CALL FOR PROPOSALS UBUNTU DIALOGUES SEMINAR PROGRAM The African Studies Center at Michigan State University (MSU) is pleased to invite applications for participation in the 2021 Ubuntu Dialogues Seminar Program. The seminars are part of the Ubuntu Dialogues, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded partnership between the MSU African Studies Center and the Stellenbosch University Museum. …
The African Studies Program would like to introduce and welcome Prince Vincent-Anene, a new PhD student in the History Department. Prince completed his undergraduate degree at Paul University in Awka, Nigeria. He majored in History, which he recalls, was the biggest department at the university, and offered him a robust community connected through a “common …
The African Studies Program congratulates Kazeem Kẹ́hìndé Sanuth, a UW–Madison alum, on his new position as the Associate Director of National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) at the Indiana University, Bloomington. Kazeem graduated from UW with his PhD in Second Language Acquisition (2019), focusing on the pedagogy of Less Commonly Taught Languages. He received his …
Tinashe Hofisi recently won the Racial Justice Award from the African Studies Program for his project titled, “Governance and Law Enforcement in the Era of COVID-19: African Lives Matter.” Tinashe is a human rights lawyer from Zimbabwe whose studies explore institutional variation in constitutional adjudication. He worked on constitutional litigation with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for …
Meet Rita Mawuena Benissan, who recently won the Racial Justice Award from the Africa Studies Program. Rita is a Ghanaian-American interdisciplinary artist, who explores the identities of Africans and African Americans while showcasing the profound beauty and power of Black culture. She is in her last year of the MFA program at UW–Madison. Her art …
Introducing Aruna Kallon, a recent winner of the African Studies Program’s Racial Justice Award for his project, entitled “Examining the Association between Healthcare Seeking Behaviors and Risk of Testing Positive for COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Aruna is a PhD student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS), School of Education. He holds a master’s …
Diana Chioma Famakinwa is our new interim assistant director. She joins the African Studies Program from UW–Madison’s School of Education, where she is completing her Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, with a concentration on comparative and international education and African studies. She has held administrative, research, and teaching positions with various units across campus and …
Kaiping Chen is an Assistant Professor of Computational Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Maison, Department of Life Sciences Communication. She is an affiliate of the UW–Madison Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, and the Center for East Asian Studies. Kaiping’s research interests are: global science communication, public understanding of science in …
The Zoom information for our virtual Spring Africa at Noon series is below. You may click the link to join or dial in: When: Jan 27, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, until Apr 14, 2021, 12 occurrence(s) Jan 27, 2021 12:00 PM Feb 3, 2021 12:00 PM Feb …
All interested members of the UW–Madison language teaching and learning community are invited to apply to participate in this yearlong, non-credit seminar for shared professional learning around social justice and IDEA (inclusion, diversity equity, and access) in postsecondary language teaching and learning. Participants will receive a certificate of completion and a small book allowance of $150. …