Past Events
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Oct 7Lunchtime Lecture: “Maroon Nation: Haiti at the Heart of Du Bois’ Trans-American Pan-Africanism”
Dr. Agustin Lao-Montes
206 Ingraham Hall October 13, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Nave Visiting Scholar, Agustin Lao-Montes, a Puerto Rican born afrodescendent intellectual-activist, is a Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is one of the founding figures of the “decolonial turn”. He has published several books and articles on a variety of fields including: critical theory, decolonial critique, critical …
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Oct 5Afropean
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 …
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Oct 2A Variation on the Violence of War
Sabrina Thomas
Levy Hall #2212
This talk suggests that the children fathered by African American soldiers and white European women during the US occupation of Germany after the Second World War inherited a variant of wartime violence through their paternal illegitimacy, maternal abandonment, and the social exclusion that resulted from their racial mixture. Through the story of one Black German …
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Sep 29Love of Freedom: Black Fugitivity and the Radical Imagination
Alison C. Rollins
Levy Hall #3204
Join The SoulFolk Collective and Department of African American Studies for the first Cookies with the Collective of the semester! Poet and professor of Creative Writing, Alison C. Rollins, will be giving an interactive workshop with students. When: Tuesday, September 29th | 4:30-5:30 Where: Levy Hall #3204 Students of any discipline, undergraduate or graduate, are …
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Sep 241776/2026 Lecture Series: Two Concepts of Patriotism: Nationalist and Civic
Desmond Jagmohan
Elvehjem Building, Room L150, 800 University Ave.
This special event with Professor Desmond Jagmohan (University of California, Berkeley) is part of “1776/2026: The Declaration at 250”, a year-long series of campus events and public conversations. It is presented in collaboration with the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice. This talk reconstructs two competing ideas of patriotism in American thought: a civic, aspirational tradition …
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Sep 18Ethnic Studies FestLevy 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.
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Sep 9Research for Black liberatory futures (In Dialogue)
Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, and Dr. Andrene Wright-Johnson
Levy Hall #3204
Learn about research disciplines within the field of Black studies with Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, and Dr. Andrene Wright-Johnson, scholars and professors of African American Studies. This interdisciplinary monthly series, hosted by the Department of African American Studies at UW–Madison, invites undergraduate and graduate students to join scholars, artists, and writers who …
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Sep 9Welcome Lunch & In Dialogue
Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, Dr. Andrene Wright-Johnson
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 bread with students and faculty then learn more on faculty research areas.
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May 7End of Year Celebration
Forum Auditorium, Discovery Building
The Department of African American Studies at UW–Madison invites you to join us for our 2026 End of Year Celebration. Taking place the Thursday before graduation, this event will honor our graduating seniors, M.A., and Ph.D. Minor students, recognize the Tom Shick Award recipients, and celebrate faculty achievements all while sharing a meal in community. When: Thursday, …