Position: Associate Director of the African Studies Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The African Studies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Title VI National Resource Center, invites applications …
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Be an Echidna Global Scholar
About the Echidna Global Scholars Program The Echidna Global Scholars Program is a visiting fellowship hosted by the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution. The program aims to build the research, analytical, …
Ghana Up in Arms: Battling Illegal Timber Trade with the Xylotron
By Aberdeen Leary | October 5, 2018 Four research scientists are on campus this semester to learn the ins and outs of UW-Madison wood identification technology in an effort to bring the knowledge back to their …
Jan Vansina’s legacy honored at first annual Jan Vansina Lecture events
Friends, colleagues, and students of the late Jan Vansina gathered September 21-22 to honor the legacy of one of the world’s foremost historians of Africa. A pioneering figure in the study of Africa, Vansina is …
Africa in Our Lives: Sophie Sapp Moore
SOPHIE SAPP MOORE Sophie Sapp Moore is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for Research on the Plantationocene (2018-2020), affiliated with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, CHE, and the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies. …
Wisconsin International Review Seeks Writers
The Wisconsin International Review (WIRe). The WIRe is a student-run, online, international magazine on campus. It is a non-partisan publication that provides students with the opportunity to publish their own articles on any internationally-oriented subject. …
Journal, “History in Africa,” Seeks Editor
The Publications Committee of the African Studies Association Board of Directors announces a Call for Statements of Interest in the Editorship of the ASA’s journal, History in Africa (HIA), published by Cambridge University Press, for …
Work for International Studies
The UW-Madison International Division/IRIS is seeking a full-time staff member to serve as Financial Specialist. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining financial data and all related record-keeping activities for international and area studies …
CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar in Dakar, Senegal
“Diversity, Religion, and Migration in West Africa” Senegal, January 6-22, 2019 Application Deadline: October 22, 2018 View PDF Flyer ABOUT THE AWARD CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers) recognizes the immediate and growing need for …
Everyday Politics of Life & Culture in Africa
“EVERYDAY POLITICS OF LIFE AND CULTURE IN AFRICA” After 40 years of dedicated work, Michael Schatzberg, professor of Political Science and African Cultural Studies, announced his retirement at the end of the Spring 2018 semester. …