Enroll soon! Deadline to enroll is Friday, September 13, 2013. Course Description Depending on whom you ask, Ameen Rihani may have been a writer with excellent knowledge of Middle Eastern geography, or he may have …
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Welcome Katrina Thompson, new associate professor in African Languages and Literature
The L&S Communications news team recently caught up with Katrina Thompson to chat about African languages, her advice for students and fun things she has done in Madison. Read more.
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 …
Volunteer with Global Health Service Partnership
Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a public-private partnership between the Peace Corps and Seed Global Health, sends doctors and nurses abroad as medical educators. These medical educators work closely with in-country counterparts to help meet …
Fellowships Support Research in Saharan Crossroads
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) and the West African Research Association (WARA) announce the second annual Saharan Crossroads Fellowship Competition. U.S., North African and West African scholars interested in conducting research in North …
At 90 Kunene publishes books and will receive honorary degree
This year is proving to be an auspicious one for Daniel Kunene, professor emeritus of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A few months after celebrating his 90th birthday surrounded by a …
Nixon’s “Slow Violence” Receives Award
From L&S News & Notes: This week, University of Wisconsin-Madison English professor Rob Nixon receives the 2013 biennial award for best book in environmental literary studies from the American Society for Literature and the Environment, …
Africa in Our Lives: Erin Johnson
Erin Johnson (x13) did not expect to produce a collection of watercolor portraits when she left campus to study abroad in Kenya. With majors in Art and Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies she explores …
Georgetown University scholarship for African graduate student
The Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University is offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. …
Africa in Our Lives: Rebecca Mandich
Whether she is sketching colorful wax-print dress designs, crafting handmade trilingual cardboard books, or acting in a Zanzibari television show, Rebecca Mandich (x’13) brings a creative and energetic spirit to everything she does. Major: African …