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Asynchronous ACTFL OPI Familiarization Workshop hosted by the UF Center for European Studies, March 1-31, 2023

Posted on February 20, 2023

The UF Center for European Studies will host an asynchronous ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Familiarization workshop from March 1-March 31.  If you would like to participate in this professional development workshop, please complete the …

Posted in Alumni, Conferences, Events, Faculty, Languages, Outreach

Vlad Dima Farewell to the African Studies Program Community

Posted on December 12, 2022

When the African Studies Program kindly asked me if I wanted to share a few “words of farewell” for its final newsletter of 2022, I immediately accepted. As the outgoing Chair of the department of …

Posted in Faculty

Call for Applications: FY17 International Research & Studies program

Posted on July 12, 2017

The competition for the FY 2017 International Research and Studies (IRS) program will take place June 28-August 14, 2017. This program supports surveys, studies, and development of instructional materials to improve and strengthen instruction in …

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Africa in Our Lives: Amy Stambach

Posted on September 8, 2016

Amy Stambach is a cultural anthropologist whose interests vary from China-Africa relations to environmental sustainability in Tanzania. She shares travel memories, new research and three new courses in this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES. Field of …

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Africa in Our Lives: Sam England

Posted on August 19, 2016

Assistant Professor of Arabic Sam England spent part of his childhood in Egypt, but it wasn’t until college that he jumped headfirst into the study of Arabic. He shares the lessons  from ancient poetry and …

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Course Spotlight: Gender and Sexuality in African History

Posted on August 19, 2014

Course Description This course explores the historiography of gender and sexuality in Africa. Through reading a selection of classic and recent works, seminar participants will engage some of the central questions that have animated historical …

Posted in Course Spotlights, Courses, Faculty, Graduate StudentsTagged Emily Callaci, gender, history, seminar, sexualityLeave a comment

African Studies Program Faculty/Staff Research Awards

Posted on January 2, 2014

The African Studies Program Planning committee and director Neil Kodesh are pleased to announce that once again we will be able to make a limited number of research awards to UW-Madison faculty and staff members …

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Wisconsin State Journal interviews Scheub

Posted on December 30, 2013

Shortly after giving his last lecture on December 13, 2013, Harold Scheub sits down with the Wisconsin State Journal to discuss his early travels to Africa, challenges and rewards of recording oral stories in Southern …

Posted in Alumni, FacultyTagged African languages, African Storyteller, alumni, Harold Scheub, Wisconin State JournalLeave a comment

Harold Scheub retires after four decades

Posted on December 17, 2013

After 43 years of passionate and dedicated teaching and service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harold Scheub, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities, announced his retirement at the end of the Fall 2013 semester. Professor Harold Scheub …

Posted in FacultyTagged African 210, African Storyteller, Harold Scheub, L&S Communications, retirement, Wisconsin State JournalLeave a comment

Course Spotlight: Africa South of the Sahara

Posted on December 10, 2013

Course Description This course is an intermediate-level introduction to the geography of Africa. While very much welcomed, no course work on Africa is required prior to taking this course. After a general overview of physical, …

Posted in Course Spotlights, Courses, FacultyTagged Geography, Mali, Matthew Turner, Niger, West AfricaLeave a comment
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