The African Studies Program seeks an Office Assistant to assist in the day-to-day activities, provide clerical support, and to help schedule, coordinate, and promote African Studies Program events through print, web, and social media. Anticipated …
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ASA Announces Royal Air Maroc-ASA Student Travel Award
The African Studies Association (ASA) recently announced the Royal Air Maroc-African Studies Association Student Travel Award to encourage “the movement of students and the exchange of ideas, between students of African Studies in Africa and …
Fulbright awards go to two African Studies students
African Studies graduate students Christina Cappy and James Krueger are two of six UW-Madison students to receive a 2013 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) awards. Christina Cappy, a former Foreign Language and Area Studies …
Course Spotlight: Language, Gender, and Sexuality in African Contexts
Course Description An exploration of how gender and sexuality are constrained, constructed, performed, and resisted in and through language. Readings will include theories of language and gender, queer linguistics, and feminist discourse analysis, followed by …
Fulbright Info Sessions for Grad Students
Get the scoop on two Fulbright programs for graduate students. The Fulbright US student program can fund MA, pre-dissertation, and PhD research. The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program funds dissertation research in area …
Bert and Diane Adams featured in Wisconsin State Journal
Read A Madison family found joy and friendship in the midst of upheaval in Uganda from October 27, 2013, Wisconsin State Journal.
James Sweet named Vilas-Jartz Distinguished Achievement Professor
Professor of History James Sweet, former director of the African Studies Program and current chair of the Department of History, was recently awarded a five-year endowed professorship to support his research. Sweet regularly teaches courses …
Welcome John Nimis, new assistant professor in African Languages and Literature
The L&S Communications news team recently caught up with John Nimis to chat about his baby grand piano, Cameroonian food, and his passion for Congolese music. College of Letters and Science News, “Nimis strikes the …
Packers’ Rodgers and Mulumba hosted ‘Rally for Congo’ at Memorial Union
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Congolese rookie Packers linebacker Andy Mulumba, and actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui hosted a rally for the Enough Project’s Conflict Free Campus Initiative (CFCI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s …
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 …