Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, Associate Professor of African Cultural Studies at UW-Madison, for being named this year’s 1st Runner Up for the African Studies Association of Africa’s Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence …
Awards
The 2023 A.C. Jordan Prizer Winner: Erin Kitchell’s Award-Winning Dissertation
Erin Kitchell, winner of the A.C. Jordan Prize 2023, wrote her award-winning dissertation on the environment, climate change and public policy in West Africa. After attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, earning undergraduate degrees …
Claire Wendland nominated for national book prize
Claire Wendland, faculty affiliate of the African Studies Program and Professor and Chair of UW’s Department of Anthropology, has been nominated for two national prizes from the African Studies Association. Wendland has been nominated for …
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson and African language program director, Dr. Adeola Agoke
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson, Professor of African Cultural Studies, and Adeola Agoke, Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the African Languages Program, for securing a competitive $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Education under the International …
Report from 2022 William A Brown Research Awardee: Jibril Gabid
Jibril Gabid is a Ph.D. student in the Department of African Cultural Studies, at UW-Madison. He graduated from the University of Ghana with a double major in Arabic and Psychology. He also earned an M.A. in …
Congratulations to Upenyu Majee for 2017 NAed/Spencer Fellowship
Seven of the 2017 NAed/Spencer Fellowship recipients are scholars from UW-Madison’s own School of Education. Among them is Upenyu S. Majee, academic coordinator for the State Department-funded Mandela Washington Fellowship/Young African Leaders Initiative. He holds …
Nominations open for the 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. Nomination Procedures for the 2016 competition To be considered for the …
Jordan Prize: Call for best graduate student paper
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. To be considered for the prize, a paper must be nominated and …
Boren Awards African Languages Initiative, Deadlines Approaching
The applications for the 2015-2016 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available. Boren Awards, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to …
Get funding to study an African language with a FLAS fellowship
The African Studies Program encourages students of African languages to submit applications for Summer 2015 and Academic Year 2015-2016 fellowships and awards. Application deadline is February 13, 2015. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. …