We are excited to tell you that the International Internship Program will be offering part-time, virtual international internships with organizations all over the world for spring 2022!  There is NO FEE for our virtual internships. Credit is optional. Gain professional and cross-cultural experience! Some featured opportunities for African Studies students: (deadline to apply is November 7th!) Want to hear first-hand from …

African Policy Journal Call for Submissions Submit your work to the African Policy Journal (APJ) for Publication. 2022 16th Edition Print Publication Deadline: December 17, 2021 2021-2022 Online Blog Publication Deadline: Rolling Email submissions here. Learn more here.

Apply for the Boren Awards in language, culture, and service. Undergraduate Boren Scholarships range up to $25,000. Applications are due February 2, 2022.  Graduate Boren Fellowships are up to $30,000 and are due January 26, 2022. Grant options include: BUILD PROFICIENCY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Boren Scholars and Fellows study a wide range of critical languages, …

M. Crawford Young, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and one of the foremost scholars in the world on African politics, died Jan. 22 in Madison from complications related to congestive heart failure. He was 88. While the Department of Political Science was Young’s disciplinary base, he was a central …

Based on extensive and original research, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon (University of Michigan Press) forces us to pay attention to the roles women played in the separatist movement of Anglophone Cameroon in the years immediately after independence. Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué’s research demonstrates the important roles played by women, whether as …

The African Studies Program seeks teaching assistants for Africa 277: An Introductory Survey. This interdisciplinary course is cross-listed in African Cultural Studies, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology. DUTIES TAs will manage course communications with students, lead discussion sections, keep records, assist with all grading, and carry out other duties requested by the course instructor. INSTRUCTOR …

The 2022-23 Fellowship Application is open! Click here to access the online application. The deadline for the 2022-23 Princeton in Africa fellowship application is Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern. To receive updates regarding this year’s application and opportunities to learn more about PiAf, you can join our applicant mailing list here. Eligibility Application Requirements This post …

Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué served as a consultant for a project depicting Cameroonian women’s political history commissioned by Initiative Perspektivwechsel, an organization based in Germany and Cameroon that seeks to disseminate knowledge about politics in Africa. The graphic novel, Résistance: Trois Générations de Lutte Anticoloniale au Cameroun, is now available in French and German and includes the graphic history …