2021-2022 VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRICAN HISTORY The Macalester College Department of History invites applications for a historian with a specialization in African history for a one-year appointment during the academic year 2021-22. They are …
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Appreciating Neil Kodesh
The African Studies Program would like to express our gratitude for Neil Kodesh. Neil is a History Department Professor and has served as the longstanding African Studies Program Director. Neil guided the African Studies Program …
Appreciating Lindsay Ehrisman
The African Studies Program would like to extend our gratitude for Lindsay Ehrisman and the abundance of work she does for our Program. Lindsay is a history PhD candidate whose research asks about the interconnected …
Our Award Winning Community
African Studies Program would like to draw attention to recent awardees affiliated with our Program! If you’ve recently won an award, email us at connect_intl@wisc.edu. GRADUATE STUDENTS Lauren Parnell Marino received the Mary Washburn Willets Award …
LECTURER IN AFRICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
LECTURER IN AFRICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of African and African American Studies Position Description: The Department of African and African American Studies seeks applications for a …
FLAS Fellowship and Grant Recipients, Part III
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Award includes fellowships and grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource Centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and either …
Spring 2021 Course Spotlights
Are you looking for an African Studies course to take this spring? Here are some great options! AFRICAN 405: ISLAM IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson, Professor of African Cultural Studies (Department …
VIRTUAL INTENSIVE SUMMER MULTILANGUAGE SEMINAR
The African Studies Program is excited to share news of a virtual summer language opportunity. WISLI is hosting “a new FLAS-eligible online program in Summer 2021: the Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar. The Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar, developed …
FLAS Fellowship and Grant Recipients, Part II
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Award includes fellowships and grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource Centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and either …
Celebrating Tejumola Olaniyan’s Life
Today marks the first anniversary of the passing of Tejumola (Teju) Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor of English & Wole Soyinka Professor of the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. To commemorate the one year …