Another school year has gone by, and with it, a new batch of trailblazing scholarship and exciting initiatives from the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As the academic calendar winds to a …
Month: April 2017
Lecture to examine parallels between protest movements in South Africa and the U.S.
Dr. Saleem Badat, Program Director of International Higher Education and Strategic Projects at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will give a guest lecture to the University of Wisconsin-Madison community this Thursday. The lecture, entitled “Black …
Africa in Our Lives: Brad Paul
Brad Paul’s field diaries have taken him across Mozambique and Ethiopia to study working life and the on-the-ground impacts of international development projects. He shares his favorite travel experiences and advice to students in this …
4W Initiative seeks student assistant
The UW-Madison 4W Initiative (Women & Well-being in Wisconsin & the World) is seeking a student hourly worker for the 2017-2018 academic year, beginning in late August 2017, to serve as Communications and Executive Assistant. …
Teju Cole talks music, pleasure at African Studies conference
Midway through his keynote address at “Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora,” Teju Cole checked in with his audience. “How are we doing on the pleasure?” The writer and photographer …
Teju Cole to headline Pleasure and the Pleasurable conference
The African Studies Program’s annual conference will feature keynote speaker Teju Cole. Cole is a writer, art historian, and photographer. Born in the US in 1975 to Nigerian parents, and raised in Nigeria, Cole has …
Africa in Our Lives: Karin Barber
Karin Barber knew she wanted to study Africa when she first set foot in Uganda as a recent high school graduate. Since then, her study of African popular culture, religion, and verbal arts has spanned …
Apply for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program (FUSP) 2018-19 competition opened on April 3, 2017. The program is open to undergraduates graduating in December 2017 or May 2018, currently enrolled graduate students, and alumni. To be eligible …
Africa Network conference to explore Africa in the 21st century classroom
Next Fall, the Africa Network will host a conference at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. “Africa in the 21st Century Classroom” will explore questions such as, how is African studies evolving to meet the …
Two teaching assistants needed for Fall Africa survey course
Two teaching assistants are needed for Africa 277: An Introductory Survey in Fall 2017. Africa 277: An Introductory Survey Cross-listed in African Cultural Studies, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and SociologyInstructor: Neil Kodesh, Department of …