The Center for African Studies at the School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA has a focus on literatures (incl. linguistics), gender, history, environment and development. The Center also belongs to the new Department "African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL)". A further focus is offering resources K-12 teachers and businesses. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Homepage of the Institute for African Language of the Göteborg University, which used to be found at the Department of Oriental and African Languages until about 2010, but which was then restructured to belong to the Department of Languages and Literatures. The site offers very extensive information on research projects and results, including a lot of full text documents (see especially the journal "Africa & Asia" under Publications). ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Homepage of the African Studies Program der University of Oregon, which unites lecturers from different subjects to offer a minor in African Studies. You will find information baout the studies, events, and studies and internships in Africa (eg. Summer Journalism Program in Ghana or Summer International Studies Program in Dakar, Senegal). You can learn three African languages: Swahili, Bamanankan/Dyula and Wolof. Furthermore, you will find links about "Africa in Oregon". ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Homeoage of the Department of African Studies at the Saint Petersburg State University. The English site offers only little information, mainly about the research and study focus of the institute. With google translator, you can get a translation that gives you a hint about the history of the institute, the lecturers and the institute's journal with abstracts in English. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
NERCPAL is a consortium that supports the teaching and learning of African Languages in the North-Eastern United States. This website was launched in April 2008, in conjunction with NERCPAL's Spring meeting, to build links between the organization and broader academic communities, and to share its resources with teachers, professors, and students around the world.This website aims to help instructors integrate materials on African languages into their courses, and to assist professors of African languages with pedagogical tools. ... [according to site editor’s information]
Website of the Africa Research Centre of the Department of Political Studies, University of Pécs. In co-operation with Hungary’s Africa Studies journal (Afrika Tanulmányok) they host biannual international interdisciplinary conferences on Africa and Africa-related research. [according to site editor's information]
Dalarna University Centre for African Studies, established in 2004, is part of the School of Education and Humanities. The first objective is to create conditions for the promotion of African Studies in Sweden and the European Union. The second objective is to mobilise support and enhance awareness about Africa and African issues in the region of Dalarna where our University is located. DUCAS offers the only Master Courses in African Studies in Sweden - a programme developed together with the Universities of Bologna and Oulu. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Centre for African Studies of Peking University(PKUCAS), founded in 1998, is an interdisciplinary institution for comprehensive African research. It consists of teachers and research fellows from different departments and institutes at the university, who specialize in African politics, economy, culture, history, sociology, languages and literature. The center now has about 20 staff members. Currently, as the centre is trying to develop the first African Study Program in China, it will greatly increase number of research fellows, inviting well-known scholars at home and abroad as well. The mandate of the centre is to promote African studies at Peking University, and improve its linkage with other institutions. Its task is as follows: To coordinate African studies at Peking University and improve its linkage with other institutions; To provide training for graduate students and promote academic exchange and research cooperation; To provide program and consultation for organizations and enterprises; To publish PKU-African-Tele-info (weekly), Annual Review of African Studies in China and series in order to provide information about Africa and present the achievement of Chinese Africanists. ... [according to site editor's information]
The African Studies program offers both the Undergraduate and Graduate Certificates designed for students interested in learning more about Africa and expanding their knowledge and understanding. The courses of study provide students with the opportunity to widen their perspectives and understanding of Africa’s social, political and economic systems and deepen their insights into the profound impact of African societies on many countries in Europe and America. Students are also presented with an opportunity for in-depth study in specific areas of their professional and research interests and are encouraged to explore the numerous programs available for studying abroad in an African country. ... [according to site editor's information]
Information on two research projects on Nigerian English at the chair for Applied Linguistics (English), University Augsburg, Germany: 1) Standardisation processes in Nigerian English (DFG project GU 548/6-1) (August 2010- August 2012): Research on the emergence of a local standard of English in Nigeria2) ICE Nigeria (since 2007)Compilation of a written and spoken corpus of English in Nigeria ... [editors ilissAfrica]