The Good Life: Global Perspectives on Wellbeing and Happiness
July 24, 2023
July 24, 2023
Spring 2023 Africa At Noon Speaker Events January 25 A.C. Jordan Prize paper: The Poetics of Unbreakable Bodies in Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile Vincent Ogoti African Cultural studies and History PhD Candidate Hosted by Luís Madureira February 1 Fortress Earth: Conservation, Conviviality, and the Political Ecology of Planetary Health (Cancelled) Josh Garoon Communication and Environmental …
This Thursday, Professor Catherine Cole will make a presentation in honor of Tejumola Olaniyan’s scholarship on Thursday, May 11th, at 11:45 pm (EST) at Cité internationale des arts – African Dialogues in Paris. (17:45 Paris time). The presentation is part of the Arts in Africa and its Diasporas: Practices, Knowledge, Mobility Seminar. Professor Cole was Teju’s mentee. They …
The UW–Madison International Internship Program (IIP) offers internships abroad with organizations all over the world. Applications are open for both Summer Virtual Internships and Fall In-Person internships! Summer Virtual Internships (part-time) – Rolling applications until May 14th Fall In-Person Internships – apply by May 14th All Fall in-person internships receive an automatic $1000 grant towards the Program Fee. …
What’s your background and educational journey? I am a Medical Doctor and public health practitioner from Liberia. The evolution of my interest in public health is deeply personal. It was largely inspired by my interaction and experiences with the health system in my home country during my latter years in Medical School and particularly while …
Don’t forget to add an African Studies course to your schedule next semester! The African Studies Fall 2023 Course List is now live. This semester promises to enlighten with 40 courses overall, including 3 Afro-American Studies courses, 6 Sociology courses, and 15 courses in African Cultural Studies. Spanning from ACS 303: “New Media and African …
Don’t forget to add an African Studies course to your schedule this summer! The African Studies Summer 2023 Course List is now live. This summer promises to enlighten with 22 courses overall. Each course on the list counts toward the Certificate in African Studies. Click here to see the full 2023 Summer Course List Interested …
African 275: Lead With Languages: Putting Language Skills to Work 1 credit Level: Intermediate Requisites: Sophomore standing W 4-4:50pm Open to students of all majors, languages, career interests, and language proficiency levels! Description: Whether you developed your language abilities at home, abroad, or in an educational setting, learn how to leverage your language skills to …
Yaya Diatta is a graduate student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at UW–Madison. His research interests are language policy and planning in multilingual countries. Yaya is currently exploring the case of Senegal, a west African country and former French colony, and investigating the potential consideration of local languages in …
Looking for courses this fall? Check out French 285 (undergraduate) and French 947 (graduate). French 285: We will explore how women from different regions from the Global South (with a specific focus on North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East) gain agency through literature, movies, comics, and songs, contesting different forms of domination, …