Events

Sep 9

Welcome Lunch & In Dialogue

Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, Dr. Andrene Wright-Johnson

September 9, 2026 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Levy Hall

Join the Department of African American Studies for our annual Welcome Lunch paired with our first In Dialogue session of the semester. Kick off your semester by breaking break with students and faculty then learn more on faculty research areas.

Sep 18

Ethnic Studies mixer

September 18, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Levy Hall

Find your community, meet professors, and tour the new Levy Hall with the Department of African American Studies, the Asian American Studies program, the Chicanx/e Latinx/e Studies program, and the American Indian & Indigenous Studies program.

Oct 1

Fill the Hill: 2026 Fundraising Campaign

October 1, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - October 2, 2026 @ 5:00 pm Support our work.

Oct 5

Afropean

October 5, 2026 (all day) Discovery Building Learn more.

Afropean will convene scholars from around the country and Europe who offer both a breadth of research and expertise on the topic of Black people and Blackness in Europe since colonization and geographic variety including Germany, Italy, Denmark, France, Sweden and the former Soviet Union. Scholars will partake in public panel discussions that will place …

Oct 28

In Dialogue with J.M. Harper

J.M. Harper

October 28, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 3204 Levy Hall

Oct 29

“Soul Patrol” Screening (Collaboration with Cinematheque)

J.M. Harper

October 29, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706

Feb 19

2027 Student Symposium

February 19, 2027 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Tripp Commons, UW-Madison Memorial Union Learn more.

This interdisciplinary symposium is open to undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline whose work centers or intersects with Black studies and Black people.