The Laura Bassi Scholarship 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, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year: December, April, and August. The …
Dear ASP colleagues, Racism and state-sanctioned violence have shaped the U.S. from this country’s founding, but in this moment, long-standing calls to transform the White supremacist roots of our national identity are gaining new power. It is a moment that is so deeply hopeful, but at the same time, yet again, recreates violence against Black …
Question 1: Gregg Mitman’s film “The Land Beneath Our Feet” film won the award for Best African Film in the 2017 San Francisco Black Film Festival. True Question 2: Which Africanist was known to always give the first Africa at Noon presentation? Jan Vansina Question 3: UW- Madison law professor, Heinz Klug, was involved with …
Second Annual Jan Vansina Memorial Lecture The African Studies Program hosted the second annual Jan Vansina Lecture in September 2019 to honor the legacy of Jan Vansina, one of the world’s foremost historians of Africa. Vansina played an essential role in establishing and developing the African Studies Program in 1961 and pioneered new fields in African pre-colonial, economic, intellectual, …
Overview Opportunity in Washington, DC The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted through ZemiTek partnered with CAMRIS International, to recruit and hire a qualified individual for the following position: Title: Power Africa Program Analyst United States Agency for International Development/AFR/ Power Africa With more than 30 years’ experience providing information technology (IT) and management consulting …
Question 1: Africa At Noon speaker, Noah Tamarkin presented on genetic ancestry and political subjectivity in… South Africa Question 2: Which Africanists served as the directors of the African Studies Program? Philip D. Curtin Aliko Songolo Neil Kodesh Nancy Kendall Question 3: 45 African countries are represented by faculty research. False Question 4: Africanist Lusayo …
Question 1: Which Africa at Noon Speaker was the main guest on NPR’s Hidden Brain podcast rebroadcasting an old episode from a couple of years ago about the ebola outbreak in west Africa. Mousaka Fallah Question 2: Who said: “The Mandela Washington Fellowship… is a unique opportunity for Wisconsinites to engage with rising international leaders …
The Toyin Falola Prize is administered by the literary magazine Lunaris Review. The prize is named after and presented in honor of Toyin Falola, Nigerian historian and distinguished professor of African Studies who has published over 100 books. Submissions are currently being accepted for the inaugural prize. In an email to Brittle Paper, the TFP co-ordinator Tololupe Oke …
Christopher Kirchgasler is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Global Studies, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research examines the historical and comparative qualities of schooling, particularly as they relate to notions of inclusion, equity, and justice. His work directs attention to how contemporary school reforms are haunted by colonial residues that …
Questions 1: Alika Songolo is a… Knight in France Question 2: Harold Scheub walked 1,500 miles across Africa True Question 3: How many Africanist graduate students are in our community? 93 Question 4: ASP has 95 tenured and tenure track faculty members True Question 5: Which professors were active in the anti-apartheid movement? Heinz Klug …