The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which awards a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding …
Louisiana State University Job Posting Title: Assistant Professor Position Type: Faculty Department: African and African American Studies Work Location: 0135 Howe Russell Kniffen Geoscience E & W Job Description: The Department of African & African American Studies (AAAS) in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, seeks a scholar …
CROSSING BORDERS IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CINEMA Mondays 3:30-5:30p This course is taught by Professor Nevine El Nossery
The African Studies Program is excited to (re)introduce Professor Leif V. Brottem. Leif is a faculty affiliate at UW–Madison for the 2021-22 academic year, and an alum of the Geography Department at UW, where he worked with Professor Matt Turner. He is an Associate Professor at Grinnell College and teaches courses in Global Development Studies …
The African Studies Program invites you to utilize UW library resources, which are still abundantly available in an online format during the Covid-19 pandemic. We interviewed African Studies Librarian Emilie Songolo to tell us more about how UW libraries and her job have changed during the pandemic. Emilie is the Senior Librarian for African, Global, …
Centering Resistance: Imaginings of a New Feminist Future April 7-9, 2022 Co-Convened by UW-System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium and UW System Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian Fully Virtual Event and Free Event! “Timeline VI,” Artwork by Helen Klebesadel Call for Proposals This year’s theme rests on an urgent line of inquiry: What has the …
The African Studies Program is excited to announce that Emeritus Professor Thomas Spear’s (et. al.) Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources has been awarded the Waldo G. Leland Prize by the American Historical Association for the best reference work published over the past five years. The volumes are a collection of over 80 critical studies of …
Tomorrow (10/26 from 12-1pm) the Midwest Diplomat in Residence, Ron Packowitz, will be virtually visiting campus to talk with students about his career in the Foreign Service, as well as internship and fellowship opportunities for students and recent grads. Diplomatic Careers for UW–Madison Students is a great session for students of any major to learn about how their skills and …
African Studies is opening a supplemental Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award competition for Spring 2022. Applications are now open and may be submitted through 11:59 PM CST on November 15. All eligible undergraduate and graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply. Please review the FLAS webpage and FAQs; if you have outstanding questions about your application or …