TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ATWS MEETING

Macon, Georgia - October 7 - 9, 2004

The Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies (ATWS),Inc., the largest organization of its kind in the world, was held in Macon, Georgia, October 7-9. The conclave featured 18 panels and round tables which focused on the theme "Exploring Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in the the Contemporary Third World."

The following ATWS members are to be commended and congratulated for the immensely successful conference they conceived, organized and implemented: Andrew F. Clark, Ph.D., Program Chair, and then VicePresident/President-Elect, who is Professor of African and Global History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington; Dr. William P. Head, Ph.D., Past President of ATWS, and Chief Historian at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, who gave meticulous attention to local arrangements; Shuhui Wu, Ph.D., ATWS Executive Director, Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University; and Gary Kline, Ph.D., ATWS Treasurer and Professor of Political Science at Georgia Southwestern State University.

The Keynote Banquet address, "Lessons from History on the Limits of Imperialism: Successful Small State Resistance to Great Power Aggression," was given by Rodney Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Latin American History at Florida State University. Dr. A.B. Assensoh, Ph.D. Professor of African-American Studies at Indiana University (Bloomington), gave the presidential address, "Africa, Third World Studies and Our Responsibilities as Researchers."

The prestigious ATWS "Presidential Award" for 2003 was presented to William D. Pederson, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Lincoln Center at Louisiana State University Shreveport, "In Recognition of His Outstanding Contributions to the Promotion of Scholarship Devoted to the Third World."

Additionally, several awards were presented to recognize individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the academic discipline of Third World Studies. The winner of the "Lawrence Dunbar Reddick Memorial Scholarship Award," for the best article published in the year 2003 issue of Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS), was Kwame Boafo-Arthur, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, Legon, for his outstanding article, "Tackling Africa's Developmental Dilemmas: Is Globalization the Answer?," which appeared in Volume 20, No. 1, Spring 2003 issue of JTWS.

The co-winners of the "Harold Isaacs Graduate Student Award," given to the author of the top graduate student paper presented at the annual ATWS meeting, were two American University students: Victoria Stanski, who authored a paper entitled "Linchpin for Democracy: Civil Society in Iraq;" and Thathiah Ravi, who presented a paper on 'The Pakistan Army and Its Role in Peace in South Asia."

Superlative entertainment was provided at the opening reception by the Middle Georgia College Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Band under the direction of Miguel Castro who is also the Percussion Coordinator for the Houston County School System.

Newly elected ATWS officers are: Andrew F. Clark, Ph.D., Professor of African and Global History, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, President ; Michael Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History at Armstrong Atlantic University, Vice-President/President Elect; and Kalechi KaIu, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northern Colorado University, Executive Council.

The 23rd Annual ATWS Meeting will be held November 20-22,2005 in the Dominican Republic.

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