The University Academic Planning Council (UAPC) has approved the proposal to establish an undergraduate Certificate in Arabic Language and Culture in the Department of African Cultural Studies within the College of Letters & Science, effective …
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Professors Marissa Moorman and Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué receive Vilas Associates Research Awards
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Ainehi Edoro receives Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities
Ainehi Edoro has received the Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. Ainehi’s project was selected for a one-semester REI Fellowship during the 2024-2025 academic year.
“Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo,” translated by Luís Madureira, now available for purchase
Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo, written by John K. Thornton and translated by African Cultural Studies Chair and Professor Luís Madureira, is now available for online purchase. Madureira translated letters contained in …
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué and Aili Tripp collaborate on new book series titled Women and Gender in Africa
Friends & Alumni Annual Newsletter ⎻ Fall 2023
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Audrey Thibert publishes articles on Tunisian migration
Undergraduate student Audrey Thibert, who was selected as the 2023 University of Wisconsin Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium Reporting Fellow, has recently published several impressive articles completed using her own reporting work performed in Tunisia last …
Rosemary Popoola and Omotola Okunlola featured in Journal of African Cultural Studies
ACS graduate students Rosemary Popoola and Omotola Okunlola both have articles appearing in an important new edition of the Journal of African Cultural Studies. “Nigerian Universities’ Sexual Harassment Policies: Palliative or Provocative?” by Rosemary Popoola …
Introducing Andrew Bartsch, Academic Advising Manager
Our department is incredibly excited to welcome Andrew Bartsch, who joined our department in early November as an Academic Advising Manager. Prior to joining CANES & ACS, Andrew worked as an academic advisor in UW-Madison …
Adeola Agoke and Katrina Daly Thompson publish “A Multilanguage Seminar for the Twenty-First Century: Rethinking Self-Instruction for the Least Commonly Taught Languages”
Adeola Agoke and Katrina Daly Thompson have published a new book chapter titled “A Multilanguage Seminar for the Twenty-First Century: Rethinking Self-Instruction for the Least Commonly Taught Languages” in Language Program Vitality in the United States: …