
Amy Jamison
(Michigan State University)
Co-Director
Alliance for African Partnership
Capacity Building
Education
Gender
Higher Education
History
EDUCATION
Yar’adua Foundation Partners UNN To Open Sexual Harassment Portal
An innovation at UNN to address issues of sexual harassment and assault, making it easier for vicitims to report. This pilot could help other institutions to develop similar programs.
https://independent.ng/yaradua-foundation-partners-unn-to-open-sexual-harassment-portal/
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Amy Jamison
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AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
Africa: How The Digital Revolution Can Help Level The Playing Field for African Women in Agriculture
The race to limit the spread of Covid-19 has, through necessity, accelerated many other transformations that were already under way, including the digital revolution in African agriculture. What had previously been a growing but limited shift towards the use of digital tools and technologies for food production and business has become a lifeline in the face of market restrictions, food insecurity and lockdowns. And among the biggest winners have been women.
https://agra.org/news/africa-how-the-digital-revolution-can-help-level-the-playing-field-for-african-women-in-agriculture/
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Amy Jamison

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EDUCATION
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Webinar: Graduate School Application and Experience in North America and Europe-Lagos Studies Assoc.
Webinars will be held October, 3, 10, 17, and 24 hosted by the Lagos Studies Association
At its annual Conference, the Lagos Studies Association organizes workshops on graduate school application and experience in North America and Europe, featuring graduate school faculty and students. Unfortunately, COVID-19 pandemic did not allow the conference to hold this year. We are happy to hold these events via Zoom Webinars on October 3, 10, 17, and 24. See full schedule below.
Graduate School Application and Experience in North America:
Perspectives from Graduate Students
Date: October 10
Time: 5-7pm (Nigeria Time)
Panelists
Chair: Tosin Gbogi (Marquette University/African Literature and Popular Culture)
Discussants
Ayodeji Adegbite (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Samuel Kehinde Adesubokan (University of Victoria)
Esther Ajayi-Lowo (Texas Woman’s University)
Omoyemi Ajisebutu (Northwestern University)
Theophilus Okunlola (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Yolanda Osondu (University of Calgary)
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
• Preparing for the Graduate Record Examination
• Taking the Test of English as Foreign Language/Navigating waiver
• Choosing graduate program and writing statement of purpose
• Coursework, qualifying exam, and reading concentration
• Adjusting to a new academic culture
• Conducting fieldwork and sourcing for external funding
• Writing your dissertation and preparing for the job market
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86544791933?pwd=aXBuaC9zNVNnOHM0WnNIWnpyWURYZz09
Webinar ID: 865 4479 1933
Passcode: 990616
Also via LSA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162
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Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate School Faculty
Date: Oct. 17
Time: 5-7pm (Nigeria Time)
Panelists
Panel Chair: Oliver Coates (University of Cambridge/History)
Discussants
Shola Adenekan (University of Amsterdam/African Literature and New Media)
Simidele Dosekun (London School of Economics and Political Science/Feminist Studies)
Emilie Guitard (French National Center for Scientific Research/Anthropology)
Steven Pierce (University of Manchester/History)
Dmitri van den Bersselaar (Leipzig University /History)
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
• Things to consider when picking graduate program
• Contacting prospective supervisors: Dos and Don’ts
• What admission committees look for in application dossier
• Writing competitive PhD proposal
• Funding for graduate education
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83891051455?pwd=aG8zeEwydWUvT0NScEFtOEluQjBLUT09
Webinar ID: 838 9105 1455
Passcode: 787421
Also via LSA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162
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Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate Students
Date: Oct. 24
Time: 5-7pm (Nigeria Time)
Panelists
Panel Chair: Peter Oderinde (University of Basel)
Discussants
Daniel Chukwuemeka (University of Bristol)
Tolulope Ilesanmi (University of Basel)
Jammie Titilayo (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Seun Williams (The Graduate School of International and Development Studies)
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
• Things to consider when picking graduate program
• Contacting prospective supervisors: Dos and Don’ts
• What admission committees look for in application dossier
• Writing competitive PhD proposal
• Funding for graduate education
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85076855946?pwd=R2MvV3RzR2RIN0NGTkp3UndXVVpiZz09
Webinar ID: 850 7685 5946
Passcode: 848810
Also via LSA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162
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Amy Jamison
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EDUCATION
Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit Call for Papers
The Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University (BNU) is proud to announce that the Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit will be held in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China, during 23-26 October, 2020. The 2020 Summit is entitled “Policy, Research and Practice in Teacher Education and Teaching: Global perspectives”. With this announcement, we invite scholars, practitioners and students of education from all over the world to participate in the Summit, which promises to offer a feast of ideas and dialogues for the enhancement of teacher education and teaching in a global context. A dozen of key scholars in the fields of teacher education and teaching have been contacted to serve as keynote speakers of the Summit. The Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit is an international event that has been held every three years. Since 2011, when it was first convened by BNU’s Center for Teacher Education Research, a Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education, the Summit has produced scores of publications that were contributed by participating keynote and invited speakers and created a network of young scholars who have constituted the backbone of a new generation of inquiring minds for the fields.
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Amy Jamison

EDUCATION
Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit Conference Call for Papers
The Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University (BNU) is proud to announce that the Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit will be held in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China, during 23-26 October, 2020. The 2020 Summit is entitled “Policy, Research and Practice in Teacher Education and Teaching: Global perspectives”. With this announcement, we invite scholars, practitioners and students of education from all over the world to participate in the Summit, which promises to offer a feast of ideas and dialogues for the enhancement of teacher education and teaching in a global context. A dozen of key scholars in the fields of teacher education and teaching have been contacted to serve as keynote speakers of the Summit. The Fourth Global Teacher Education Summit is an international event that has been held every three years. Since 2011, when it was first convened by BNU’s Center for Teacher Education Research, a Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education, the Summit has produced scores of publications that were contributed by participating keynote and invited speakers and created a network of young scholars who have constituted the backbone of a new generation of inquiring minds for the fields.
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Amy Jamison

CULTURE AND SOCIETY
ANNOUNCEMENT African Critical Inquiry Programme Workshop: Call for Applications
ACIP Workshops are intended as annual occasions to identify and address critical themes, fundamental questions and pressing practical issues concerning public culture. For instance, Workshops might focus on particular notions and issues related to publics, visuality, museums and exhibitions, art, performance, representational or institutional forms from methodological, practical, and theoretical vantages. They might examine forms and practices of public scholarship and the theories, histories and systems of thought that shape and illuminate public culture and public scholarship. Workshops should encourage comparative, interdisciplinary and cross-institutional interchange and reflection that brings into conversation public scholarship in Africa, creative cultural production, and critical theory. Workshop budgets will vary depending on proposed plans; the maximum award is ZAR 60,000.
https://africanstudies.org/asa-news/january-2015-asa-news/african-critical-inquiry-programme-workshop-call-for-applications/">https://africanstudies.org/asa-news/january-2015-asa-news/african-critical-inquiry-programme-workshop-call-for-applications/
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Amy Jamison


