The Boston University African Studies Center graduate conference committee is issuing a call for papers for a 2018 conference. They invite graduate students to submit abstracts for papers, presentations, or performances attending to this year’s theme “Records of Africa.” The committee welcomes submissions from any disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or undisciplined perspective, and particularly encourage the participation …
The African Cultural Studies Students Association (ACSSA) at UW–Madison will hold its annual conference on April 12, 2018. This year’s conference theme, Shifting Epistemologies: Movements, Institutions and Ideas in Africa, invites participants to reflect on election, migration, resistance and innovation trends that have taken shape on the continent and in the African diaspora. In recent …
The Africa Studies Program is planning our annual DAY IN AFRICA, a high school outreach program where Wisconsin students visit campus to explore a variety of Africa-related topics in sessions led by UW–Madison faculty, students, and staff. We invite you to develop an interactive presentation at DAY IN AFRICA on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The goal of …
The African Studies Initiative at the Institute for Global Studies/University of Minnesota and CARLA are collaborating to offer a limited number of $500-$1250 stipends for educators of African Languages (including Arabic and Portuguese) in order to attend a CARLA summer institute. Any K-14 educator who teaches an African language, including Arabic and Portuguese, is eligible to …
Madison Children’s Museum and Play Africa are partnering to offer UW–Madison students an International Children’s Museum Internship. The selected intern will work 8-10 hours/week atthe Madison Children’s Museum in spring and fall 2018, and 40 hours/week at Play Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa in summer 2018. The selected student will receive a $3500 scholarship. During …
Congratulations to Eryn Bain, Eric Feudner, and Clara Hecht, who graduated this Sunday with an African Studies Certificate. The students will join an African Studies alumni base of several thousand. In order to receive an African Studies certificate, undergraduate students take at least fifteen credits of Africa-related coursework ranging in discipline and geographical scope. Our …
The African Studies Program congratulates and bids a fond farewell to longtime colleague Florence Bernault, who will be returning to her home country of France for a senior professorship in African History at the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po). “Florence’s contributions to Africanist scholarship at UW–Madison have been immense,” said Neil Kodesh, director of the …
The Summer 2018 Yoruba Group Project Abroad, funded by the United States Department of Education through Fulbright-Hays fellowships, will be held at the Yoruba Language Center of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The purpose of this program is to offer students taking Yoruba language courses in American universities a rare opportunity to learn the language and …
The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of university students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today. The objective of the Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well …
Are you interested in what’s going on in the world but don’t feel informed? Do you want to hear what your peers are talking about and express ideas of your own? You may want to keep an eye out for The Wisconsin International Review (WIRe)! The WIRe first began as a blog for the UW …