The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology has awarded graduate student Kevin Wamalwa the Arvin B. Weinstein Prize in Anthropology in recognition of his academic achievements. This award includes funds enabling him to conduct preliminary …
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Inaugural Class of Pedagogy Students to Graduate
The Department of African Cultural Studies is proud to recognize the first class of graduate students that has successfully completed the Master of Arts with a focus in pedagogy. Pamela Kimario, Ahmad Muezzin, and Nandipa …
Ziadna Earns Summer Fieldwork Award
Tarek Ziadna has won an African Studies Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award to support collection of data for his dissertation, “French Loanwords in Algerian Arabic.” Congratulations, Tarek!
Akinwole takes part in Day in Africa
Tolu Akinwole, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) for Yoruba in 2016-17, took part in the African Studies Program’s recent “Day in Africa,” presenting Yoruba marriage practices to visiting high school students. Tolu will join …
Lamine selected as a teaching fellow
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 …
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.