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  • Nov 5
    African American Studies Student Club: Oluwatosin Philip Adeyemi — Brown Bag Talk

    Helen C. White #4123

  • Oct 27
    Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory

    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 the City University of New York, provides a multi-faceted forum for cutting-edge scholarship across the humanities and social sciences as …

  • Oct 17
    The Story Won’t Tell Itself: The Cultural Legacy Of Jim From Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

    Chazen Museum of Art

    Join us for a conversation with David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson as well as a local historian and educator about the cultural legacy of Jim’s character from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After the publication of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim became a cultural symbol and garnered a life of his own on stage, in visual …

  • Sep 26
    Come to Your Senses! — Sensiotics and Understandings of Arts and Culture in Africa and Beyond

    Chazen Auditorium

    Join Professors Henry J. Drewal and Elaine Sullivan for a conversation about displaying African arts in museums. Drawing from Prof. Drewal’s experience leading UW students in curating the African art gallery at the Chazen and Prof. Sullivan’s experience as a curatorial fellow for African arts at the MET, we will discuss some of the challenges, …

  • Sep 25
    55th Anniversary Symposium

    Featuring: Tanisha Ford, Crystal Moten, Rev. Dr. Alex Gee, Melvina Young, and more UW-Madison Alumni

    Pyle Center 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706

    55th Anniversary Symposium

  • Sep 25
    The SoulFolk Collective: Explore Geographies of Resistance

    Virtual Breakout Experiences at the Racial Justice Summit As part of the Virtual Day of the Racial Justice Summit on September 25, attendees have the opportunity to experience a virtual session in addition to the Opening Keynote, Closing Generative Dialogue, and Connection & Reflective Processing Spaces. Virtual sessions offer meaningful opportunities to dive deeper into …

  • Sep 24
    Esther Dreams: African Women’s Lives Across Borders

    3401 Sterling Hall

    Please join us on Wednesday, September 24th for Deptartment of African American Studies affiliate, Professor Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué’s, lecture titled “Esther Dreams: African Women’s Lives Across Borders.” This talk is part of the Center for Research on Gender and Women’s 2025-26 Colloquium Series. Place: This lecture will be hybrid— in person (3401 Sterling Hall) or Zoom. Time: 1:30pm …

  • Sep 8
    Welcome Lunch

    Helen C. White

    Share a meal and be in community with students, faculty, and staff in the Department of African American Studies.

  • Apr 30
    Visting Filmmaker: Kevin Shaw

    Featuring: Kevin Shaw

    Union South - The Marquee Cinema

    Learn more here. 

  • Apr 30
    Fatal Denial: How White Innocence Threatens Black Infant Life, and the Responsibility of Birth Justice

    Please join the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies on Wednesday, April 30th for Professor Annie Menzel’s lecture titled “Fatal Denial: How White Innocence Threatens Black Infant Life, and the Responsibility of Birth Justice.” This exciting event is sponsored by the Center for Research on Gender and Women. Place: This lecture will be hybrid— In person (3401 Sterling Hall) or Zoom. …

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