DATES: March 19 and March 20 Please join us for the Lauder Institute’s inaugural Africa Symposium: Bridging Profit and Purpose! The Lauder Institute’s Africa Symposium is a new setting for in-depth conversations among a diverse …
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annual day in Africa
Annual Day in Africa event on April 28, 2020! This semester The African Studies Program is planning our annual Day In Africa event, an outreach program where Wisconsin high school students visit UW-Madison to explore …
AFRISEM CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS
AFRICA’S PLACE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: REIMAGINING GOVERNANCE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART AND CULTURE Date: April 03 (Fri), 2020, Venue: Evanston, Illinois In his concept of “Flows,” Arjun Appadurai (2000) observed that in today’s globalizing world, …
Afrofuturism: B(l)ack to the Future
VOICES OF THE PAST. LIVING IN THE PRESENT. GUIDING OUR FUTURE. Afrofuturism is the (re)imagining of the future for Black people through various mediums such as the arts, media, and literature. While Afrofuturism’s origins stem …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: ITAMAR DUBINSKY
Itamar Dubinsky is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University, and an honorary fellow at the UW-Madison African Studies Program. Itamar examines the intersections of sport …
ASA Board of Directors Self-Nomination Call
The Nominations Committee of the African Studies Association is soliciting nominations from members who wish to be considered for the 2021 election slate for positions on the Board of Directors of the ASA. If elected, board …
Meeting our New Affiliates: Zuzana Burivalova
This feature is courtesy of Caroline Schneider in GROW, a magazine devoted to the life sciences published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). Zuzana Burivalova is a new faculty …
Meeting our New Affiliates: Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué
This feature is courtesy of Katie Vaughn of the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Communications Team. Professor Mougoué is an African Studies Program affiliate, and we have been so pleased to have her join …
African Studies Program seeking curators, classrooms to participate in Discovery Box service
Outreach and community education are a major component of our work here at the African Studies Program. The African Studies Outreach Program reached over 9,000 citizens throughout the state with its programming last academic year, …
Jewish Social Services Seeking Translation Services
Jewish Social Services (JSS) is seeking contracted interpreters to help them with the interpretation needs of their Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Legal Services programs. The languages that they most need are Swahili, Dari, and Kinyarwanda …