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BOTTOM LINE The US Embassy in Harare has identified the potential for Zimbabwe to become a growth hub for Southern Africa. This is a curious conclusion to draw given the fact that Zimbabwe currently ranks near the bottom of the DHL Global Connectedness Index. The State Department’s Integrated Country Strategy for Zimbabwe neither conceptualizes what it…

To support the University’s commitment to protecting our students, faculty and staff from antisemitism and other forms of discriminatory or threatening acts based upon religion or national origin and to promote our central mission of civil dialogue and learning, I will appoint the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate.

“What they’re looking for is how unique and different is Dearfield in contributing to African American history and civil rights,” Brunswig said. “We’re going to make the case that there is a great deal of significance and the impact it had on the Black experience.”

UW African Studies and African Center for Community Development lecture by Tolulope Akinwole.

Isthmus Picks for Dec. 4-7 includes the annual holiday concert hosted by Common Chord; the UW-Madison African Studies Programs Africa Talks lecture series features a talk on African cartoons by Tolulope Akinwole.

Northwestern will create a new committee aiming to combat antisemitism and hate, University President Michael Schill announced in a message to the community Monday. Kellogg Prof. Efraim Benmelech and School of Education and Social Policy Dean Bryan Brayboy will chair the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate — which will be made up...

Weinberg’s Middle East and North African Studies Program and the Medill School of Journalism hosted author Nathan Thrall to speak about his new book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy,” Monday in the McCormick Foundation Center. Medill Prof. Peter Slevin moderated the event. Thrall, who has lived in...

“The idea was one-part celebration and education of Dearfield and one part TLC,” said Chris Bowles, city of Greeley Museums manager and a member of the 15-year-old volunteer Dearfield Preservation Committee, of the origin of Dearfield Day. 

The African Studies Association is pleased to provide the Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award to support research and the exchange of ideas for students of African Studies. Established in 2023, the award was made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Steve Howard. The award is granted in acknowledgement of outstanding student scholarship to support the future of African Studies. The award consists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 22, 2023Contact: Alix Saba, Executive Director, asaed@africanstudies.orgPDF Press Release for Distribution: Download Here African Studies Association Announces Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award PISCATAWAY, New Jersey – The African Studies Association is pleased to announce the establishment of the Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award to support research and the exchange of ideas for African studies students. The Mahmoud Moham...