College of Letters & Science
The UW–Madison Department of History & the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies Present: The 2021 Paul J. Schrag Lecture “The American Influence on Nazi Race Law: Assessing U.S. Responsibility” James Q. Whitman (Yale) Co-sponsored by The Department of Afro-American Studies
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $5 million to fund an interdisciplinary, multi-year project to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Associate Professor Christy Clark-Pujara is part of this research team Selected as one of 16 winning projects in the Mellon Foundation’s “Just Futures Initiative” competition, the …
AAS Letter re SRO Contract To: Members of the Madison School Board of Education From: The Department of Afro-American Studies RE: Security Resource Officers Date: June 29, 2020 As scholars and teachers of African American history and experience – and, for some of us, as parents of current and former Madison public school …
Statement of Solidarity in Support of George Floyd The Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is appalled, outraged and heartbroken by the brutal and senseless murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in our sister state of Minnesota. Unfortunately and sadly, we are not surprised. Mr. Floyd’s murder comes on the heels of the Louisville police shooting …
After 30+ years at UW–Madison in the Department of Afro-American Studies, Dr. Michael Thornton is retiring. He leaves with an outstanding record of scholarly achievement, teaching excellence and service to department, the university, and the wider community. Please click on the link below to read Michael’s tribute. Michael Thornton Retires!
AAS Graduation Program Message From the Chair Dear Graduating Students, Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine addressing our graduating majors, certificate holders and graduate students under these circumstances. I know I speak for the faculty and staff in the Afro-American Studies Department in applauding your achievements, made all the more remarkable …
In these days of pandemic crisis, the Afro-American Studies Department stands in solidarity and community with Asian and Asian American, people both on and off campus. We abhor the xenophobia that has inaccurately and unfairly blamed these communities for the spread of the current COVID-19 virus. As scholars of race and African American experience, we understand the harm that is inflicted when communities of color are unjustly scapegoated, harassed and attacked. We applaud …
Anthony Black will be giving a job talk entitled Are You A Wigsplitter? Contraband Rhetoric And The Web Carceralpreneur on Friday, April 24 at 1:00 pm. Use the link below to join the talk on BBCollaborate Ultra : https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/5971d6e6f3004e6faa348c21974368d4
Simon Balto, a former graduate student, was awarded the Nation Endowment for the Humanities 2020-2021 academic grant for his project entitled: Racial Framing: Blackfaced Criminals in Jim Crow America. The controversy over early-2019 revelations that Virginia politicians had donned blackface in their college years has generated a resurgence of interest in the history and …