Pieces of Me: Love & Silence Under Apartheid

Van Hise 1418
@ 7:00 pm

Join the Departments of African American Studies, African Cultural Studies, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, Sociology, The Center for Visual Culture and Performance Studies, and The Havens Wright Center for “Pieces of Me: Love & Silence Under …

The National Legacy of Slavery: Wisconsin’s History as a Mississippi River State

Madison Central Public Library, Rm 301 & 302 (201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703)
@ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

The enslavement of African and African American people is not just a regional legacy within the United States–it is a national legacy. Examine Wisconsin’s culpability in the nation’s history of slavery as well as opposition …

The Politics of Identity: Disinformation and the Mobilization of White Grievances

Dr. Marisa A. Smith
Vilas 5055
@ 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Critical Race Theory (CRT) and, more recently, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) have become the subject of extensive political attention. Conservative media have particularly portrayed these concepts as evidence of anti-white discrimination, depicting them as …

“My Two Peoples”—Elizabeth Catlett’s Activism in Mexico

@ 6:00 pm
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Dr. Melanie Herzog will be giving a lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago titled: “My Two Peoples”—Elizabeth Catlett’s Activism in Mexico. Abstract: Elizabeth Catlett forged a powerful artistic practice—merging politically charged printmaking and empathetic …

Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory

@ 5:30 pm

The City University of New York invites you to join them on October 27th for “Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory”: A virtual conversation between Ronald Radano and Anthony Reed. Intellectual Publics, at …