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Luís Madureira Named Director of the African Studies Program
Luís Madureira, professor in the Department of African Cultural Studies and member of the African Studies program for almost three decades, has been named the new Director of the African Studies Program. Learn more about …
Astou Gueye Earns Spot in Dissertation Writing Camp
PhD dissertator Astou Gueye will be participating in the Dissertation Writing Camp on May 24-28. The camp assists students with the development of weekly and daily structure as well as helps them set goals and …
Arabic Student and UW Alum Hajjar Baban Earns $90,000 Scholarship
Hajjar Baban has been awarded a 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants. She is one of 30 recipients from a pool …
Kevin Wamalwa’s Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship Field Report
A Year of Building Connections and Employing the Humanities in the Community Outgoing Fellow Field Report 2020-2021 Kevin Wamalwa PhD candidate, Departments of Anthropology and African Cultural Studies Ripple Project Fellow, Dane County Library Services …
Mwita Muniko Earns Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award
PhD student Mwita Muniko has been awarded a Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award. The Teaching Fellow Award is granted to TAs from the College of Letters and Science who have achieved outstanding success as …
Mwita Muniko and Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite Earn Ebrahim Hussein Fellowships
The Department of African Cultural Studies has announced the winners of the Ebrahim Hussein fellowship. Mwita Muniko is a PhD student in ACS and Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite is a PhD student in the History of …
Jibril Gabid Awarded Language Institute Grant
PhD student Jibril Gabid has earned a Language Institute Grant to attend Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development, an online institute to be held June 21-25.
Sami Lamine Earns TA Award
Dissertator Sami Lamine has earned the Letters and Science Continuity of Instruction Award which recognizes his work as a Teaching Assistant. The Continuity of Instruction Award was created to identify and acknowledge those graduate students …
Max Bobholz Recognized for Academic Excellence, Joins Phi Beta Kappa
Max Bobholz, a junior majoring in African Cultural Studies and Biology, has been offered and accepted an invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa. This prestigious honor is afforded those students who “represent the highest caliber …