Events
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Sep18
Dinner & Storytelling with Crystal Wilkinson @ 5:00 pm Seven Acre Dairy Company 6858 Paoli Road Belleville, WI 53508
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Sep24
Black Feminisms: An Evening with Reagan Jackson, Stanlie James, and Craig Werner @ 6:00 pm A Room of One's Own Bookstore
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Sep30
Department Lunch @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Helen C. White
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Oct03
‘Nordic Utopia?’ Exhibition Celebration @ 5:00 pm Mead Witter Lobby, Chazen Museum of Art
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Oct18
Curator Conversation: Nordic Utopia? with Ethelene Whitmire @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Chazen Museum of Art
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News
Ethnic Studies Mixer: Fall 2024
Thank you to all the students, staff, and faculty who attended the Ethnic Studies Mixer yesterday! It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with peers and colleagues in person, something we don’t often get to …
Crystal Wilkinson to visit Wisconsin for book release: “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts”
Former Kentucky Poet Laureate and author, Crystal Wilkinson will be at Seven Acre Dairy Company to discuss and read from her new book Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts on Wednesday, September 18th and Thursday, September 19th. Reserve …
Dr. Melanie Herzog to give panel discussion at Brooklyn Museum
Dr. Melanie Herzog will participate in the panel “Integrity and Bravery: Remembering Elizabeth Catlett” at the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday, September 14, part of the day-long opening celebration for the exhibition “Elizabeth Catlett: A Black …
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Committed to bringing academic research to the broadest possible audience, the Department of African American Studies at UW–Madison believes the deepest understanding of the complex reality of race in America requires a truly interdisciplinary approach. Within and beyond the walls of the university, our studies draw on history, literature, the social sciences, and the arts.
Approved by the Board of Regents in 1970, the Department of African American Studies (formerly Afro-American Studies) is an outgrowth of the student concern for relevance in higher education which was so dramatically evidenced on many college campuses during the late 1960s. Today, the department offers a wide variety of courses leading to both undergraduate and graduate degrees and is one of the most successful programs in the country.
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Our award-winning faculty and staff have a breadth of expertise in the arts, humanities, and the social sciences that make their approach to research and education dynamic.
History
The Department of African American Studies offered its first classes during the fall of 1970. Since then, the Department has educated thousands of students about the history, culture and literature of Black people in America.
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Our department believes the deepest understanding of race in America requires an interdisciplinary approach to research; we collaborate closely with other departments on campus to bring students an integrative education.
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We offer B.A., B.S., and M.A. programs, a Ph.D. minor, an African American Studies Certificate, and opportunities to engage in community work and public humanities research.
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Our colleague and friend, Nina Liamba, passed away unexpectedly on April 26, 2024.
Nina was kind, quiet, and generous. She was a devoted mother, and beloved daughter and sister. Nina had a welcoming spirit and smile. Her easygoing personality and the pictures of her children in her office invited casual conversations about our lives outside of work. As the Student Affairs Program Coordinator, Nina was often the first point of contact for our students, and she went out of her way to accommodate their needs and requests. Her patience was noted by many.