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, …
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Report from 2022 William A Brown Research Awardee: Jibril Gabid
Jibril Gabid is a Ph.D. student in the Department of African Cultural Studies, at UW-Madison. He graduated from the University of Ghana with a double major in Arabic and Psychology. He also earned an M.A. in …
A.C. Jordan Prize Paper: The Poetics of Unbreakable Bodies in Ebrahim Hussein’s Kinjeketile
Date/Time: January 25th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speakers: Vincent Ogoti This event has passed. Recording can be found here. Presentation description: African Cultural Studies and History Candidate and Andrew W. Mellon Public Humanities Fellow …
Jordan Prize: Call for best graduate student paper
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. To be considered for the prize, a paper must be nominated and …
Teaching assistants needed for Africa survey course
277 Africa: An Introductory Survey Cross-listed in African Languages and Literature, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology Instructor: Neil Kodesh, History Number of Teaching Assistants needed: 3 Eligibility: Applicants must be UW …