Each year, the Language Institute publishes the World Languages Almanac, which provides up-to-date information on language course opportunities for advising units across campus and is especially useful during SOAR. Advisors and students report that the booklet …
Year: 2014
Africa in Our Lives: Philip Janzen
While 2014 Jordan Prize winner Philip Janzen was drawn to UW-Madison’s African history program, his international interests go beyond academics. From childhood memories in Cairo to trying new foods while researching in Senegal, global mindedness …
Teaching guide for Boko Haram
This brief guide from Boston University for understanding Boko Haram goes behind the headlines about “Islamic militants” to the more complicated story about poverty, corruption and Islam in Nigerian politics. The guide is divided into 8 …
Course Spotlight: First Semester Hausa
Course Description Hausa is a Chadic language (a branch of the Afro-Asiatic family) spoken by more than 34 million people in parts of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, and as a trade language by another 18 …
African studies student presents for middle school
Africa studies student Kaylah Cruz Herrera shared her study abroad experience in Morocco with students at Madison’s Toki Middle School through the WIOC-Urban League initiative. Herrera, a sophomore political science major and African studies certificate …
Call for Submissions: African Languages and Literature Graduate Student Conference
The Department of African Languages and Literature is asking for paper submissions for their Graduate Student Seminar, “Mobility, Narrative, and Language.” The Graduate Student Conference will provide an academic opportunity for new discussions of mobility, …
Course Spotlight: Literature and Popular Culture in Africa
Course Description “Popular culture” as a category is a relatively new object of study in academia, and it has much to do with learning from the analysis of discourses that are unofficial, informal, or primarily …
The Chronicle of Higher Education features Harold Scheub
The Chronicle of Higher Education writes of Harold Scheub’s love for African folktales and interviews several who had the opportunity to listen to his storytelling over the years. From classroom animation to entertaining at house …
Teaching assistants needed for Africa survey course
277 Africa: An Introductory Survey Cross-listed in African Languages and Literature, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology Instructor: Neil Kodesh, History Number of Teaching Assistants needed: 3 Eligibility: Applicants must be UW …
UNICEF Announces Global Citizen Fellowship-Education
The United Nations Children’s Fund recently announced the Global Citizen Fellowship-Education, a 13-month program that “prepares diverse, committed, and globally-minded individuals for effective leadership in public service.” The deadline to apply is April 25, 2014. …