The African Studies Program would like to extend our gratitude for Lindsay Ehrisman and the abundance of work she does for our Program. Lindsay is a history PhD candidate whose research asks about the interconnected …
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Our Award Winning Community
African Studies Program would like to draw attention to recent awardees affiliated with our Program! If you’ve recently won an award, email us at connect_intl@wisc.edu. GRADUATE STUDENTS Lauren Parnell Marino received the Mary Washburn Willets Award …
LECTURER IN AFRICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
LECTURER IN AFRICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of African and African American Studies Position Description: The Department of African and African American Studies seeks applications for a …
APPRECIATING JOEL BARAKA
The African Studies Program is excited to publicly appreciate Joel Baraka. Joel is a 4th-year undergraduate civil engineering major, with a creative approach to education. Joel has worked with our African Studies Program for the …
FLAS Fellowship and Grant Recipients, Part III
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Award includes fellowships and grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource Centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and either …
Africa in Our Lives: Michael Ọshindọrọ
Michael Ọshindọrọ is a first-year Ph.D. student in the African Cultural Studies Department and a Racial Justice Award winner. His work, “Animation Films and Identity in Nigeria,” is situated at the intersection of language and …
Spring 2021 Course Spotlights
Are you looking for an African Studies course to take this spring? Here are some great options! AFRICAN 405: ISLAM IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson, Professor of African Cultural Studies (Department …
Africa in Our Lives: Sheriff Issaka
Sheriff Issaka is a King-Morgridge Scholar from Ghana who recently won the African Studies Program’s Racial Justice Award. He is a Junior, majoring in Computer Science with African Studies and Entrepreneurship certificates. Sheriff developed this …
VIRTUAL INTENSIVE SUMMER MULTILANGUAGE SEMINAR
The African Studies Program is excited to share news of a virtual summer language opportunity. WISLI is hosting “a new FLAS-eligible online program in Summer 2021: the Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar. The Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar, developed …
FLAS Fellowship and Grant Recipients
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Award includes fellowships and grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource Centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and either …