Department Chair Teju Olaniyan recently spoke at a conference on African and Middle Eastern Political Cartoons at Michigan State University, at the invitation of our alum Sadam Heider Hmaidan, who graciously shared this video of …
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Get to know Dr. Matthew Brown
Get to know alum Matthew Brown, now an assistant professor in our department. “Reading Different Kinds of Things: An Interview with Matthew H. Brown,” by doctoral student Kathryn Mara, has been added to her interview …
Conversations: Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Cinema
Africa at Noon on March 30, 2016 Jean-Pierre Bekolo Film Director Time and Location 12:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI Description This conversation offers a wide-range look at Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s extensive work …
Get to know Dr. Matthew Brown
Get to know us better! “Reading Different Kinds of Things: An Interview with Matthew H. Brown,” by doctoral student Kathryn Mara, has been added to her interview series.
Get to know Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson
Get to know us better! “A Broad Focus on Language: An Interview with Katrina Daly Thompson,” by doctoral student Kathryn Mara, has been added to her interview series.
Get to know Dr. Samuel England
Get to know us better! “The Strength of Plurality: An Interview with Samuel England,” by doctoral student Kathryn Mara, has been added to her interview series.
Humeidan accepts lectureship at UVA
Congratulations to doctoral student Bilal Humeidan! He has accepted a position as Lecturer/Program Coordinator in Arabic in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Virginia for next …
Department launches “Get to Know us Better” project
Get to know us better! Graduate student Kathryn Mara has launched a new project to share her interviews with faculty. The first one is with our Department Chair, Teju Olaniyan, and more are coming soon. …
Fall courses listings are up
Looking for an African Cultural Studies class for the fall? A list of what we plan to offer is now online. We’ve got literature, theory, film, philosophy, music, languages, and more. Check back soon for …
Becoming the Department of African Cultural Studies
It’s official! As of 1 July 2016, we will be the Department of African Cultural Studies. We have taught African languages, literature, linguistics, and oral traditions for 50 years. As we celebrated a half-century of …