Nafissatou Tine has worked as a lawyer for almost five years, during which she created a website designed to act as a reference guide for Senegalese law practitioners and service providers. She has also been involved in the activities of the Women Association Lingeer, which she co-founded and which promotes African women through arts and …
The Center for South Asia at UW–Madison is looking for one intern for the national South Asia Book Award for the 2016-2017 academic year. The intern will work with communications, website updates and the annual award ceremony in Madison. View the application.
Peace Corps at UW–Madison seeks one marketing intern for the 2016-2017 academic year starting in September. The intern will engage in a variety of marketing, events, social media and general office projects. This position is paid ($9/hour). For more information and the application, please click here.
Congratulations to the winner of the African Studies Program’s first annual Instagram contest, UW–Madison graduate student Mary Dinsmore. Her photo “Cloudy Day in Tana” was captured in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, during a research trip this summer. Follow @uwmadisonafrica on Instagram for more photos and information about future social media contests.
The African Studies Program hosted the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders for six weeks during the summer of 2016. Fellows honed their public management skills, explored the Midwest, and built friendships and professional connections in the Madison community and beyond. They return to their home countries equipped with the tools and knowledge to …
Summer Stories from Africa is a series of fresh reflections from our students, faculty, and alumni researching and studying on the continent. Emily Lynch is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying Biology, Global Health, and African Studies. She spent her summer in Durban, South Africa participating in a Zulu language intensive cultural immersion program …
The Center for Russia, East Europe & Central Asia (CREECA) is currently recruiting for an Assistant Director for Operations. Working under the general supervision of the CREECA Associate Director, and with team members in CREECA and the Institute for International and Regional Studies (IRIS), the Assistant Director for Operations will manage several daily administrative activities …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), a unit in the UW–Madison International Division, anticipates one or more openings for graduate student project assistants for the duration of the 2016-17 academic year. Project Assistants will be based in IRIS but some will be assigned, for one semester or two, to one of the regional …
Meagan Doll profiles Vanessa Kana, a student at Madison East High School originally from Cameroon. Vanessa moved to Madison, Wisconsin in sixth grade. She remembers seeing snow for the first time, and breaking down into tears when faced with an English test on her first day of middle school. Looking back on her move nearly …
The African Studies Program is delighted to welcome Aleia McCord as associate director. In her position, McCord will steward the program to ensure that it meets the needs of African Studies faculty and students. McCord has a long history of involvement with the African Studies Program. In 2011, she served as the lead student organizer …