This year our department nominated Sami Lamine for L&S Teaching Fellow, and he just let me know that he was selected! As a Fellow, Sami’s role will include working with the other Fellows plan the …
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Salah Algabli Awarded University Housing Honored Instructor
Instructor for African 322: Second Semester Arabic, Salah Algabli, has been selected to receive a University Housing Honored Instructor award. Each semester, University Housing residents have the opportunity to recognize outstanding classroom instructors through the Honored Instructor program. Over …
Learn about faculty and student research
Read what we’ve been working on this year on our updated Research page.
Agoke wins travel award
Congratulations to doctoral student Adeola Agoke, who won a Graduate School Travel Award she will use this summer to begin fieldwork for her dissertation, “Contesting Linguistic Practices in the ‘Wild’: A Critical Study of Multilingualism …
Jennifer Ostrowski Wins Scholarship
Join us in congratulating senior Jennifer Ostrowski who was awarded the Ralph B. Abrams Scholarship. Jennifer is completing majors in African Language and Literature and International Studies, as well as earning a certificate in Global …
Alumna Carmen McCain featured in “Africa in Our Lives”
Learn about Carmen’s journey, her current research, and her upcoming participation in our conference Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora.
Katrina Thompson Publishes New Book
The new title, Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings, explores utilization of popular legend to mask discussion of culturally sensitive topics. Learn more about the mysterious Popobawa, its origins, and its impact on Tanzanian coastal culture. “While Popobawa …
Registration now open! Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora
Registration is now open for “Pleasure and the Pleasurable in Africa and the African Diaspora,” the annual conference presented by the Department of African Cultural Studies and the African Studies Program! Visit the conference website …
FLTA Alibaba Sanchi engages in outreach
On Friday 16 December 2016, Albaba Sanchi, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Hausa, visited Sliver Lake Intermediate School in Oconomowoc, WI (45 mile East of Madison towards Milwaukee). The school was celebrating Africa …
FLTA Alibaba Sanchi promotes Hausa language and culture
On Monday 5 December, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Alibaba Sanchi took part in an outreach program at an international celebration for kids and their families held at Kennedy Elementary School located in Madison …