The King-Morgridge Scholars Program, administered by the International Division, will welcome its third cohort of students to campus this August. As part of their introduction to the Madison community and to the university, the International …
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Two UW-Madison graduate students win Fulbright awards for Africa research
The African Studies Program is pleased to announce that graduate students Lauren Parnell Marino and Justyn Huckleberry have been granted Fulbright awards to fund their research on the continent of Africa. The Fulbright Program is …
Winner of the African Studies Undergraduate Paper Award: Danielle Schmitz
This year marked the launch of the Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards, in which the Institute for Regional and International Studies announced that participating area studies centers would be awarding $1,000 to the …
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship awarded for Tanzania- and Uganda-partnered engineering project
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are awarded each year to outstanding undergraduate projects, designed with the assistance of a UW-Madison faculty or staff member, which seek to address issues identified by community partners both at home and …
A conversation with Herbert Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Herbert Lewis knew from a young age that he was interested in exploring cultures and communities different from his own. Until his junior year at Brandeis University, though, he wasn’t aware that there was a field …
African Studies: A Year In Review
Jan Vansina Memorial Lecture In September, the African Studies Program and the Department of History hosted the first annual Jan Vansina Memorial Lecture to celebrate the incredible life and scholarship of one of the world’s …
Post-Doc Opportunity at Amsterdam Institute
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is seeking a part-time Research Fellow (32 hours/week for 3 years) to conduct research as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project entitled “What’s at Stake …
Associate Director Opening at Indiana University
There is an open position at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLS) to serve as associate director of the National African Language Resource Center (NALRC). The position will remain open …
AFRICA IN OUR LIVES: Megan Skalitzky
Megan Skalitzky is a graduating senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a certificate in Global Health. She currently works at the African Studies Program as an administrative intern. In this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES, she …
ASA Coordinate & Affiliate Organization Grant Application
The African Studies Association invites all coordinate and affiliate organizations to apply for a small grant from the ASA. Grants up to $500 ($1,000 for activities in Africa) will be awarded to help support an …