CALL FOR PROPOSALS UBUNTU DIALOGUES SEMINAR PROGRAM The African Studies Center at Michigan State University (MSU) is pleased to invite applications for participation in the 2021 Ubuntu Dialogues Seminar Program. The seminars are part of …
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Africa in Our Lives: Prince Vincent-Anene
The African Studies Program would like to introduce and welcome Prince Vincent-Anene, a new PhD student in the History Department. Prince completed his undergraduate degree at Paul University in Awka, Nigeria. He majored in History, …
Africa in our Lives: Kazeem Kẹ́hìndé Sanuth
The African Studies Program congratulates Kazeem Kẹ́hìndé Sanuth, a UW-Madison alum, on his new position as the Associate Director of National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) at the Indiana University, Bloomington. Kazeem graduated from UW …
Africa in Our Lives: Tinashe Hofisi
Tinashe Hofisi recently won the Racial Justice Award from the African Studies Program for his project titled, “Governance and Law Enforcement in the Era of COVID-19: African Lives Matter.” Tinashe is a human rights lawyer …
Africa in Our Lives: Rita Mawuena Benissan
Meet Rita Mawuena Benissan, who recently won the Racial Justice Award from the Africa Studies Program. Rita is a Ghanaian-American interdisciplinary artist, who explores the identities of Africans and African Americans while showcasing the profound …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: ARUNA KALLON
Introducing Aruna Kallon, a recent winner of the African Studies Program’s Racial Justice Award for his project, entitled “Examining the Association between Healthcare Seeking Behaviors and Risk of Testing Positive for COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.” …
Welcoming Diana Chioma Famakinwa to the African Studies Program
Diana Chioma Famakinwa is our new interim assistant director. She joins the African Studies Program from UW–Madison’s School of Education, where she is completing her Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, with a concentration on comparative …
Introducing Dr. Kaiping Chen
Kaiping Chen is an Assistant Professor of Computational Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Maison, Department of Life Sciences Communication. She is an affiliate of the UW-Madison Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology …
Africa at Noon Zoom Events Information
The Zoom information for our virtual Africa at Noon series is below. You may click the link to join or dial in: When: Sep 9, 2020 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Every week …
Committed to Change: Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in Language Education
All interested members of the UW-Madison language teaching and learning community are invited to apply to participate in this yearlong, non-credit seminar for shared professional learning around social justice and IDEA (inclusion, diversity equity, and access) …