The African Studies Program Planning committee and director Jim Sweet are pleased to announce a one-time program of research travel awards available to UW-Madison faculty and staff members wishing to advance their production of knowledge …
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Call for Proposals: Area/International Studies Research Awards for UW faculty, staff
Grants of $5,000 to $50,000 are now available to faculty and staff, working individually or in teams, for one- to three-year projects that advance area and international studies at UW-Madison. Learn more.
From the NYTimes: Straus, Brottem Looking Ahead in Mali
Read New York Times opinion piece, “Looking Ahead in Mali,” by Scott Straus, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, and Leif Brottem, PhD student in the Department of Geography.
From On Wisconsin: African Studies faculty affiliate Richard Keller counts heat wave deaths
Blizzards are bad. Hurricanes are worse. But when it comes to killing power, no weather packs the punch of a heat wave, according to the numbers that Richard Keller has crunched. Read more.
Photos from Changing Course: Teaching African Languages at UW-Madison in the 21st Century
Wisconsin faculty, students, and alumni participated in “Changing Course,” symposium on October 12, 2012, jointly hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program, the Department of African Languages and Literature, and the Language Institute. …
From the UW News Desk: Scott Straus helps government officials understand, prevent genocide
The unthinkable is Scott Straus’ stock-in-trade. The barbarity and righteous conceit that spawns genocide is his research focus, and Straus, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is using his expertise to help …
El Nossery on “Témoignages fictionnels”
“Témoignages fictionnels au féminin. Une réécriture des blancs de la guerre civile algérienne” is Nevine El Nossery, assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian, most recent book to be published by Rodopi. Details …
Rob Nixon wins American Book Award
“Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor” by Rob Nixon, UW-Madison professor of English and environmental studies and affiliate of the African Studies Program, has been named a 2012 American Book Award winner. Whether …