The Undergraduate Academic Awards Office administers the Beinecke Scholarship. The Beinecke Scholarship provides $34,000 for graduate study to outstanding juniors planning to pursue a research-focused master’s or doctoral program or MFA in the arts, humanities, or social …
Month: December 2021
Africa in Our Lives: Cecilia Kyalo
Cecilia Kyalo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Mississippi and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nairobi (Kenya). What brought you to Madison? …
Director, Center for African Studies
University of Florida The University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for the position of Director of the Center for African Studies. This is a tenure accruing position. The University of Florida …
IS 603: Asia-Africa Encounters: Migration and Agency in a Globalizing World (Topics in Culture in an Age of Globalization)
Course Description The course will focus on historically layered structures and ethnographically nuanced cases that linked Asia and Africa in a broad global context. It aims to avoid a “dual area studies” approach by including …
Alumni-in-Residence with International Freelance Journalist Jacob Kushner
ASP is proud to co-sponsor events for the week-long Alumni-in-Residence with Jacob Kushner, hosted by the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS). Jacob Kushner is an international correspondent who writes magazine and other …
Brittle Paper’s 50 Notable African Books of 2021
Professor Ainehi Edoro’s Brittle Paper has produced an incredible resource for its readers–50 Notable African Books of 2021. We can’t wait to add all these recommendations to our winter break reading list! Launched in 2018, …
Global Health Institute Grants
With its grants and awards program, the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute supports innovative global health work in Wisconsin and across the world. From monitoring mercury contamination in fish to improving care for diabetics. …
Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship
Purpose: In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, the Institute for Regional and International Studies annually offers two awards: the SKJ Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field …
IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award
Purpose: The purpose of these awards is to support graduate students at the UW-Madison planning to conduct a minimum of 6 weeks of summer fieldwork outside of the United States. Eligibility: Any continuing graduate student at the …
Global Health Institute Grants
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) is pleased to announce the application period is open for its 2022 grants and awards program. This competitive program is designed to support global health efforts of …