /></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-64746748991612858882023-03-15T08:12:00.001-04:002023-03-15T08:13:53.263-04:00EMOWAA Appoints Chika Okeke-Agulu and Aindrea Emelife<div><br></div><div><i>To strengthen the focus on Modern and Contemporary Art, the museum appoints Chika Okeke-Agulu as senior advisor and Aindrea Emelife as curator.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>The EMOWAA (Edo Museum of West African Art) Trust announces the appointments of Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu, Nigerian art historian and Professor of African and African Diaspora Art at and Director of the Program of African Studies at Princeton University and Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford University, as Senior Advisor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Nigerian-British curator Aindrea Emelife as the new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking on the need to support West African contemporary art as well as cultural heritage, EMOWAA Executive Director Phillip Ihenacho said, “One of the key challenges for museums and heritage institutions in Africa is relevancy to contemporary African society. We need to build infrastructure and programming to celebrate the rich traditions of the past, but also connect to the present arts scene and invest in the skills and knowledge that enable opportunities for contemporary creatives and heritage professionals.”</div><div><br></div><div>The appointments of Emelife and Professor Okeke-Agulu support EMOWAA’s goal of creating a world-class museum, research, and education complex connecting West Africa’s ancient heritage to its thriving contemporary culture.</div><div><br></div><div>As EMOWAA’s Modern and Contemporary team, Professor Okeke-Agulu and Emelife will focus on:</div><div><br></div><div>advancing the field of academic research in contemporary and modern West African Arts</div><div>developing the collection strategy for EMOWAA</div><div>building the curatorial framework for the creative district EMOWAA is developing in the heart of Benin City</div><div>and generating new, multi-faceted narratives and interpretations of West African art and history.</div><div>Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu is an artist, critic and art historian who specialises in indigenous, modern, and contemporary African and African Diaspora art history and theory. Born in Umuahia, Nigeria, Professor Okeke-Agulu earned an MFA (Painting) from the University of Nigeria and a PhD (Art History) from Emory University. He has spent much of his career working at several institutions around the world and currently serves as the Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies as well as the Director, Program in African Studies and Director, Africa World Initiative at Princeton University. He is also the current Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford University 2022/23.</div><div><br></div><div>Professor Okeke-Agulu has co-organised a number of exhibitions, such as Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts at the Princeton University Art Museum (2022) and (with Okwui Enwezor) the travelling survey El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale at the Haus der Kunst, Munich (2019). His many other exhibitions include Who Knows Tomorrow (Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2010); the Fifth Gwangju Biennale (2004); The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945–1994 (Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 2001); Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa (Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1995); and the Nigerian section of the First Johannesburg Biennale (1995). He is on the curatorial team of the Sharjah Biennial (2023).</div><div><br></div><div>Chika Okeke-Agulu said, “A project like EMOWAA is long overdue. It has become imperative that we find a way to study, appreciate and celebrate contemporary and modern art from the African continent, on the African continent. It is exciting to join EMOWAA and play a part advising on how we can develop new institutional infrastructure to support advanced knowledge and appreciation of the role of art and artists in connecting our rich cultural histories to who and where we are today.”</div><div><br></div><div>Emelife, prior to joining EMOWAA, studied History of Art to post-graduate level at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. As a curator and art historian, she has led a number of high-profile projects with a focus on modern and contemporary art, dedicating her focus to questions around colonial and decolonial histories in Africa, transnationalism and the politics of representation. Recent exhibitions include Black Venus, a survey of the legacy of the Black woman in visual culture, which opened at Fotografiska NY in 2022 and will tour to MOAD (San Francisco, USA) in early April and Somerset House (London, UK) this July. Emelife’s first book, A Brief History of Protest Art, was published by Tate in March 2022 and she is currently working on her second book with Thames & Hudson, which debuts in 2024. She has contributed essays to several publications, most recently Revisiting Modern British Art (Lund Humphries, 2022). In 2021, Emelife was appointed to the Mayor of London’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm. Emelife is a Trustee of New Curators.</div><div><br></div><div>Aindrea Emelife said, “One of my principal goals as EMOWAA’s newly appointed Curator, Modern and Contemporary is to build on the efforts to tell our stories and the intricate connections and links that exists – starting with Nigerian Modernism and boldly reaching to the many corners of West African Modern and Contemporary Art history, yet to be developed and yet to discover. I am honoured to be part of building the legacy of Modern and Contemporary African and Diaspora Art.”</div>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-49121373289696847742023-02-21T12:00:00.000-05:002023-02-21T12:00:08.356-05:00Slade Lectures 2023: Lecture 4: Prison Drawing: Ibrahim El Salahi in Al Nimeiry’s Sudan, 1970s<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5dNkAOiQeqQb3K5U675uuKL-AwGqG1HQJC6akM6gnV48PeQgzzHS51sA8nqfi_IWpiHrqjLjvV8GwsodoiH6_RZr6YJ4oVP1EpTcv0_sjjDHfWQ2-3YbBnLaA-YxvWOoKBTuoFPeqr8De46SZq8s6D0XNskRMfudsP1fl1lRYL_ongUHtlO6kdAe_cg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5dNkAOiQeqQb3K5U675uuKL-AwGqG1HQJC6akM6gnV48PeQgzzHS51sA8nqfi_IWpiHrqjLjvV8GwsodoiH6_RZr6YJ4oVP1EpTcv0_sjjDHfWQ2-3YbBnLaA-YxvWOoKBTuoFPeqr8De46SZq8s6D0XNskRMfudsP1fl1lRYL_ongUHtlO6kdAe_cg=w350-h350" width="350" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Two years after its political independence from Egypt and Britain in 1956, Sudan witnessed the first of many military coups that have been a recurring feature of the country’s postcolonial history. In this lecture, I focus on the calligraphic figuration of Ibrahim El Salahi (b. 1930), the country’s leading modernist and one-time political prisoner. I show how the sophisticated formalism of Salahi’s drawings constituted a meditative critique of General Jaafar Al Nimeiry’s dictatorship (1969-1985), which survived multiple coups d’état, by stoking religious and ethnic crises, and systematic suppression of all political opposition.</p><p>To listen, click <a href="https://hoa.web.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lecture-series-2023-2">HERE</a>:<br />.</p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-48490177779300710482023-02-21T11:53:00.003-05:002023-02-21T11:54:58.185-05:00 Slade Lectures 2023: Lecture 3: "To speak in Parables: Dumile Feni in Hendrik Verwoerd’s South Africa, 1960s"<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgycGXIOMqCQ8e45iO_xr4ZdvcSlK8-WKnSw4vdAB4fQ5CyjgfjniJzRCaOodo5DY1o1RWq71-i1D5sdZVhCWPK_ZRGiryO7nmvU9Ff_PVf3onkCIsLo4zjMPqR1ZCKTfhJQ2VmyWBrXwrWnO2HHiqPLskCc8mwnLVkciqNDH8ekXldQON_Qv8kkroWZg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgycGXIOMqCQ8e45iO_xr4ZdvcSlK8-WKnSw4vdAB4fQ5CyjgfjniJzRCaOodo5DY1o1RWq71-i1D5sdZVhCWPK_ZRGiryO7nmvU9Ff_PVf3onkCIsLo4zjMPqR1ZCKTfhJQ2VmyWBrXwrWnO2HHiqPLskCc8mwnLVkciqNDH8ekXldQON_Qv8kkroWZg=w300-h300" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In this lecture I examine art and politics in 1960s South Africa, paying particular attention to Hendrik Verwoerd, the self-styled “Great Induna,” and architect of Apartheid, whose assassination in 1966 slowed the triumphant march of Afrikaner racist ideology. I consider how Verwoerd’s total control of the political space and violent suppression of black resistance created the environment for the emergence of Dumile Feni (1942-1991) who was called “Goya of the Townships” because of his enigmatic, disturbing, and supposedly apolitical drawings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To listen click <a href="https://hoa.web.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lecture-series-2023-1">HERE</a>:</div><p></p><br />Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-55987639272783478292023-02-05T16:31:00.003-05:002023-02-21T12:02:42.117-05:00Slade Lectures 2023: Lecture 2: "Gazbia Sirry and Egyptian Artists in The Nasserite State, 1950s-1960s" podcast<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf4DV6XikT_LBoh3VTUADDi4gSa7nVG7hTBmNnZwNsVl-WSjDW29y66wx0iipaHErCBcugc9TAkYnzPA3RaZ9hYM1Vy8bnYQOxASFZ_ZN2BGPdf9UL5wIqXd2Cq6joFbOXuYISeIdbXRXeizU4pouys_10jyvbjwsfabRVbdlA8Y8DpE4a11vB4dTTg/s3336/2_Slade%20Lecture%2025%20JAN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3336" data-original-width="3336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgf4DV6XikT_LBoh3VTUADDi4gSa7nVG7hTBmNnZwNsVl-WSjDW29y66wx0iipaHErCBcugc9TAkYnzPA3RaZ9hYM1Vy8bnYQOxASFZ_ZN2BGPdf9UL5wIqXd2Cq6joFbOXuYISeIdbXRXeizU4pouys_10jyvbjwsfabRVbdlA8Y8DpE4a11vB4dTTg/s320/2_Slade%20Lecture%2025%20JAN.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In this lecture, I focus on the work of Gazbia Sirry (1924-2019), to illustrate how leading modernist artists were, in the wake of the 1952 Free Officers Revolution, swayed by Gamal Abdel Nasser’s charisma, putting their art in the service of his brand of Egyptian nationalism and Pan-Arabist ideology. But how did Sirry respond to Nasser’s increasingly strongman regime and the devastating outcome of the 1967 War? We follow the formal and tonal shifts in Sirry’s work as it responded to, and was shaped by Nasser’s and post-revolutionary Egypt’s political fortunes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lecture-series-2023-0">HERE</a> to listen to the Lecture</div><br /><p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-31340621314609704142023-02-05T16:27:00.003-05:002023-02-21T12:06:28.480-05:00Slade Lectures 2023: Lecture 1: "African Artists in the Age of the Big Man" podcast<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTIIGbr0GjELxm0sOGkXyM22v1crziMetcI7pKMthEbMOU-BP2AzUleQb00Mqc3sSN86gHusAAupCzvcs1gspcfYxMA42MTdmAzNgxen4W6uHAQLtE51QacsWzqBCUNcwspUKDm_NY71Ywfg_uquG97fCmlgrj3elwEiRjX-leMFPHuFWQXDPTAXKKQ/s3336/1_Slade%20Lecture%2018%20JAN.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3336" data-original-width="3336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTIIGbr0GjELxm0sOGkXyM22v1crziMetcI7pKMthEbMOU-BP2AzUleQb00Mqc3sSN86gHusAAupCzvcs1gspcfYxMA42MTdmAzNgxen4W6uHAQLtE51QacsWzqBCUNcwspUKDm_NY71Ywfg_uquG97fCmlgrj3elwEiRjX-leMFPHuFWQXDPTAXKKQ/s320/1_Slade%20Lecture%2018%20JAN.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>African Artists in the Age of the Big Man</p><p><br /></p><p>In these lectures, I present five artists whose work exemplifies the difficult relationship of art and power as Africa's decolonization gave way to the emergence of undemocratic polities ruled by charismatic and repressive strongmen, in the second half of the twentieth century. I argue that these artists developed new artistic forms through which they established themselves among the most articulate critical voices of their day. Moreover, by examining the relationship of art and strong-man politics, I reflect on power and critical culture, and I juxtapose art’s imaginative ambitions with its limits and possibilities as a platform for a critique of and resistance to regimes of domination in late 20th-century Africa. In the introductory lecture, I explore the concept of the “big man” as the pervasive figure of power in Africa decades after political independence. I also trace the diverse resonances and manifestations of the big man figure in the work of contemporary African artists and writers. Finally, I consider the shift among modern African artists during this same period from articulating positive national culture to analysis and critique of emergent forms of autocracy and illiberal governance".</p><p>Click <a href="https://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-lectures-2022">HERE</a> to listen to the lecture</p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-36911176957387196082022-12-08T10:26:00.001-05:002022-12-08T10:26:41.683-05:00Assistant Director, Africa World Initiative @ Princeton University<p> </p><div class="container-fluid iCIMS_JobsTable" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="row" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -7px; margin-right: -8px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col-xs-12 title" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 710px;"><div id="iCIMS_Header" style="box-sizing: border-box;" tabindex="-1"><h1 class="iCIMS_Header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px;">Assistant Director, Africa World Initiative</h1></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 header left" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 14px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 355px;"><span class="sr-only field-label" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;">Requisition #</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">2022-15993</span></div><div class="col-xs-6 header right" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 14px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 7px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 4px 8px;"><dt class="iCIMS_JobHeaderField" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.42857; margin-right: 5px;">Department</dt> <dd class="iCIMS_JobHeaderData" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Provost</span></dd></div> <div class="iCIMS_JobHeaderTag" style="background-color: #eaf7f8; border-radius: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 7px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 4px 8px;"><dt class="iCIMS_JobHeaderField" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.42857; margin-right: 5px;">Category</dt> <dd class="iCIMS_JobHeaderData" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Academic Administration</span></dd></div> <div class="iCIMS_JobHeaderTag" style="background-color: #eaf7f8; border-radius: 3px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 7px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 4px 8px;"><dt class="iCIMS_JobHeaderField" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.42857; margin-right: 5px;">Job Type</dt> <dd class="iCIMS_JobHeaderData" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full-Time</span></dd></div></dl></div></div></div><h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px;">Overview</span></h2><div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Africa World Initiative (AW) seeks a highly motivated and committed professional to join its office. The Assistant Director will work under the leadership of the Director of AW to support and establish African Research and programing on campus. The Assistant Director will oversee the administrative and logistical needs of this newly established unit. This position will be responsible for managing as many as five research hubs, budgets, communications, annual reports, Advisory Council meetings, web development, marquee events, fellowships, and research opportunities.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">The primary purpose of the position is to facilitate the mission of AW as defined by its Director. The Assistant Director will provide excellent service to a variety of constituents (i.e., students, alumni, faculty, staff, and guests) while coordinating logistics, assigning and managing projects, and supervising and evaluating three or more AW staff members. The Assistant Director will develop, monitor, delegate and review specific projects and events. AW programs and activities on Africa range across science, technology, social sciences, arts and humanities, entrepreneurship and digital humanities.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">This position provides a unique opportunity to positively impact a broad range of new and established programs and services offered by the African World Initiative. This role requires deep and current knowledge of University policies, and priorities to best represent the University and assist campus personnel and external partnerships engaging in Africa-related work. This position requires a proactive attitude with problem-solving skills.</span></p></div></div></div><h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px;">Responsibilities</span></h2><div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Managing the AWI Administration and Logistics</u></strong>:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Provide leadership and supervision of staff members and fellows.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Act as a liaison to faculty and visiting faculty administration.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Oversight of the budget for AWI.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Producing annual reports for the Director of AWI.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Organizing the logistics for the advisory council, marquee lectures and conferences for AWI.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Collaboration and relationship management</u></strong></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Manage relationship with PAS and PIIRS</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Manage Research Initiatives and opportunities, including AW research hubs.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Assist director in strategic plans, new programs and general success and growth of AWI.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Coordinating campus-wide and external partnerships. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Oversee funding and sponsorship initiatives.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Oversee AWI communications and public engagement.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p></div></div></div><h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px;">Qualifications</span></h2><div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212721; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 20px !important;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box;">Essential qualifications</u></strong></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of related experience.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Extensive knowledge about and experience with managing Africa-related program and initiatives in research universities or equivalent institutions.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Strong organizational and project management skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail partnered with the ability to think strategically.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and persuasively, especially in writing.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt;">Ability to build and maintain effective relationships; influence and persuade without direct authority; and establish collaborative partnerships within and outside the University.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;">Princeton University is an <a href="https://rrr.princeton.edu/eop" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer</a> and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">KNOW YOUR RIGHTS</a></p></div></div></div>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-1359711276267740342022-10-25T17:12:00.001-04:002022-10-25T17:12:48.641-04:00Repatriation Movement Heats Up!<p> There is no question that the Repatriation Movement is heating up. The campaign for the return of African cultural heritage looted from the continent during the colonial era by rapacious agents of empire took decades to gain steam. Now there is no going back! Little by little, one crucial step at a time, led in significant ways by the <a href="https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/ethnologisches-museum/collection-research/benin-collection/">government of Germany</a> in Europe and the <a href="https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-returns-29-benin-bronzes-national-commission-museums-and-monuments">Smithsonian</a> in the US. Those who think that this campaign will simply fade away, as did earlier ones, are in for a different reality: the campaigners are in for the long haul, and there is enough air in their lungs to keep calling out the defenders of Empire's crimes 70 x 7 years to come. </p><p>In the meantime, I appreciate the gestures and actions of colleagues and officials in France, Germany, the UK, and the US who have steered their institutions to commit to the return of looted artifacts in their holdings, like the staff at <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/londons-horniman-museum-return-benin-bronzes-nigeria-2022-08-07/">Horniman</a>. This includes frankly folks at the British Museum who must have to deal with the politics of Britain's new culture-warriors-in-government, like its former Culture Secretary, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a> MP who in this interview with BBC4 claims that he "loves Benin Bronzes", while defending, with a tremulous voice, why the looted Benin artifacts detained by the British Museum will not be returned. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzz68nsWJvT1bOuNVgf0D2VkLY9sOh-MFz_HaSMjXjVOcWuAMlyG3YFAn0ZBwlW5dKobfL2ustJ_19VuekKEw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite the position of these government types and their sympathizers in the art industry, one thing is certain. They are on the wrong side of history, stricken by the disease of colonial nostalgia. Time will tell.</div><p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-31069614401554630202022-07-25T00:00:00.002-04:002022-07-25T00:00:25.285-04:00<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKyLiAnhx1SDRjwY4z0vv08PlKxfc9qyAOol8KMRhBI6-6YTiR-AiNFdooZXvezfRNMmh837LkDhCLLVGyiOYD9e1H5pR8fK-GW9Pb3WJ12FiQiTruzmoLwTbmsDP9QBldqTnTR9KyV6GdpWDVS9ombo9jV91HZlgsVJEy1XvC1TuokUxpZSbve_Mpg/s1024/FSZ8DOkp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKyLiAnhx1SDRjwY4z0vv08PlKxfc9qyAOol8KMRhBI6-6YTiR-AiNFdooZXvezfRNMmh837LkDhCLLVGyiOYD9e1H5pR8fK-GW9Pb3WJ12FiQiTruzmoLwTbmsDP9QBldqTnTR9KyV6GdpWDVS9ombo9jV91HZlgsVJEy1XvC1TuokUxpZSbve_Mpg/s320/FSZ8DOkp.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustration by Joshua Obeng-Boateng</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> BBC has just created this fantastic podcast series called "Museum of Bad Vibes," with the first episode on "The Bird of Prophecy Staff," one of the more familiar objects that constitute the Benin Bronzes corpus found these days in museums that received artifacts looted from Benin City in 1897. In the podcast, the bronze staff speaks about its place in Benin society and its post-1897 imprisonment in the museum cabinet.<p></p><p>Here's the podcast synopsis:</p><p>The Bird of Prophecy staff has been locked up in a box unable to speak and when finally given the chance, he tells the story of his former glory as a ceremonial symbol of pride for his people.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHalDJJjxeHL1C-QRqEkX_9h_itjuLlwz54O86xcpmTngbNJYkgEoR1EXKgC84ws6zfq1GbHHKhxgRIMXaX72mvfJhAaIbUZczwyYituSbd7uhbYzriqeZ5ALn2prac-HdMwOOKhZLmdVvEXL9jSe-OSTqCxtrK46lKjyvnsVOfdYj1lDaPf_6p4uOFQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="1069" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHalDJJjxeHL1C-QRqEkX_9h_itjuLlwz54O86xcpmTngbNJYkgEoR1EXKgC84ws6zfq1GbHHKhxgRIMXaX72mvfJhAaIbUZczwyYituSbd7uhbYzriqeZ5ALn2prac-HdMwOOKhZLmdVvEXL9jSe-OSTqCxtrK46lKjyvnsVOfdYj1lDaPf_6p4uOFQ=w512-h640" title="Idiophone: Bird of Prophecy (ahianmwen-oro) Edo peoples, Nigeria, Court of Benin, 16th–19th century Brass, iron; H. 20.3 cm Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991, 1991.17.91, Metropolitan Museum of Art Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bird of Prophecy</i> (<i>ahianmwen-oro</i>), 32.4cm, 16-19th century, presently at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>On this tour, Hanna Adan, with the assistance of experts, explores the history of the Benin Bronzes, from the Benin Kingdom. The sculptures include elaborately decorated cast plaques, commemorative heads, animal and human figures, items of royal regalia, and personal ornaments. They were created from the 16th century onwards in the West African Kingdom of Benin, which was part of the British Empire from 1897 to 1960, and is now part of Nigeria.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhViKpVzrZKKNhZ--hUg5Xe9g8oVWIZocydrV-9x7scyxrOHqeasy7Lz-ATy1wJfIXOuW_yobE0HStjlki4Lp6eCNAlgoLNAP0MbY1HwuFLsZ_dEyKCZHAl6QAYvN6Lne8ZJZHErWFv76u-Bs51mcouA7zlYMNOhyzORZMOPaYXLVX1De3n79EcXTUrMg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhViKpVzrZKKNhZ--hUg5Xe9g8oVWIZocydrV-9x7scyxrOHqeasy7Lz-ATy1wJfIXOuW_yobE0HStjlki4Lp6eCNAlgoLNAP0MbY1HwuFLsZ_dEyKCZHAl6QAYvN6Lne8ZJZHErWFv76u-Bs51mcouA7zlYMNOhyzORZMOPaYXLVX1De3n79EcXTUrMg=w336-h640" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption"><i>Bird of Prophecy</i> (<i>ahianmwen-oro</i>), 20.3cm, 16-19th century, presently at Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Through the eyes of the Bird of Prophecy staff, Hanna tells the story of the British Empire raid, the destruction that saw the kingdom crumble, and the dispersal of the famous Benin Bronzes around the globe.<p>Through this sonic museum tour we ask - what is the Museum’s duty towards contested objects of spiritual and cultural significance in their collections?</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cl7l9w">TO LISTEN CLICK HERE!</a></p><p>Produced and Presented by Hanna Adan</p><p>With story by George Bailey</p><p>Assistant Producer and Editor: Kwaku Dapaah-Danquah</p><p>Researcher: Seyi Bolarin</p><p>Starring: Oluwafemi Olugbade</p><p>Contributors: Oluwatoyin Sogbesan, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Sonita Alleyn</p><p>Production Mentors: Jane Thurlow and Corinna Jones</p><p>Sound Designer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter</p><p>Tech Producer: Bob Nettles</p><p>Executive Producers: Khaliq Meer & Leanne Alie</p><p>Commissioned for BBC Sounds Audio Lab by Khaliq Meer</p><p>Artwork by Joshua Obeng-Boateng</p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-75188799232431218382022-05-08T01:09:00.002-04:002022-05-08T01:09:22.386-04:00Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of Africa...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/mLcI9eROQnI" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>I interview from 2020 is one of my most biographic. Thanks to the guys at Luminary FM.</div>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-35805772649626245092022-05-04T11:41:00.001-04:002022-05-04T11:41:08.510-04:00Oxford Union Debates on Restitution of Looted Artefacts: May 12, 2022<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ye4mpPUROP0jiJbCraxbJ2ZR8CyH2cx7c1v7skZGHQxZgZN53B8E6tykCAcZbEoOytixcWdIw8c4KFeoT6_CqxnTdWL5JE6PLwbs3RgdIY3LLBOrDC9xxIDXpi7bTAAFRXojynUw1As7zpfcP6RcqfR9Ebh8_Qi71SC3ESlTV8DChqk_DxWklaSYuw/s621/Debate-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="484" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ye4mpPUROP0jiJbCraxbJ2ZR8CyH2cx7c1v7skZGHQxZgZN53B8E6tykCAcZbEoOytixcWdIw8c4KFeoT6_CqxnTdWL5JE6PLwbs3RgdIY3LLBOrDC9xxIDXpi7bTAAFRXojynUw1As7zpfcP6RcqfR9Ebh8_Qi71SC3ESlTV8DChqk_DxWklaSYuw/w499-h640/Debate-3.png" width="499" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Topic: “This House Would Repatriate
Contested Artefacts”</span></b></p><p>Whether the Elgin Marbles should be returned is a perennial
question. Amidst increasing scrutiny of symbols of Europe’s colonial past,
multiple states and the UN have called for the return of contested cultural
property. From the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and the Rosetta Stone, to the Benin
Bronzes and Moai Statues of Easter Island, British institutions are full of
artefacts claimed by nations across the globe. This poses the question of
whether it is time for museums to heed the calls to ‘wash [their] hands of
blood and return’ everything. Can any country ever legitimately own artefacts
of collective historic significance? Can modern states truly lay claim to their
countries’ history?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Proposition<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chika Okeke-Agulu<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Artist, curator, and historian specialising in African and
African diaspora art history. He is Director of African Studies at Princeton
University and was appointed as the Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor at New
York University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Steph Scholten<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of the Hunterian Museum. He has previously served
as Director of Heritage Collections at the University of Amsterdam, and has
worked for the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, and for the National
Institute for Conservation in Amsterdam.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Alice Procter<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Art historian, art activist, and creator of ‘Uncomfortable
Art Tours’, an educational project offering unofficial guided tours exploring
the imperial background of major institutions. She also runs a gallery and
museum review podcast, ‘The Exhibitionist’.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Stephen Fry<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">British actor, activist, broadcaster, comedian, director,
and writer. He has repeatedly appealed to the British government for the return
of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. He has written in support of the
#LostMyMarbles campaign on Twitter, and has expressed his wish to see the
statues steeped in the ‘blue lights of Greece’.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Opposition<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Gary Vikan<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Academic and former Director of the Walters Art Museum in
Baltimore. He has curated a number of critically acclaimed exhibitions,
provides consulting services to cultural clients and pursues projects at the
intersection of the arts and sciences.<br /><o:p></o:p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-21592231222348381542022-03-21T00:51:00.001-04:002022-03-21T00:51:42.406-04:00Princeton University Art Museum Seeks Assistant Curator for African Art<div>The <b>Princeton University Art Museum </b>welcomes applications for an Assistant Curator of African Art. This two-year full-time benefits-eligible appointment will help shape the presentation of African art in new collections galleries in a <a href="https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/about/new-museum-princeton">new building designed by Sir David Adjaye</a>, scheduled to open in late 2024. The curator will report to the chief curator and work in close coordination with the director, curators in other areas, designers, educators, faculty, and others. </div><div><br /></div><div>The collection of African art at Princeton—growing regularly through gifts and purchase—includes excellent examples of masks, figures, and other works of art, with particular strengths in the arts of Western and Central Africa. In addition, African and African diasporic photography, modern and contemporary art, and works on paper are represented in the collection.
The curator joins us at a dynamic time and will play a key role in the collections’ research, installation, and interpretation. </div><div><br /></div><div>As part of broader efforts to present art in global, transhistorical contexts in the new building, the curator will develop checklists, conceptualize installation strategies, and produce didactics for African art, in collaboration with the chief curator, director, educators, and designers. The curator should be well versed in area scholarship and the latest curatorial and museological approaches in African art; they should also be able to tap into a network of specialists for expert consultation, as needed. The curator should have the experience necessary to facilitate the presentation of a range of artistic and community voices in the galleries. The ideal candidate will be able to complete deep object research, including provenance; will embrace the possibilities of an academic museum; and will communicate effectively with scholarly and diverse audiences. The curator will also contribute to new acquisitions, participate in collections-based teaching on campus, respond to collections inquiries, and work with conservators and registrars to address conservation and mount-making needs. </div><div><br /></div><div>An advanced degree in art history or a related field is preferred, with strong knowledge of historic material and a minimum of 3 years' meaningful experience developing and implementing exhibitions and collections installations. Fluency in the ethical and legal complexities surrounding the history of the collection, display, and interpretation of African art is critical. Excellent communication and writing skills, including experience preparing didactic materials, are expected, together with a high degree of organization, self-motivation, and attention to detail. The salary range for an assistant curator is $70,000-$90,000. </div><div><br /></div><div>To learn more, please visit http://artmuseum.princeton.edu.
Interested candidates should apply at <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/25161">https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/25161</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.
Contact
Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until filled. </div><div><br /></div><div>Please direct all inquiries and nominations, including letters of interest and resumes, to, in confidence:
Chris Newth Cnewth@princeton.edu
Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions, Princeton University Art Museum</div>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-56524653152319701122022-02-23T06:43:00.000-05:002022-02-23T06:43:10.085-05:00El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture, the Book!<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLu3R2gpIAy4MevG4w8Vta4qzndgLSYv74vBKQpt6jLng-CiBIEJk5ho6fjXi-u8WlbioyspM43fUgFjejwgBJhWMGRGxCdKhZWMFCmdQIvQ8RsfL3Ex3TbGVklp-EYFnJTtWok10nGZKO5mwSfeP0fBLlVdxn312fAQWRH2QtR3NZd2mj2yZp3IcILA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLu3R2gpIAy4MevG4w8Vta4qzndgLSYv74vBKQpt6jLng-CiBIEJk5ho6fjXi-u8WlbioyspM43fUgFjejwgBJhWMGRGxCdKhZWMFCmdQIvQ8RsfL3Ex3TbGVklp-EYFnJTtWok10nGZKO5mwSfeP0fBLlVdxn312fAQWRH2QtR3NZd2mj2yZp3IcILA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Details: Hard Cover, 360 pages, 319 images<br />Publisher: Damiani<br />Date: spring 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Price: $70.00</div><br /> <p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-46013504414914599162022-01-17T18:51:00.000-05:002022-01-17T18:51:58.567-05:00The Independent Newspaper (London) on Elgin Marbles and Benin Bronzes, Jan. 17, 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFo-FZp5LS9E-FOWO9NZ0WMJF3f3ZHzkMU0m8rZV0fwGf7Aedv2Je98ob32JcrLZFA-qjlAwNzALUh-EHhN1Toj6FkncLLz9kCR5vFaHTqwIqnIrKXf-Hprwuz81k90RqoHnpN6ZaJMePnX1FQ96E9JGnHVyEOhINrB4vkHmyyS36ZI0FVusVKijnNEw=s1497" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFo-FZp5LS9E-FOWO9NZ0WMJF3f3ZHzkMU0m8rZV0fwGf7Aedv2Je98ob32JcrLZFA-qjlAwNzALUh-EHhN1Toj6FkncLLz9kCR5vFaHTqwIqnIrKXf-Hprwuz81k90RqoHnpN6ZaJMePnX1FQ96E9JGnHVyEOhINrB4vkHmyyS36ZI0FVusVKijnNEw=w462-h640" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0A0JN420hNF8dosgLnSq0X1FRwkKMn47Ms9HpAgRRIucmjPVK-6bQuoV_xYuUe4KHrILadOdGfmC4cboxpyD5SqOHZGx4qNOYILrgPVIM9oMgNHXzTEuEnjGs4jITsF92IeS3oK0W780lQaA3mcm_PrXZUsVV2kWMJGPZEeQq66kX72WOHz29dTKdlg=w462-h640" width="462" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-42652554115125268902022-01-14T11:09:00.001-05:002022-01-14T11:09:50.839-05:00Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies @ Princeton<p><b> Application for Postdoctoral Research Associate</b></p><p>The Program in African Studies (PAS) at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associate or more senior research positions for the 2022-2023 academic year. Up to two postdoctoral appointments will be made to exceptional recent PhDs in the humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary environmental science or engineering, with a focus on African thought, art, media, population, activism, conservation, economics, urban and rural communities, post-colonialism, and other research related to the African continent and its diaspora. Appointments will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year based on performance and availability of funding. Applicants must have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. This position is open only to scholars who earned a PhD after September 30, 2016 and who do not currently hold a tenure-track or permanent academic position.</p><p>Responsibilities include teaching (one semester-long course each year) and actively participating in research, discussions, and scholarly collaborations within PAS and PIIRS. In addition, the successful candidate may have the opportunity to advise students in their area of expertise or related areas. When teaching, the successful candidate will carry a secondary teaching rank. Any teaching role is contingent on sufficient course enrollment and prior approval from the Dean of the Faculty. </p><p>Appointments will be made through the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). In addition to salary and benefits, the program will provide a research fund in the amount of $3,000 per year and office space. The start date of the position is anticipated to be for the fall 2022 or spring 2023 semester. </p><p>Applicants must apply online at <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/24221.">https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/24221.</a> The following application items are required and should be uploaded by the applicant: </p><p>* Cover letter</p><p>* Curriculum vitae</p><p>* Dissertation abstract</p><p>* Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published article related to the dissertation topic</p><p>* Research proposal</p><p>* Two course syllabi</p><p>* Details of prior courses taught and evaluation results if available</p><p>* Names and email addresses for three references</p><p><br /></p><p>For fullest consideration applicants should apply by March 1, 2022. Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only final candidates will be contacted. Further information about The Program in African Studies can be found at: http://piirs.princeton.edu/afs.</p><p>Questions about the application process for this position may be directed to Tim Waldron at twaldron@princeton.edu. </p><p>The position is subject to the University's background check policy.</p><p><br /></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-8117552155654132522021-12-13T21:58:00.001-05:002021-12-13T21:58:09.324-05:00EJIL (European Journal of International Law) Podcast: "Loot"<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Recently, I participated in a conversation with </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Dan Hicks</span><span style="color: white;"> (Oxford University) and </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Evelien Campfens</span><span style="color: white;"> (Leiden University) on the place of law in the discourse and practices of restitution of objects looted by Europeans in the age of empire. This, I think, is one of the most substantive discussions I have been privileged to take part in. We engaged questions like: How does international law respond to calls for restitution? Does the law even matter; if so which kind? Who resists return, and why? What might restitution mean today? The podcast was moderated by </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Megan Donaldson</span><span style="color: white;"> (UCL, London) and </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Surabhi Ranganathan</span><span style="color: white;"> (Cambridge) for the European Journal of International Law Podcast series. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">The Podcast is 51 minutes long. If you have the time (you ought to!), <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-13-loot/id1508367340?i=1000544767308">click here to LISTEN</a>:</span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Chika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-83846685121693314892021-12-12T08:08:00.001-05:002021-12-12T08:08:50.400-05:00Axios Podcast on the Afterlives of the Black Lives Matter Movement<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been 566 days since George Floyd was murdered by a
Minneapolis police officer. His death spurred millions of people across the
globe to protest in support of Black lives. We examine the impact in three locations:
United Kingdom, Mexico and Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Guests:</b> <b>Aba Amoah</b>, co-founder of Justice for
Black Lives; <a href="https://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/users/alice-krozer"><b>Alice Krozer</b></a>, professor at the Center for Sociological Research at
the College of Mexico; and <b>Chika Okeke-Agulu</b>, director of the African studies
program at Princeton University and professor of art and archeology<o:p></o:p></p><p>
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