From August 4-6, 2017, National Peace Corps Association and the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Colorado will host the 2017 Peace Corps Connect conference. The conference will include a number of exhibits, workshops, and breakout sessions for participants. To learn more about the program schedule and how to register, visit the conference’s event page.
Course Description What’s the best Arab sitcom? How have African ideas of acceptable and unacceptable humor evolved over the history of cosmopolitanism? Where do we find evidence of religious dogma in the tradition of creative humor? What the hell does Dante have to do with African photography? This course will address these questions as we …
With graduation around the corner, UW–Madison seniors are preparing to tackle new adventures that will take them far beyond the bounds of campus. This semester, 38 students will graduate with a certificate in African Studies and enter fields ranging from pediatrics to foreign service to digital humanities. We spoke to three of these students about …
Americans between the ages of 18-25 are invited to apply for the role of U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations. Appointed annually by the U.S. Department of State and U.N. Association of the USA, the Youth Observer will “engage young Americans in the work of the U.N.” by traveling across the United States to …
Since 1969, the African Studies Program has awarded the A.C. Jordan Prize to a UW–Madison graduate student for the year’s best paper on Africa. Eligibility To be considered for the prize, a paper must be nominated and submitted to the African Studies Program by a UW–Madison faculty member. If you have received or expect to …
Another school year has gone by, and with it, a new batch of trailblazing scholarship and exciting initiatives from the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As the academic calendar winds to a close, the African Studies Program reflects on another year furthering its mission to support research, teaching, and outreach on all …
Dr. Saleem Badat, Program Director of International Higher Education and Strategic Projects at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will give a guest lecture to the University of Wisconsin–Madison community this Thursday. The lecture, entitled “Black Students Matter,” will compare the Black Lives Matter movement to student efforts to decolonize education in South Africa. Saleem Badat …
Brad Paul’s field diaries have taken him across Mozambique and Ethiopia to study working life and the on-the-ground impacts of international development projects. He shares his favorite travel experiences and advice to students in this AFRICA IN OUR LIVES. Field of Study: History Hometown: Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; grew up mostly in Maitland, Florida …
The UW–Madison 4W Initiative (Women & Well-being in Wisconsin & the World) is seeking a student hourly worker for the 2017-2018 academic year, beginning in late August 2017, to serve as Communications and Executive Assistant. The student will support the 4W Director and the 4W Graduate Program Associate. The role is ideal for a student …
Midway through his keynote address at “Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora,” Teju Cole checked in with his audience. “How are we doing on the pleasure?” The writer and photographer had been DJing his presentation for the past hour with an eclectic compilation of African music, from Naija Jamz to …