Events
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Jan17
Film Screening: "Faces of Medicine" with SMPH and UW Health @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1335 https://intranet.med.wisc.edu/martin-luther-king-jr-event-day/
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Jan28
Book Talk: "Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits" @ 5:00 pm Wisconsin Ideas Room (Room 159), School of Education, 1000 Bascom Mall
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Jan30
"America's Real Sister Act" | Job Talk with Dr. Shannen Dee Williams @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Memorial Union
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Feb22
1st Annual Undergraduate Symposium @ 9:00 am
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Apr30
Visting Filmmaker: Kevin Shaw @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Union South - The Marquee Cinema
Department Newsletter
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News
Dr. Ethelene Whitmire published in The New York Times
“As an African American scholar who has studied the Harlem Renaissance and the experiences of Black Americans living in Denmark, a country I’ve visited 18 times, I have been retracing Larsen’s footsteps in Copenhagen for …
The Division of the Arts calls for submissions
The Bolz Center for Arts Administration and the Division of the Arts have opened an opportunity for student entrepreneurs with an interest in the arts: Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 17, …
Dr. Stovall wins Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award
Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall has been awarded the Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award for her article “Black Teachers’ Use of Liberatory Design to Promote Literacies of Healing” co-written with Lamar Timmons-Long, Thomas …
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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.
People
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.
Resources
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.
Programs
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.
Courses
Our department offers courses in the interdisciplinary study of African American, African diaspora and African history, society, and culture. Learn which courses are currently being offered here.
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The department expresses immense gratitude to those who support and aid fundraising efforts.
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.