Every Wednesday at noon — since 1973! — African Studies Program faculty, students, and community members have gathered for AFRICA AT NOON, a one-hour weekly lecture series bringing diverse African research from scholars around the world to a campus and community audience. Even a global pandemic couldn’t keep us from bringing our community together to …
To access the Africa at Noon Zoom session directly, click here. For dial-in information, view below. When: Sep 15, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, until Dec 8, 2021, 12 occurrence(s) Sep 15, 2021 12:00 PM Sep 22, 2021 12:00 PM Sep 29, 2021 12:00 PM Oct 6, 2021 …
Justyn Huckleberry is a Ph.D. candidate in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and an editor for Edge Effects online magazine. Her current research focuses on how people experience and remember conservation and extractive-industry displacement. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Botswana where she is conducting her dissertation research. She holds an M.L.A. in Environmental …
The African Studies Program is excited to introduce Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite, the new Outreach Coordinator. Olayinka joins our Program from UW–Madison’s School of Education, where she recently defended her PhD. in Educational Policy Studies, with a concentration on comparative and international education and a minor in Curriculum and Instruction. She has held administrative, teaching, and project …
January 27 “Dimensions of Citizenship: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo” Irène Tombo, Jordan Prize Winner Political Science PhD Candidate, UW–Madison Hosted by Scott Straus February 3 “How Deliberative Designs Empower Citizens’ Voices: A Case Study on Ghana’s Deliberative Poll on Agriculture and the Environment” Kaiping Chen Assistant Professor of Life Sciences …
FRENCH 216: Topic – Introduction to Francophone and Postcolonial Studies (Cross-listed: AFRICAN 216) T/TH 11a-12:15p Taught in English. VIDEO ABOUT FRENCH 216 Contact: Professor Nevine El Nossery Details: Credits: 3 credits Level: Elementary Breadth: Humanities L&S credit type: Counts as LAS credit (L&S) Cross listed: AFRICAN 216, FRENCH 216 Course options: Repeatable for Credit Description: This course is an introduction to some of the most …
Every year, new Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) join us from across the African continent so that UW students can learn languages from native speakers. As cultural ambassadors, they also welcome opportunities to engage with your classrooms, schools, and the broader community to learn from them about their home countries. The African language FLTAs …
African 361 will be held Monday through Friday from 8:50 to 9:40am and is 5 credits. This class will be taught by FLTA Abubakar Sulaiman. Hausa is one of West Africa’s most widely spoken languages. More than 34 million people in parts of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad speak Hausa as their first language and it’s used …
We are so excited to announce that Professor Aili Mari Tripp’s Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), has been selected as one of two 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize winners. AIMS is the American Institute for Maghrib Studies. The award will be announced at the October meeting …
Welcoming Dr. Marissa Moorman to the African Studies Program We are delighted to announce that Dr. Marissa Moorman has joined the department of African Cultural Studies as of this Fall as a Full Professor with tenure. Dr. Moorman was previously a Professor of History and Media Studies at Indiana University and she has a national …