The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an award-winning, non-profit news organization that partners with journalists and newsrooms to support in-depth reporting on critical global issues to educate the public, promote solutions, and improve lives. We at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are …
Year: 2020
LAURA BASSI SCHOLARSHIP
Applications due MARCH 25! The Laura Bassi Scholarship provides editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciples. The scholarships are open to every …
INTERN IN AFRICA!
APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 16 INFO SESSION ON FEB 13 The UW International Internship Program (IIP) has several summer internships in Africa this year. On Thursday, Feb 13 from 4:30-5:30 at 336 Ingraham Hall, Africa IIP Advisors Amani DeHolton and Nathaniel Liedl, and Dorothy …
2020 FULBRIGHT-HAYS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH ABROAD
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) 2020 competition is open! The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Education. It provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time …
AFRISEM CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS
AFRICA’S PLACE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: REIMAGINING GOVERNANCE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND CULTURE Date: April 03 (Fri), 2020, Venue: Evanston, Illinois In his concept of “Flows,” Arjun Appadurai (2000) observed that in today’s globalizing world, …
Afrofuturism: B(l)ack to the Future
VOICES OF THE PAST. LIVING IN THE PRESENT. GUIDING OUR FUTURE. Afrofuturism is the (re)imagining of the future for Black people through various mediums such as the arts, media, and literature. While Afrofuturism’s origins stem …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: ITAMAR DUBINSKY
Itamar Dubinsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University, and an honorary fellow at the UW-Madison African Studies Program. Itamar examines the intersections of sport …