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Benjamin Brühwiler, a Ph.D. candidate in the African history program at MSU, is the 2012 Nelson Mandela Museum-Michigan State University Museum Curatorial Fellowship recipient. Brühwiler spent part of his fellowship based at the MSU Museum and also work with the Nelson Mandela Museum in Eastern… Continue Reading Benjamin Bruhwiler
The Journal of West African History (JWAH) Nwando Achebe, Editor-in-Chief Hilary Jones and John Thabiti Willis, Associate Editors Harry Odamtten, Book Review Editor The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that will publish the highest quality articles on… Continue Reading Announcing New Journal and Call for Papers
Nwando Achebe has received a $172,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Award to fund an “Africa in World History” Summer Institute for High School Teachers to be held at Michigan State University from July 14-August 2, 2013. The institute will bring together twenty-five high school… Continue Reading Africa in World History
The purpose of the Schoenl Family Undergraduate Grants for Dire Needs Overseas is to identify and fund the most outstanding projects, proposed by members of the MSU Honors College, which will serve dire human needs in countries other than the U.S. The grants must be… Continue Reading Schoenl Family Undergraduate Grants
On October 5 & 6, 2012, Michigan State University hosted its first annual graduate student on migration, “Migration Without Boundaries.” This conference drew student presenters from MSU and 11 other institutions from the United States and Canada. MSU participants included students and faculty from the… Continue Reading Conference Report – Migration Without Boundaries