COURSE DESCRIPTION Internationalizing education means both education internationalizing our thinking and the ways we perceive the world, and internationalizing the field of education. The course will introduce students to various educational systems around the world, focusing on similarities and dissimilarities in what is taught. The course discussions will center on curriculum across cultures, and its …
Workshop Overview The first African Humanities Initiative Workshop, Addis 2019, will be held at Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa in January. Hosted by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) in collaboration with the College of Performing and Visual Art and the Center of African Studies at Addis Ababa University, Addis 2019 aims …
Applications for the 2019-2020 Boren Awards currently being accepted! Complete details can be found at http://iris.wisc.edu/funding/students/boren/ Boren Scholarships (for undergraduates) provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin …
Join 14 other Badgers on this fully-funded summer program to Gaborone, Botswana! Led by UW Professor Neil Kodesh, Global Gateway is a unique, engaging experience designed specially for first- and second-year UW students. Applications are due January 18, 2019. Through classroom learning, guided trips in Gaborone and the surrounding villages, activities and overnight excursions, you’ll …
Later this month, the 61st annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA) is set to convene from November 29-December 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1957 with the goal of cultivating a better understanding of the continent, ASA’s annual international conference has served as a time for scholars and professionals from around the world …
Russ Feingold, former U.S. Senator and Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region and the Congo-Kinshasa, is on campus for the 2018 fall semester, serving as African Studies’ Human Rights Visiting Professor of Practice. Throughout the semester, he has made time for some exciting events. CAPSTONE SEMINAR Feingold is instructing a capstone seminar for …
The 61st annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA) is set to convene from November 29-December 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. The University of Wisconsin is highly represented. See the full program here. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FACULTY Simon Akindes, University of Wisconsin – Parkside Unfinished Democratization: Political and Social Movements and the Futures of the …
COURSE DESCRIPTION This online class provides an examination of francophone women literature, principally from Africa (Malika Mokeddem from Algeria, Fatima Mernissi from Morocco, Fatou Diome from Senegal, and Werewere Liking from Cameroun), but also from the Middle East (Etel Adnan from Lebanon and Marjane Satrapi from Iran). Issues related to the legacies of colonialism, the …
International Education Week is celebrated every year during the week prior to Thanksgiving. The tradition began in November, 2000, under the support of U.S. President Bill Clinton who stated, “It is the policy of the federal government to support international education.” Today, the week-long event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the …
The UW–Madison School of Education is hiring a Coordinator for its newly named Global Engagement Office. The Global Engagement Office in the School of Education was created in 2018 to promote and support globally-focused research and creative endeavors, increase study abroad, cultivate a sense of place and well being for international students and visiting scholars, integrate …