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 …
Awards
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. …
Crawford Young Winner of Book Award
The African Politics Conference Group (APCG) recently recognized Crawford Young’s The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence (UW Press, 2012) as the co-winner of the best 2012 book on African Politics. The other …
Get funding to study an African Language with a FLAS fellowship
The competition for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships and awards at UW-Madison is now open. The African Studies Program encourages students of African languages to submit applications for Summer 2014 and Academic Year …
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships and the African Languages Initiative
The applications for the 2014-2015 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 …
ASA Announces Royal Air Maroc-ASA Student Travel Award
The African Studies Association (ASA) recently announced the Royal Air Maroc-African Studies Association Student Travel Award to encourage “the movement of students and the exchange of ideas, between students of African Studies in Africa and …