Friends, colleagues, and students of the late Jan Vansina gathered September 21-22 to honor the legacy of one of the world’s foremost historians of Africa. A pioneering figure in the study of Africa, Vansina is considered one of the founders of African history in the 1950s and 1960s. Vansina’s insistence that it was possible to study …
SOPHIE SAPP MOORE Sophie Sapp Moore is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for Research on the Plantationocene (2018-2020), affiliated with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, CHE, and the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies. Sophie earned her PhD from UC Davis in 2018, in Cultural Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory. Sophie …
The Wisconsin International Review (WIRe). The WIRe is a student-run, online, international magazine on campus. It is a non-partisan publication that provides students with the opportunity to publish their own articles on any internationally-oriented subject. As the school year begins, WIRe is looking to add to their writing staff. The commitment for writing is very …
The Publications Committee of the African Studies Association Board of Directors announces a Call for Statements of Interest in the Editorship of the ASA’s journal, History in Africa (HIA), published by Cambridge University Press, for the 2020-2025 editorial term. The ASA welcomes expressions of interest from individual editors, teams of editors, and/or lead editors. These …
The UW–Madison International Division/IRIS is seeking a full-time staff member to serve as Financial Specialist. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining financial data and all related record-keeping activities for international and area studies centers in the Institute for Regional & International Studies (IRIS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The incumbent independently performs exact …
“Diversity, Religion, and Migration in West Africa” Senegal, January 6-22, 2019 Application Deadline: October 22, 2018 View PDF Flyer ABOUT THE AWARD CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers) recognizes the immediate and growing need for professors at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions to provide a global perspective to their students. These administrators and faculty …
“EVERYDAY POLITICS OF LIFE AND CULTURE IN AFRICA” After 40 years of dedicated work, Michael Schatzberg, professor of Political Science and African Cultural Studies, announced his retirement at the end of the Spring 2018 semester. On October 13, 2018, the African Studies Program, the Department of African Cultural Studies, and the Department of Political Science …
In August, 2018, the UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies announced the winners of their Rising Star and Distinguished Alumni awards. Among them is African Studies alumni, Kevin Gibbons. The Nelson Institute Rising Star Alumni Award recognizes the accomplishments of alumni who are making a significant difference in the world soon after graduation and who …
The Department of African Cultural Studies recently updated their website for the convenience of students and faculty involved in the program. To view majors, languages, and scholarships available through ACS, click here. Under the “Careers & Skill Development” tab, you can find new videos from SuccessWorks and some student profiles to give an idea of …
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders – the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) – was created in 2014 to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The Reciprocal Exchange Component provides Americans with the opportunity to travel to Africa to build upon strategic partnerships and professional connections developed …