Revised Date: August 6 – 19, 2023 THE TEJUMOLA OLANIYAN SUMMER INSTITUTE Call for Applications The Tejumola Olaniyan Summer Institute invites applications from interested candidatesfor admission into its 2023 Summer Institute scheduled to hold at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, on Aug. 6 – 19, 2023. Take note of the new date, please. The …
The UF Center for European Studies will host an asynchronous ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Familiarization workshop from March 1-March 31. If you would like to participate in this professional development workshop, please complete the questionnaire below and email it to Holly Raynard (hraynard@ufl.edu) by Monday, February 20, 2023. A description of the OPI Familiarization …
The Campus-Wide TA Award Committee has selected Vincent Ogoti, Ph.D student in African Cultural Studies, as the winner of the Exceptional Service Award. Vincent Ogoti was the inaugural African Studies Program Teaching Fellow. In that capacity, he developed and taught a course on Nonviolence and Social Change on campus and collaborated with Odyssed Beyond Bars to …
This virtual panel is a component of the Southeast Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS) 2023 on its 50th anniversary, hosted by the University of Virginia (UVA) and organized by Katrina Spencer, Librarian for African and African American Studies. Featured panelists include: Kenechi Uzor, Iskanchi Press & Magazine Ukamaka Olisakwe, Isele Magazine Layla Mohamed, Cassava …
Global Perspectives of Civics a Fellowship for Minnesota and Wisconsin Teachers When: July 17-19, 2023 IN PERSON University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and virtual meetings 2023-2024, with a final summer institute 3 days summer 2024 at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee This application is for eligible* educators interested in joining the multi-year fellowship cohort More …
Senegal, Dakar This program will inform students about the Society, Culture and Businesses of Senegal, a developing nation in West Africa. A wide variety of topics will be explored, including history, culture, religious pluralism, business, social entrepreneurship, technology, and marketing. The fall course will meet once a week with the aim of preparing students with …
Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship for Students | Virtual Info Session Wednesday February 15th, 12pm (online) The Pulitzer Center awards fellowships to students at Campus Consortium partners to pursue independent reporting projects. Reporting Fellows cover a wide range of issues in countries around the world and in the United States. They benefit from Pulitzer Center mentorship, networking …
Nevine El Nossery (French & Italian) Jim Sweet (History) Monica Grant (Sociology) Zuzana Burivalova (Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; Forest & Wild Life Ecology) Girma Tefera (School of Medicine and Public Health) Marissa Moorman (African Cultural Studies)
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Award includes fellowships and grants, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW’s National Resource Centers to assist students in acquiring foreign language and either area or international studies competencies. To increase your chances of the award, the African Studies Program strongly encourages students to apply to …
Michael Eniola Oshindoro is a Ph.D. student in the Department of African Cultural Studies. He received a Masters in English with a specialization in literary and textual studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, a degree he earned after completing a Fulbright fellowship at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Before then, Michael studied …