Are you in the school of Letters & Sciences? Are you passionate about the humanities or social humanities? Consider applying to these two scholarships! The Wolff Fellowship: The Wolff Fellowship for L&S 2023 Spring Graduating Seniors (min GPA is 3.75) This is a $45,000 post-graduation fellowship that supports an L&S graduate’s dream of adventure, travel, …
FLAS application for summer 2025 and academic year 2025-2026 The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 14, 2025. African language FLAS Awards are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the African Studies Program to assist students in acquiring African language and area studies competencies. NOTE: Students …
Kimberly Rooney is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of French and Italian, and her research focuses on representations of the School in sub-Saharan African novels written in French and the de/coloniality of this specific educational institution. Most recently, Kimberly was appointed as the Interim Africana and Francophone Librarian for the African Studies Program. Kimberly is …
Join 4W UNESCO and community organizations for the Chair Award Event on Friday, October 14th 4:00pm-5:30 pm 4W 2022 UNESCO Chair Prize Event Flyer The UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and a Culture of Peace is located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, and was co-funded by …
Vincent R. Ogoti is Andrew W. Mellon Public Humanities Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in African Cultural Studies and History. He was the inaugural African Studies Program Fellow at UW–Madison and a Fulbright Fellow at Yale University. A scholar of biopolitics, violence, trauma, memory, and postcoloniality, Vincent’s research primarily explores African and Caribbean literature, theatre, …
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international research communication competition in which graduate students explain their research to a general audience. Students in research-based master’s and PhD programs from all disciplines are eligible to compete with no cost to enter. Finalists selected at semi-finals hosted on November 2 will receive $100 cash prizes; finals will …
Job post 1: Hiring English-fluent notetakers for a community forum on sustainability Project Overview: Climate change continues to disproportionately impact communities of color, especially Black and Latinx communities. This project will bring together members of the Black community to amplify Black voices in the City of Madison’s environmental and climate planning efforts, through listening to Black perspectives, …
FINAL 2022 Africa At Noon Fall List (5)
Tuesday-Wednesday July 26-27, 2022 (9 am-4 pm Central Time) Via Zoom Call for Proposals (Closed) The West African Research Association, and the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are hosting a virtual conference that centers on West Africa, for scholars based in the Midwest regions,* of North America. We invite paper and panel proposals …
Ayodeji is a Ph.D. student in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses generally on the history of health, infectious diseases, and environmental and social change in Africa. Ayodeji has researched the history of yellow fever and Ebola in Africa. He received his BA in history from the …