Eight doctoral students, including African Studies students Marguerite Heckscher and Teresa Speciale, have received U.S. Department of Education grants through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. According to UW-Madison News, the purpsoe of …
Year: 2015
Finding Fair Trade in Madison
As the semester winds down and winter break approaches, holiday shopping is now in full swing. The National Retail Federation reported that more than 151 million people shopped over Black Friday weekend alone in the …
Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program recaps UNA-USA 70th Anniversary Luncheon
The Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) at UW-Madison has recapped the”fun and informative” United Nations Association 70th Anniversary Luncheon held on Oct. 18, 2015. The event was co-sponsored by the UW Global …
PHOTOS: Master-Coffin Building showcases work at gun-breaking ceremony
University of Wisconsin-News featured photos from a Nov. 30 art exhibit at the UW-Madison Art Lofts by Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian woodcarver, master-coffin builder and Windgate Artist in Residence in the Art Department. Anang’s gun-breaking ceremony showcased a …
African Studies Program launches 2015-16 BOOK BASKETS Program
The African Studies Program is thrilled to launch its 2015-16 BOOK BASKETS outreach program. The project includes a selection of highly acclaimed Africa-related books available for loan to educators. The selection is primarily fiction, but …
Klaus awarded African Studies Assocation 2015 Best Graduate Student Paper Prize
Kathleen Klaus, UW-Madison Ph.D ’15, received the 2015 African Studies Association Best Graduate Student Paper Prize for her paper “Contentious Land Claims and the Non-Escalation of Violence: Evidence from Kenya’s Coast Region.” In 2001, the …
Applications open for IRIS Fieldwork Award and Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship
Applications are now open for the 2016 competitions of both the IRIS Fieldwork Award and the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship. IRIS Fieldwork Award The Institute for Regional and International Studies at UW-Madison is offering a “Graduate …
Get funding to study an African language with a FLAS fellowship
The African Studies Program encourages students of African languages to submit applications for Summer 2016 and Academic Year 2016-2017 fellowships and awards. Application deadline is February 15, 2016. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. …
Explore Summer 2016 domestic and international African language programs
Plan your summer African language study with this helpful list of domestic and international language programs. Summer 2016 domestic and international programs The link takes you to a Google spreadsheet that also includes tabs with …
Tripp featured by Huffington Post on Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
In a blog for the Huffington Post, Aili Mari Tripp, African Studies affiliated faculty member and UW-Madison professor of political science, speaks out about the danger of anti-Muslim rhetoric following a string of highly publicized …