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 …
Month: April 2024
Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara published in Middle West Review
In her latest publication in Middle West Review, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara writes “Black people’s existence, resistance to bondage, and experience of freedom were rarely acknowledged or centered in Midwestern scholarship focused on the early American …
Yujie Cao, Jnae Thompson, and Dr. Sandra Adell present at the 2024 Gender and Womens’ Studies Conference
Professor Sandra Adell joined African American Studies senior Jnae Thompson and International Visiting Scholar Yujie Cao at UW-Madison’s 2024 Gender and Women’s Studies Conference: Honoring Our Past, Securing Our Future: Resilience and Reclamation in Higher …
Professor Sandra Adell spoke with Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford
Throughout the Month of March, Dr. Sandra Adell gave a series of talks about Black women and gambling addiction throughout the State of Illinois. On March 28, 2024, she was a featured speaker with Illinois …
Rev. Alexander Gee’s Honorary Degree Reception
The Department of African American Studies hosted a reception last Friday, April 19th, to celebrate Dr. Reverend Alexander Gee, who will be receiving a honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison this May. Gee …
Jessica Stovall wins Outstanding Dissertation Award at AERA
The Department of African American Studies would like to congratulate our 2023-2024 Anna Julia Cooper Fellow, Jessica Lee Stovall, on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award at the Critical Educators for Social Justice business meeting …
“Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century”
This April, African American Studies Professor Dr. Ethelene Whitmire guest curated “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century” with Leslie Anne Anderson, Chief Curator, at the National Nordic Museum. The exhibit was inspired by …
Christy Clark-Pujara speaks at the OAH Annual Conference
Department Chair and Professor of African American Studies, Christy Clark-Pujara, attended the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Annual Conference in New Orleans last week and participated in the Roundtable “The Black Midwest and Public Dialogue: …
Cops on Campus: Who Keeps Us Safe? — April 17, 2024
Paul E. Raether, Davarian Baldwin, Kacie Lucchini Butcher, and Department of African American Studies Affiliate Simon Balto will be giving a panel discussion at the Pyle Center on Wednesday, April 17th on “Cops on Campus: …
2024 Hudson Symposium
First year graduate students Philip Adeyemi and Forrest Ashworth traveled to the 2024 Hudson Symposium at Indiana University last week to present their research, exchange ideas, and network with scholars and peers on a national …