Course Description This course surveys the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the 1940s through the present day. Students will examine how various African communities have defined well being, pursued prosperity, and imagined collective futures in …
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Badger Herald covers Assistant Secretary of State visit
Following a lecture by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield on March 28, 2014, the Badger Herald composed an article highlighting key points from the address including goals to advance human rights, …
African Studies students aid energy initiative in Uganda
African Studies graduate students Aleia McCord and Sarah Stefanos team-up with others to establish portable electricity in Uganda using bio-gas energy. Learn more about their work.
Resources for teaching about Nelson Mandela
Boston University’s African Studies Center and Africa Access Review prepared a special resource for educators to engage and discuss the life and times of Nelson Mandela in elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms. Learn …
UW faculty and graduate students reflect on Madela’s life and legacy
Campus mourns Nelson Mandela, University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 12/10/2013 Heinz Klug: Reflections on Nelson Mandela’s legacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 12/06/2013
Course Spotlight: Health, Healing, and Science in Africa and the African Diaspora
Course Description Theoretical perspectives from Science and Technology Studies have become increasingly influential in the study of health in Africa and the African Diaspora in recent years. The scholarly turn toward bio-politics and the examination …
Feingold Draws on UW-Madison’s Africa Experts
On October 4, 2013, Russ Feingold, the United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visited the UW-Madison campus to draw on the expertise of …
African Studies Program’s weekly lecture series turns 40.
“Pressure free…informal, interdisciplinary get-togethers”–this is what the African Studies community on campus needed to address a lack of communication between campus Africanists, according to faculty and graduate students in the early 1970s. So to encourage …
Call for Applications: Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards and Fellowships
The competition for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships and awards at UW-Madison is now open. The African Studies Program encourages students of African languages to submit applications for Summer 2013 and Academic Year …
From the UW News Desk: Scott Straus helps government officials understand, prevent genocide
The unthinkable is Scott Straus’ stock-in-trade. The barbarity and righteous conceit that spawns genocide is his research focus, and Straus, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is using his expertise to help …