COURSE DESCRIPTION This online class provides an examination of francophone women literature, principally from Africa (Malika Mokeddem from Algeria, Fatima Mernissi from Morocco, Fatou Diome from Senegal, and Werewere Liking from Cameroun), but also from …
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Celebrate International Education with a Week of Special Events
International Education Week is celebrated every year during the week prior to Thanksgiving. The tradition began in November, 2000, under the support of U.S. President Bill Clinton who stated, “It is the policy of the …
Job Opening: UW-Madison Global Engagement Office Coordinator
The UW-Madison School of Education is hiring a Coordinator for its newly named Global Engagement Office. The Global Engagement Office in the School of Education was created in 2018 to promote and support globally-focused research and …
Job Opening: TA for African 277 in Spring 2019
The UW-Madison African Studies Program is seeking TA’s for African 277, an introductory survey course designed to be a multidisciplinary introduction to the cultures and history of Africa. The course is cross-listed with African Cultural Studies, …
Call for Papers: Religion & Violence in Africa
Religion and Violence in Africa: Special volume of Religions As elsewhere, in Africa religion and violence take many forms, and often intersect on many levels, from the micro to the macro. Micro forms of such intersections …
Job Opening: Researcher for Kiira Education Foundation
Kiira Education Foundation, an NGO located in Jinja, Uganda, is currently in search of someone interested in a research opportunity that would begin in January 2019 and end in March 2019. The NGO’s main focus …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: Rebecca Hanks
Rebecca Hanks is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying political science. This semester, Rebecca is serving as an intern for the East Africa Bureau of the U.S. State Department through a program …
Job Opening: USAID Ethiopia
USAID Ethiopia is seeking a Global Health Security Technical Advisor to be stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Applications close November 25, 2018. See full job description and application information here>>
UW Ghanaian Health & Food Systems
IAP UW Ghanaian Health & Food Systems: Human, Agricultural & Environmental Health Time: Mid-May to Early June Application deadline: 11/2/2018. Course Credit: 3 credits in either International Studies 504 or Nutritional Sciences 421. It also fulfills …
Domestic, International Client-Based Workshop Projects Sought
The La Follette School is seeking client-based projects for students in its semester-long Workshop in Public Affairs and Workshop in International Public Affairs courses. Proposals for domestic and international projects from public, nonprofit, or private-sector …