Canadian Organizations / Les organismes canadiensAuthor(s): Jonathan BarkerSource: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 1,No. 2 (Nov., 1967), pp. 193-196Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Canadian Association of African StudiesStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/483532 .

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AFRICAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

African Studies, like European Studies, East Asian Studies, or the study of most of the other major cultural areas is an integral part of the graduate programme of the various relevant academic departments at the University of Toronto. Graduate students whose dissertation relates to Africa are regular graduate students within the appropriate academic departments. Similarly, aca- demic staff members who are engaged in teaching or research on African topics are members of the appropriate university department. These organizational features reflect the conviction that African Studies are not a new pseudo-discipli- ne and that students interested in Africa ought to be fully trained within a regular academic discipline, specializing in their training on the application of their discipline to African research but not at the expense of their competence in their discipline.

Graduate courses particularly related to Africa are available in anthropolo- gy, economics and political science. Graduate students in these disciplines may thus specialize in relation to Africa to a similar extent as other students in these disciplines are able to concentrate upon other geographic areas. In all cases, however, students will be expected to take a proper spread of courses so as to equip themselves in the discipline of their choice. An extensive range of courses are also available in these disciplines and also in such other disciplines as Education, Geography, and Sociology on topics of special relevance to modern Africa such as social change, rural land use, economic planning, and international relations. The following members of the academic staff are or have recently been actively engaged in African Studies:-

Professor Jonathan Barker Political Science, Department of Political Economy, Field research experience in Sene- gal, with major interest in local politics of development and political theory.

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Mr. Gerald Caplan Lecturer, Department of History and Philo- sophy of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Previously Lecturer in History, University College of Rhodesia and

Nyasaland. Historical field research in Ba- roteseland. Present research interest in educa- tional problems in the developing areas.

Professor Peter Carstens Department of Anthropology. Formerly of the University of Cape Town, engaged in the comparative study of contemporary African societies, with particular reference to South Africa, South-West Africa and Rhodesia.

Professor W. T. Easterbrook Chairman, Department of Political Economy, 1966/67 was on leave of absence as Econo- mic Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development Planning, Gov- ernment of Tanzania.

Professor G. Helleiner Economist, Department of Political Economy 1966-8 on leave of absence to be Director of Economic Research Bureau, University Col- lege, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; 1964/5 Senior Research Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. Research interest Economic Development, with particular reference to international economic aspects of the problem and particular interest in Africa.

Professor C. E. Hopen Department of Anthropology. 1958-59 Gov- ernment Sociologist, Tanganyika. Three years field research with the Fulani. Present research interests are family organizations, social change and social systems of nomadic pastoral tribes.

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Professor Colin McNairn Faculty of Law. Previously Lecturer of Law, University College, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Professor David Nowlan Economist, Department of Political Economy, 1966/67 was on leave of absence to be Eco- nomic Advisor, with particular reference to transportation problems in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development Planning.

Professor H. E. Rogers Department of Anthropology and Centre for Linguistic Studies. Field research in Sierra Leone. Major research interest, African languages.

Professor R. C. Pratt Political Scientist, Department of Political Economy. Field research in East Africa; uni- versity posts in Uganda and Tanzania. Present research interest, the politics and gov- ernments of East and Central Africa.

Mr. A. B. Rotstein Economist, Department of Political Economy. Co-author with Dr. Karl Polanyi of Dahomey and the Slave Trade (Washington U.P. 1966). Research interest in indigenous economies and trade patterns in pre-colonial Africa.

Professor J. J. Van de Eyk Department of Geography. Extensive pedolo- gical, climatological and ecological research experience in South Africa.

Professor Sandra Wallman Department of Anthropology. Field research experience in Basutoland and Ghana. Major research interest, the social problems of developing societies.

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Professor Wolgang Weissleder Department of Anthropology. Research work in Ethiopia, with particular reference to the political ecology of Amhara domination.

The University of Toronto has recently estalished a separate structure, the International Studies Programme, to coordinate and promote international studies at the University of Toronto. The Programme has funds available for research grants to Ph.D. candidates whose dissertation topics require field research outside of Canada, or whose research work necessitates specialized language training. Graduate students working on African topics may apply for these grants at the appropriate stage in their graduate programme. An African Studies Committee of the Programme is being formed of the scholars listed above and will be offering inter-disciplinary seminars under its jurisdiction.

Admission to the Graduate School normally requires at least a second class standing in an honours degree at the University of Toronto or its equivalent. In certain cases, students not so qualified may be admitted to the School to do a two-year M.A. course. These students will be required in the first of these two years to correct existing weaknesses in the training they have already received in their discipline. Further information about graduate courses and about admission requirements should be addressed to the Secretary of the School of Graduate Studies. Enquiries about possible programmes of study should be directed to the chairman of the relevant academic department of the univer- sity. In particular, students interested in registering for a Ph.D. should corres- pond with the chairman of the relevant department about the possibility of working on an African topic for their thesis.

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