Marie-Josée Paula Houénou was a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who has now returned to Madison through a YALI Continuing Connections Travel Award to work with Valerie Stull of the Global Health Institute. Houénou is a legal consultant …
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Call for Papers: 15th International African Studies Conference
On May 26-29, 2020 in Moscow the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in co-operation with the Research Council for the Problems of African Countries, will hold the 15th African Studies …
Apply Now: 2020 Global Health Grants
The UW-Madison Global Health Institute is offering a multitude of global health grants and awards for next year. Seed Grants of up to $25,000 support new global health research projects to make them competitive for sustained external …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: Sooji Kim
Sooji Kim is a graduate student in Development Studies who recently joined the African Studies Program team as an Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) Project Assistant! In this feature, Sooji will discuss her …
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: UBUNTU DIALOGUES SEMINAR
The African Studies Center at Michigan State University (MSU) is pleased to invite applications for participation in the 2020 Ubuntu Dialogues Seminar Program to be held at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa. The …
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP)
The CADFP is a scholar exchange program for African higher education institutions to host a diaspora scholar for 14-90 days for projects in curriculum co-development, research collaboration and graduate student teaching and mentoring. Selected fellows …
NOW OPEN: MESP AND APTLI COORDINATOR POSITION
The Middle East Studies Program (MESP) and the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI) are seeking a joint coordinator. MESP supports and promotes the interdisciplinary study of Middle Eastern and North African languages and …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: Dr. Lara Vojnov
Lara Vojnov, PhD is the Diagnostics Advisor in the HIV and Hepatitis Department at the World Health Organization. She currently leads normative guidance development and country support for HIV and hepatitis diagnostics, including viral load, …
The WISC-XyloTron: Combatting the illegal logging trade, one image at a time
Each year, the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment offers competitive grants to projects which embrace the values of and seek to advance The Wisconsin Idea. Among the recipients for this year were Dr. Prabu Ravindran, Assistant …
NOW OPEN: YALI RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE APPLICATION
The Reciprocal Exchange component provides funds for American professionals to travel to sub-Saharan African countries to continue collaborative work with Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni on the continent. American professionals may include those met during the …