Laila Hussein Moustafa, distinguished assistant professor at the University Library has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and World Learning. She was recommended by the Peer Review Panel for placement on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of three years starting this winter.
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- Matthew Winters (Political Science) presented his collaborative research with Kate Baldwin (Yale University) at a Workshop on Pioneering Development Research Using Geospatial Data run by AidData at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The research studies how Ugandans react to information about foreign-funded, NGO-implemented development...
Professor Mauro Nobili has been awarded a Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $149,742 for his research project titled, "Restoring the African Past: A Synoptic Edition and Translation of Two West African Arabic Chronicles (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)." This project includes preparation for print publication of a synoptic edition and English...- Click here to view the W.E.B. DuBois Lecture with Dr.Allan Boesak, part of the 2018 Symposium on Teaching Transitional Justice. tgitler@illinois.edu
- To: Chancellor Jones, Provost Cangellaris, LAS Dean Hu, LAS Associate Dean Tewksbury, Graduate College Dean Chodzko-Zajko RE: Center for African Studies’ Support For Graduate Employees Organization The Center for African Studies writes to express our support for the Graduate Employees’ Organization in their bargaining efforts towards a fair contract with the...
- About SILMW's summer program 2018 nmenon2@illinois.edu
- http://illinois.edu/lb/files/2017/03/28/61329.JPG In partnership with the Center for African Studies, through support from the US Department of Education's Title VI Program, Krannert Center welcomes Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited for a performance at Stage 5 in the central Lobby. The performance will be accompanied by...
- The Center for African Studies and The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies invite you to a panel to discuss the recent signing of “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” an Executive Order targeting immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations, including Libya, Somalia, and Sudan. The event is co-sponsored by the University YMCA and will...
- Dr. Mauro Nobili is a history professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Here he discusses his research as it relates to the fabled city of Timbuktu and the linguistic challenges posed to those addressing similar areas of interest. Click here for details. ...
- “Memories and Images of the East African Coast,” Dr. Prita Meier, Assistant Professor of Art History. Interview by Beth A. Williams, Doctoral student in History, as part of the Center for African Studies' Graduate core course, AFST 522: “Development of African Studies,” Spring 2016. Click ...
- An Interview by Dallas Tatman, Graduate student in Religious Studies, as part of the Center for African Studies' Graduate core course, AFST 522: “Development of African Studies,” Spring 2016. Click here for details. pingli2@illinois.edu
- Click here to listen to an interview of Professor Teresa Barnes by CAS FLAS student Katrina Spencer. tgitler@illinois.edu
- CAS will host a two-day seminar which will bring together Africanist academics from the U of I and colleges across the state. The content will focus on the links between African Studies and contemporary racial justice struggles in the US as well as examine the potential for expanding Africana Studies in Illinois community colleges. The event is jointly organized by CAS, Department of African...
