2017 looks like its going to be a great year with the African Studies Program. We hope you will join us! More than 10 Africa at Noon seminars are already scheduled: We’re kicking off 2017’s Africa …
Month: December 2016
2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship, UW collaboration continues through Reciprocal Exchange Award
by Meagan Doll In the professional world and especially in academic environments like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the value of networking is not unspoken. While students may grow weary of this charge to nurture professional …
Course Spotlight: Environmental Studies 402 – Global Indigeneity and Sustainability
Course Description Featuring prominent international faculty and researchers from the UW-Madison and other research universities and world. Indigenous leaders and researchers offering weekly presentations about their work with indigenous / aboriginal / native / campesino …
Course Spotlight: African 300 – Contemporary Arabic Literature and Cinema
Course Description This course is an introduction of the most significant topics of contemporary Arabic literature and cinema: the legacies of colonialism, repressive nature of post-independence regimes, discourses on nationalism, religion v. secularization, gender relations, …
New Eyes and Renewed Hope: A Mandela Washington Fellowship Reflection
Cooper Chibomba participated in the 2016 YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nearly six months since arriving in Madison, Chibomba shares his personal and professional reflections from the six week institute. Chibomba …
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 2017 and Academic Year 2017-2018 fellowships and awards. Applications for both competitions are now open! Application deadline is February 13, 2017. …