Happy Halloween! Though Halloween has undergone a kind of Americanization in recent decades, its has a history in Christianity (All Hallow’s Eve before All Hallow’s Day) and a Celtic pagan festival called Samhain. However, similar reverence for …
Month: October 2016
Boren Awards: Funding for African Language Study and Research
The application for the 2017 Boren Awards is now open at www.borenawards.org! Boren Awards fund U.S. undergraduate and graduate language study and research abroad in world regions critical to U.S. national interests (including Africa, Asia, Central …
Africa in Our Lives: Abigail Cook
Abigail Cook is a Masters student in the Water Resources Management Program and also the new Peace Corps Recruiter at UW-Madison. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal for nearly four years. Field of Study: …
2 teaching assistants needed for Spring 2017 Africa survey course
277 Africa: An Introductory SurveyCross-listed in African Cultural Studies, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and SociologyInstructor: Jo Ellen Fair, African Cultural StudiesEligibility: Applicants must be UW-Madison graduate students in good standing, making normal …
Africa in Our Lives: Kyra Fox
Kyra Fox is a UW Junior studying International Studies and Psychology with an African Studies Certificate. She is currently studying in Gulu, Uganda on a program focused on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in …
GHI highlights UW, African colleagues HIV/AIDS conversations
“When do you tell a child who was born with the virus that he is HIV-positive?” “What do you do when a patient has taken so many pills for so long that she refuses to …
Africa Online: Digital UW – Africa Resources
Sometimes we just can’t travel as often we would like. So while you can’t jump on a plane to (insert country of choice) right now, you can still live vicariously through and learn from other …