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December 2022
2023 – 2024 FLAS Application
Applications open on 12/1/22 and close on 2/10/23. There will be five FLAS info sessions as follows. Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 2pm, FedEx GEC room 1009 and on Zoom Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 1pm, FedEx GEC room 1009 and on Zoom Thursday, December 1, 2022, 11am, FedEx GEC room 1009 and on Zoom Thursday, January 12, 2023, 12 noon, FedEx GEC 4th floor Friday, January 13, 2023, 12 noon, Zoom only Decisions will be completed by the end of March 2023.
Find out more »March 2023
Spring 2023 Southeast Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS)
Hosted by the Carter G. Woodson Institute at UVA with support from the African Studies Center at UNC and the African Studies Center at the University of Florida, we are pleased to announce the 50th anniversary convening of the Southeast Regional Seminar in African Studies at UVA. The first meeting took place in 1973 at UVA, co-organized by Joe Miller (History, UVA) and Rutledge Dennis (Sociology, VCU). We look forward to connecting and building on the years of SERSAS in…
Find out more »Business in Africa Series: UNDP Africa’s Anthonia Joy Kategwa
Dr. Joy Kategekwa is UNDP's Strategic Advisor for Africa.
Find out more »ASC Language Fair 2023
Celebrate African Languages at UNC-Chapel Hill. The African Language Fair has become one of UNC’s traditions of celebrating Africa’s linguistic and cultural presence on campus. More details coming soon.
Find out more »WARA Conference: ‘Peacebuilding in West Africa’
The West African Research Association (WARA), the African Studies Center, and the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are hosting an in-person conference on West Africa for scholars based in the southeastern US region. The conference theme is “Peacebuilding in West Africa. The conference aims to create a scholarly discussion about the traditions, strategies, and mediums of peacebuilding that become critical in negotiating unity, solidarity, and mutual understanding across…
Find out more »April 2023
2023 Introductory Workshop on Chichewa Language and Malawi Culture
This two-part hybrid workshop will provide a brief overview of Malawi's social, cultural, and political context with an emphasis on cultural sensitivity in health services for UNC students, staff, and faculty planning research, service, or internships in Malawi. Sessions will tentatively be held on April 8, 2023, and April 15, 2023, from 10 AM - 1 PM. Attendance at both sessions is strongly recommended. Space is limited - Kindly register to attend. Questions? Please contact Ada Umenwaliri at africa@unc.edu. Priority…
Find out more »K-5 Teacher Workshops on Contemporary Senegal
ASC will host three tailored teacher workshops following outputs from the year one Oak-funded project. The workshops will happen over three Saturdays, in April - June 2023, and will target art, music, and social studies teachers and K-5 administrators. More details coming soon.
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