Georgetown University has significant academic and outreach relationships in Africa.
Across schools and departments, Georgetown faculty are involved in multidisciplinary research and teaching on Africa's history, development, politics, and culture. The African Studies Program, the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact, and the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation are hubs for much of this activity. The university’s Washington, DC, location facilitates academic and cultural exchanges with Georgetown’s African partners, as does the presence of the World Bank and other leading international organizations.
The Initiative for Multilingual Studies convened linguists from the United States, Norway, and South Africa to explore issues of social justice in multilingual studies and other social sciences.
Sponsored by the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the African Studies Program offers a graduate certificate and an undergraduate certificate or minor focusing on historical and contemporary aspects of political and cultural life on the African…
This fellowship program trains women's human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning to their home countries in order to advance the status of women and girls. This fellowship program is sponsored by the Women’s Law and Public…
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December 13
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November 01
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October 29
Child Family Health International Program in Durban, South Africa
Education and Social Justice Summer Research Fellowship
M.S. in Foreign Service Internship Opportunity with UNICEF
M.S. in Global Health Program Field Research
MBA Global Business Experience
School of Medicine International Electives
Study Abroad in Belville, South Africa - University of the Western Cape/Arcadia University
Study Abroad in Dakar, Senegal: Development Studies - Council on International Educational Exchange
Study Abroad in Dakar, Senegal: Language and Culture - Council on International Educational Exchange
Study Abroad in Kampala, Uganda: Development Studies - School for International Training
Study Abroad in Stellenbosch, South Africa: Stellenbosch University
Study Abroad in Yaounde, Cameroon - Universite Catholique d'Afrique Centrale/Middlebury College
Study Abroad in Yaounde, Cameroon: Development and Social Change - School for International Training
Study abroad: Legon, Ghana - University of Ghana/Queen's University
Summer in Basanga and Livingston, Zambia: The Africa Field School
Summer in Cape Town, South Africa: Social Transformation in South Africa
Summer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Development Challenges in Tanzania Internship
Summer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Kiswahili Language and Development Studies
Catholic University of Mozambique
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Child Family Health International
Gordon Institute of Business Science
Johns Hopkins Global Early Adolescent Study
GU-Q Professor Reflects on Teaching Theology at a Jesuit University in Doha
Caring for Mothers and Babies: NHS Faculty Promote Maternal Health in Liberia
Linguistics Professor and Students Document Endangered Language in Ivory Coast
Students Travel to Zambia for First-Ever Field School
NHS Sends Seniors Overseas Through the Global Health Practical Experience Abroad
Education and Social Justice Project Addresses Poverty Through Education
Georgetown Professor Presents Research on Central Africa’s Undocumented Past
Khadija Khan Engages in a Movement Through Research
A Global Business Experience: Growing E-commerce in Kenya
Global Podcast: Georgetown's “Zusha!” Campaign Prevents Road Fatalities in Kenya
Documentation of an Endangered Language
The Global Business Experience: Business Without Borders
African Musical Fusion in a Globalized World
Workshop Examines African Environments and their Populations
The LAWA Program: Expanding Horizons for Women’s Rights
USAID Implementation of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security
Georgetown Alumna, Author Shares Thoughts on Business, Potential, and Security in “The Next Africa”
Graduate School Partners with Ugandan Universities to Design Collaborative Virtual Classes
gui2de launches Road Safety Campaign Nationwide in Kenya
African Graduate Students Eligible for Full-Tuition Scholarship to Georgetown MSFS Program
Students Build Businesses in Panama, Rwanda through Social Entrepreneurship Program
Chief Benefits Officer Helps Bring Art to Kenyan Secondary School
Georgetown Jesuit Fellow to Help Set Up University in Ivory Coast
Georgetown Physician Spearheads Healthcare Volunteering Initiative in Cameroon
