Last week, four department graduate students (from left to right as pictured: David isiche, Kathryn Mara, Adeola Agoke, and Kevin Wamalwa) traveled to Washington DC to attend the annual meeting of the African Studies Association …
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Congratulations to our successful students
Congratulations to doctoral students Adeola Agoke and Tarek Ziadna, who both passed their prelims!
Said Hannouchi accepts new position
Congratulations to doctoral student Said Hannouchi, who has accepted a position as Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Arabic Flagship Program at Indiana University. We will miss him …
Congrats to Bilal and Said!
Congratulations to Bilal Humeidan and Said Hannouchi, who both successfully defended their dissertations this week!
2015-16 Research Reports are now online
Learn more about what our faculty and graduate students have been working on over the past academic year, from motion pictures to revolution; courtly duels to political cartoons; soccer to intimacy; television to trauma; courtly …
Students of African Languages and Literature present: Africa and the “Postcolonial Incredible”
Keynote Speaker: Professor Adeleke Adeeko (The Ohio state university) Location: Pyle Vandeberg auditorium Topic: “Postcolonial Incredible, or Omens of the Whole” Time: 1:45 pm –3:00 pm. Abstract:This talk thinks through what arts and humanities scholarship conveniently …
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. …
Three graduate students honored for being excellent classroom instructors
Congrats to graduate students and Arabic teaching assistants Bilal Humeidan, Said Hannouchi, and Sami Lamine! All three of them were selected as Honored Instructors by University Housing residents for Fall 2015.
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2014-15 Research Reports from Faculty and Graduate Students
Find out more about what our faculty and graduate students have been working on this year. http://african.wisc.edu/content/2014-15-research-reports-faculty-and-graduate-students