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 …
Faculty
Africa in Our Lives: Amy Stambach
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 …
Africa in Our Lives: Sam England
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 …
Course Spotlight: Gender and Sexuality in African History
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 …
African Studies Program Faculty/Staff Research Awards
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 …
Wisconsin State Journal interviews Scheub
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 …
Harold Scheub retires after four decades
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 …
Course Spotlight: Africa South of the Sahara
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, …
UW faculty and graduate students reflect on Madela’s life and legacy
Campus mourns Nelson Mandela, University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 12/10/2013 Heinz Klug: Reflections on Nelson Mandela’s legacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 12/06/2013
Course Spotlight: Language, Gender, and Sexuality in African Contexts
Course Description An exploration of how gender and sexuality are constrained, constructed, performed, and resisted in and through language. Readings will include theories of language and gender, queer linguistics, and feminist discourse analysis, followed by …