The Global Gateway Initiative is a partnership between International Academic Programs (IAP), the Office of Student Financial Aid, and the Institute for Regional and International Studies, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to increase access to study abroad. Study abroad provides opportunities for students to advance their academic studies while developing global skills that will help …

The Civil Society Scholar Awards (CSSA) support international academic mobility to enable doctoral students and university faculty to access resources that enrich socially-engaged research and critical scholarship in their home country or region. Civil Society Scholars are selected on the basis of their outstanding contributions to research or other engagement with local communities, to furthering …

The NEA Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2020 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship. The NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship broadens educators’ and students’ perspectives. It’s a great opportunity for classroom teachers to develop their global competence and bring the world to their students. The deadline to apply is February 4th. The yearlong, fully-funded Fellowship …

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS What: The Third Biennial African Philosophy World Conference Who: Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of Humanities Where: University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania When:  October 28-30, 2019 Topic:  Building Africa’s Future on African Philosophy DESCRIPTION Seasoned and early career philosophers, humanities scholars and scientists across the disciplines, are welcome to send abstracts …

CALL FOR PAPERS What: The 27th Annual Boston University Graduate Student Conference in African Studies When: March 29-30, 2019 Where: Boston, MA Theme: In and Out of Africa Keynote Speaker: Prof. G. Ugo Nwokeju, U.C. Berkeley OVERVIEW In Renaissance Europe, a supposedly ancient observation about Africa became a widely circulating bit of proverbial wisdom: ex …

CALL FOR PAPERS What: University of Chicago Committee on African Studies Conference When: April 12th, 2019 Where: Wilder House, University of Chicago Topic: Bodies, Landscapes, Memory in and Beyond the Continent Keynote Speaker: Zoë Crossland (Columbia University, Department of Anthropology) “Before memory there is the view. To remember is literally to see the physical traces left …

The African Studies Association encourages its members to apply for a travel subsidy grant to support advocacy for international education, the humanities, and social science. Travel awards of $1,000 are available through ASA to help facilitate the travel of ASA members to  one of four advocacy events scheduled in Washington, DC. These events are National …

CALL FOR PAPERS What: Afrisem Annual Graduate Conference Where: Northwestern University When: April 4-6, 2019 Theme: African Studies Now: Decolonizing the Field Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robtel Pailey, Oxford University The Program of African Studies graduate student seminar (AfriSem) invites graduate student papers in the study of Africa and its communities engaging with the theme: African …

COURSE DESCRIPTION Sociology 925 surveys classic and contemporary debates in the sociology of economic change and development, with an emphasis on exploring the theoretical assumptions underlying different perspectives. This course is designed to contribute to achieving the following instructional objectives designated as priorities by the Department of sociology: COURSE DETAILS SOC925: Socio-Economic Change in Underdeveloped …

Regina Fuller is a doctoral student at UW–Madison studying Educational Policy Studies and Comparative International Education. Her work focuses on sexuality education and adolescent reproductive health in Africa. She is also a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Fellowship and the Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. In this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES, …