Funding Purpose The purpose of the Just Recovery for Racial Equity funding is to provide support for community partners that are working to mobilize communities towards mitigation and recovery from COVID-19, and those working to …
Year: 2021
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué Consultant for the graphic novel, Résistance
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué served as a consultant for a project depicting Cameroonian women’s political history commissioned by Initiative Perspektivwechsel, an organization based in Germany and Cameroon that seeks to disseminate knowledge about politics in Africa. The …
Undergraduate & Graduate Students: Brittle Paper is Hiring!
Brittle Paper is an online literary magazine for readers of African Literature, run by Professor Ainehi Edoro. We are looking for a graduate or undergraduate student to fill an hourly position, which involves creating web …
Africa in Our Lives: Fauziyatu Moro (Fauzi)
The African Studies Program is excited to introduce Fauzi, a PhD student in the History Department. She received her master’s from the History Department at University of Ghana where she researched migrant Sissala women in …
NEW PUBLICATION FROM MESP DIRECTOR NEVINE EL NOSSERY
Nevine El Nossery (associate professor in the department of French and Italian) co-edited a special issue with Shereen Abouelnaga of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA): “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts“. The issue is available online …
Tenure Track Assistant Professor of African and Black Diaspora Studies
Rank: Assistant Professor College/School: Chicago, IL – College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences The Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul University invites applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor …
Apply for 2022 SSRC IDRF Dissertation Award
Applications for the 2022 International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) are due on November 2, 2021 at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Doctoral students and candidates in the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply. The Mellon International …
Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Program, Apply Now!
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to announce that applications for the Reciprocal Exchange component are being accepted through October 13, 2021. The goal of the Reciprocal Exchange component of the Mandela …
Poster Competition: Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)
The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is pleased to invite undergraduate students to participate in its Poster Competition at the Fourteenth Annual Conference being held November 13 – 15, 2021 in Washington, D.C. In addition, we …
Appreciating African Connections: The Minds and People Behind Our Research Feature Series
The African Studies Program is excited to introduce a new feature series initiated by Carly Lucas. This feature series seeks to highlight key connections in Africa who have helped our faculty and researchers with their …