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Tuesday, 28 February 2023

A place for you to interact, share and heal at the African Studies Center

The African Studies Center (ASC) is providing an open, informal space for African faculty, students, and friends to connect, study, or just enjoy some snacks. Please feel free to stop by the Center anytime Monday-Friday 12-4pm. We plan to have the space available through the Spring Break as well. Our office is located at 102 International Studies Center.  Feel free to bring a friend.

I wish you all fast healing in ways that work for you individually. Remember, you are not alone. Seek help when you need it. Together, we will emerge from this tragic and traumatic event Spartan Strong.
 
Leo Zulu
Interim Director, African Studies Center
 


Link to supportive resources for students, faculty, staff, families, and others.
 

Eye on Africa
African Tea Time
Featured News
Events & Opportunities
Core Faculty Highlights
Student Groups & Activities
Digital Africa @ MSU
Learn a Language
Jobs
Center Funding Opportunities

Eye on Africa

March 2nd, 2023

Michael Daramola
Sustainable Engineering Practices as a Catalyst to Realize Sustainable Development Goals and African Agenda 2063
Event Flyer

African Tea Time 

March 2nd, 2023
 
Ethiopia & Ghana
Research and Innovation in African Universities I: A focus on Ghana and Ethiopia
Event Flyer
 


Events & Opportunities

Energy Practices, Climate Crisis, and the Social Death of the Environment in Nigeria
March 03, 2023

The African Studies Center is sponsoring a lecture by Prof. Omolade Adunbi titled “They Just Want Us to Die a Slow Death”: Energy Practices, Climate Crisis, and the Social Death of the Environment in Nigeria  on March 3rd, 2023 at 2pm EST.  Register for the event or learn more about the talk by reading the event flyer.

Claffey Meyer International Travel Grant
DeadlineMarch 01, 2023

This award provides financial assistance to domestic students who intend to travel to developing countries for the purpose of providing technical assistance, participate in research, or engage in service. The intent is for students to work towards discovering and implementing solutions in response to urgent human needs (for example: food security, environmental quality, health and nutrition, education, and other areas) and, thereby, to encourage careers in international development teaching, research and practice. Grants are intended to support travel, related living expenses, and projects costs—not to be used as a tuition scholarship. Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students; Multiple scholarships will be given in 2023; Award amounts will vary, but will be no less than $2,000. More Information


Dr. Charles and Marjorie Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship
DeadlineMarch 01, 2023

This scholarship is available to MSU doctoral students with dissertation research objectives who have defended, or are in the process of defending, a dissertation proposal. The scholarship supports field research abroad in support of the student's dissertation. More Information


Walker Hill Scholarship
DeadlineMarch 01, 2023

The Walker Hill International Award is available to MSU doctoral students to be used for pre-dissertation visits to a doctoral research site in a country outside the United States (for international students, research in one's own country does not qualify). The student must have completed adequate credits and be able to submit a description, appropriateness and feasibility of pre-dissertation research objectives to be accomplished during the period spent abroad. More Information

OISS Coffee Hour
Every Friday, 4-6pm EST
Spartan Rooms B&C International Center

Join the Office for International Students and Scholars for Coffee Hour, a free event where students, staff, faculty, and community members gather to connect over coffee each week. Different hosts offer educational programs, information on how to get involved on campus, and fun activities that change throughout the year.  

Core Faculty Highlights

Ethan Watrall
Society of Antiquaries elects first MSU professor Dr. Ethan Watrall as fellow 

Please send recent work and publications to Mike at greenmi8@msu.edu!

Student Groups & Activities

Somali Association of Michigan State

The Somali Association of Michigan (SAM) is a student-led volunteer organization dedicated to helping all Somali students and families in the greater Lansing and East Lansing area through free basic social service including youth and educational programs to improve the social conditions of the Somali people. The organization also brings awareness of the Somali culture and history through events and social activities..
 
Want more information on how to get involved?
Contact Dr. Damaris Choti at chotid@msu.edu.

Digital Africa @ MSU

Archive of Malian Photography
Digitized collections of five important photographers in Mali
amp.matrix.msu.edu
Overcoming Apartheidafripod logo
First-hand accounts of this important political movement
overcomingapartheid.msu.edu

Afripodafripod logo
Podcast about African history, culture and politics
afripod.aodl.org

African Activist Archive Project aaap logo
Documents, photographs, artifacts, written and oral memories
africanactivist.msu.edu

African Online Digital Library
aodl logoFree universal access to cultural heritage materials
aodl.org

Africana Collectionmsu library logo
African Studies at the MSU Library
libguides.lib.msu.edu/africa

Exploring Africaexploring africa logo
High quality African resources for students and educators
exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu

Learn a language!

Jobs

 
Have suggestions or a job to highlight?
Email us at africa@msu.edu.

Center Funding Opportunities

Curriculum Development Grants ($3,000 summer stipends): to support faculty interested in developing a new course or seminar related to Africa or revising an extant course or seminar to include at least 25% of Africa content.

Curriculum Enhancement Grants ($1,000): for purchase of Africa related curricular materials, payment of guest speakers.

Conference Travel Grants ($1,000): to support Africanist Faculty for conference expenses.

Special Programming Grants (amount varies): to bring a guest speaker; host a panel discussion; plan a social event etc.

Strategic Partnership Grants (amount varies): to strengthen strategic partnerships with universities and other institutions of higher education and research in Africa. (a 20% matching funds from applicants' deans or department chairpersons is required).


 
For more information about Center Funding: 
Contact Dr. Awa Sarr at
sarrawa@msu.edu
 


Global IDEAS: Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship curates external funding opportunities for international research from a comprehensive suite of sources, along with our knowledge of the donor landscape. These opportunities are compiled in one weekly email newsletter, available only to MSU faculty, staff and students.


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