Don’t miss the chance to enter the African Studies Program’s first annual Instagram contest! Winners will receive African Studies swag, and winning photos will be featured in the African Studies Program newsletter and on all …
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Now accepting SUMMER STORIES from Africa
SUMMER STORIES from Africa is a series of fresh reflections from our students, faculty and alumni researching and studying on the continent. Since its debut in 2015, SUMMER STORIES has highlighted brief, but memorable moments, insights …
Language Institute seeks marketing and communications intern
The Language Institute at UW-Madison seeks an intern for the 2016-17 academic year to support communications and social media. The intern’s responsibilities will include producing original news stories related to language study at UW-Madison, conceptualizing …
Festival to celebrate African languages & literature
The Department of African Languages and Literature will host a festival next Friday to showcase African languages, literature, and cultures. Students learning Arabic, Basaa, Hausa, Somali, Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu will present skits, videos, songs, …
Local burial mounds facilitate global learning
When teaching “Introduction to African Languages and Literature,” Professor Samuel England was faced with a dilemma. Students in his course were studying the Rwandan Genocide, yet most had no direct connection to the concept of …
Seeking teaching assistants for online African Storyteller course
The Department of African Cultural Studies (formerly the Department of African Languages and Literature) seeks graduate Teaching Assistants to help deliver instruction for the online course African 210: “The African Storyteller.” The African Storyteller is …
BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH a hit among scholars and students alike
“So, what are the big stories here?” asked Nancy Hunt as she pointed to a black and white photograph at the African Studies Program’s annual conference this past weekend. The photograph, entitled “Congolese medical assistant(s) …
Africa in Our Lives: Todd Rámon Ochoa
Although he stumbled upon African-inspired communities in Cuba by chance, Todd Rámon Ochoa has delved headfirst into this unique area of study, examining Cuban-Kongo praise feasts, ritual masters, and healing processes. We look forward to …
Applications open for African Studies Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships
2016 UW-Madison African Studies Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships The African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce a one-time fellowship program for UW-Madison graduate students working on a master’s thesis …
Africa in Our Lives: Julie Livingston
The second of our featured BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH presenters, Julie Livingston did not initially foresee an academic career. She shares with us how a course on Africa changed her mind, and how …