College of Letters & Science
Thank you to the students, affiliates, faculty, and staff who attended the department’s Welcome Lunch yesterday! This lunch was a great opportunity to recap the first few weeks of the semester together, share research, and engage with folks we don’t always interact with daily. We are eager to continue these conversations as the semester proceeds.
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 do in our busy worlds. Your presence made this event meaningful, and we look forward to continuing these valuable conversations.
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 tickets here.
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 Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies“. This long-awaited retrospective will travel to the National Gallery and the Art Institute …
Dr. Ethelene Whitmire joined WORT FM this week to speak on artist Herb Gentry, an artist featured in her exhibition, “Nordic Utopia? African American in the 20th Century”. Listen to the full conversation here.
Department of African American Studies chair and professor, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, has been featured in UW-Madison’s “Sift & Winnow” newsletter recognizing her innovative research and article published in the Wisconsin State Journal, entitled “Uncovering Wisconsin’s Black History”. In Clark-Pujara’s piece, she writes: “Black people came to the Midwest by force, coercion, false promises or in …
Dr. Ethelene Whitmire’s co-curated exhibition “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century” will be on display at UW-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art from tomorrow, August 10th until November 10th. The Chazen Museum of Art will be hosting Dr. Whitmire for a Co-Curator Conversation on Friday, September 10th at 10 a.m. to discuss the …
The Department of African American Studies is seeking excellent candidates for an Associate Professor (tenured) position in the area of 20th-century African American History. We are particularly interested in applicants with interests in women’s history and/or internationalism. The selected candidate will be responsible for teaching introductory survey courses and advanced courses related to the area …
This summer, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara has been leading a six-week seminar in partnership with Madison’s non-profit organization, the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development. The course, “Slavery and Capitalism”, explores and recognizes the history of forced labor of people of African descent and how those forced contributions developed the U.S. economy. The course allows members …
Assistant Professor Dr. Mosi Ifatunji has published a new article for The American Sociological Association entitled “Toward an Ethnoracial Ontology for the Study of Race and Ethnicity: The Case of African Americans and Black Immigrants in the United States”. Read the full piece here.