Course Description What’s the best Arab sitcom? How have African ideas of acceptable and unacceptable humor evolved over the history of cosmopolitanism? Where do we find evidence of religious dogma in the tradition of creative …
Year: 2017
African Studies seniors talk favorite courses, life after graduation
With graduation around the corner, UW-Madison seniors are preparing to tackle new adventures that will take them far beyond the bounds of campus. This semester, 38 students will graduate with a certificate in African Studies …
Apply to be the next U.S. Youth Observer to the U.N.
Americans between the ages of 18-25 are invited to apply for the role of U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations. Appointed annually by the U.S. Department of State and U.N. Association of the USA, …
Nominations open for Jordan Prize
Since 1969, the African Studies Program has awarded the A.C. Jordan Prize to a UW-Madison graduate student for the year’s best paper on Africa. Eligibility To be considered for the prize, a paper must be …
African Studies: A Year in Review
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 …
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 …