[Sugarman] Round 1

Nancy Rose Hunt nrhunt at umich.edu
Sat Jun 8 16:55:42 SAST 2013


> The March plan surely sounds rushed and exhausting. Thanks for raising this, Gabrielle.
> We should not all pull out of exams and graduation at once though, I would guess.
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> Nancy Rose Hunt
> Professor of History
> University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA
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> On Jun 8, 2013, at 3:48 AM, Gabrielle Hecht wrote:
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>> Thanks so much for your hard work, Keith. Your proposal for a starting theme/long-term planning meeting sounds great.
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>> I wonder only whether it's worth revisiting the date. My sense is that zooming over during Spring Break will be difficult for a lot of UM people, but perhaps I'm wrong. Another possibility that had come up earlier was late April/early May -- either starting the week of April 28, if UM people don't need to be around for exams and graduation, or otherwise the week of May 5. I realize Joburg weather isn't ideal then, but I wonder how much of a deciding factor that is.
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>> Sorry to open a can of worms... What do people think, is it worth revisiting this?
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>> Best,
>> Gabrielle
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>> Gabrielle Hecht
>> Professeure invitée, Sciences Po / École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 
>> Professor of History, University of Michigan
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>> Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (MIT Press & Wits Univ. Press, 2012)
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>> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Keith Breckenridge wrote:
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>>> Dear all,
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>>> I've put a table of people's responses to that first call of interests at  http://wiser.wits.ac.za/content/collaboration-planning-10860 (if, as I fear, I've missed someone off that table, please just let me know and I'll edit it).   I've had some responses off list, including from David Cohen whose subversive participation will be critical.
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>>> Looking at this list of responses, and the large amounts of money we have for travel and accommodation, I think that we should begin with "Writing Theory from the South."  This is the problem that attracts the most interest and it will set up a theme for the whole collaboration.   If we bring all the Michigan people who have an interest in this we will still have funds for two more people (which is a bit sobering).   This meeting will also give us a good quorum to do some long-term planning.
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>>> I think that the primary goal of this meeting should be for the production of a journal special issue.
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>>> My suggestion is that we do this from February 28th to March 12th -- with the main business in the week of the Michigan Spring Break (March 1 to March 9).   Please reserve that time.  For those who can stay a bit longer, I think that we will go to Wits's facility in the Lowveld (it'll be very hot and feverish, but also give us a chance to think about rural themes and problems that are not obvious in Joburg, and also to visit Kruger). 
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>>> I hope that's acceptable, but if you'd prefer to do something else, do let me know.  
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>>> I will start working with Achille on a bibliography.   The important thing, now, would be for people on this list to begin thinking about pieces of writing that they might want to present during the workshop.  It would be good, too, to think of other individuals who would be useful to have attend the meetings -- this could be senior people, or graduate students.
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>>> Please do respond to the list with your thoughts on this, especially for suggestions for key readings.
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>>> My thanks, Keith
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