College of Letters & Science
Christina Greene’s FREE JOAN LITTLE: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence and Imprisonment won the 2023 Frank & Harriet Owsley Prize for the best book in Southern History from the Southern Historical Society.
“Jnae Thompson, the student speaker at the 2023 Winter Commencement, with her parents.”
This year’s UW–Madison student commencement speaker, Jnae Thompson, is an L&S student majoring in African American Studies with a certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies! “Thompson believes her own story might help others. She entered UW–Madison as a biochemistry major, determined to become an orthopedic surgeon. “I had my entire four-year plan all worked out,” …
Congratulations to Olagbenro Oladipo, Ph.D! He received his MA from the Department of African American Studies in 2018 and bridged into English for his Ph.D. The Department of English at Wayne State University has named him their pre-faculty fellow for the Pathway to Faculty (PTF) program.
Release date: 11/18/2023 Genre: Opera Rating: TBD, Content Advisory: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X contains strong language. Runtime: 3 hours, 50 minutes Director: Robert O’Hara,Anthony Davis Starring: Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Michael Sumuel, Victor Ryan Robertson Synopsis: Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking and influential opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives in cinemas on November 18. Theater luminary and Tony-nominated …
Our History Matters: Wisconsin In Black and White Nov. 7 at 7:00 pm The Barrymore Theatre 2090 Atwood Avenue Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara will be in conversation with host Dr. Rev. Alex Gee, discussing history education and lecturing for the Justified Anger Black History for a New Day course.
AAS 271: “Rebuilding Black Societies Through Social, Economic & Cultural Innovation” SPRING 2024 03/11-05/03 (HHG) WEDNESDAYS 3:30-5:25 PM Rev. Dr. Alex Gee INSTRUCTOR CONSENT This course will explore the power and role of social innovation in Black communities by looking at two local Black start-ups, The Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development and the Center …
AAS 271: Afrofuturism and Popular Culture! Instructor: Prof. Anthony Black TR 9:30-10:45 am “Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry. (Art Terms – www.tate.org.uk) This course will use the writing of …
This episode, focusing on the topic of Activating the Wisconsin Idea: Reclaiming the Narrative, features panelists Dr. Cora Marrett ’68, Former Acting Director of the National Science Foundation, Professor Emerita of Sociology, and member of the L&S Board of Visitors: Dr. Luke Zoet, Associate Professor of Geoscience; Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, Department Chair and Professor of …