Events
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Oct 27Confronting Misinformation: Bringing Lessons from Black Women’s Digital Resistance into Practice
Andrene Wright-Johnson
The Phillips Lounge, Ogg Residence Hall
Join The SoulFolk Collective for their monthly Cookies with the Collective workshop series. Andrene Wright-Johnson is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research examines Black political behavior and urban politics at the intersection of race, gender, and class. Her current book project, Close to Power, examines the political …
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Oct 28Building a career in filmmaking (In Dialogue)
J.M. Harper
3204 Levy Hall
Join Emmy-nominated filmmaker, J.M. Harper, for a discussion on building a career in the film industry. 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 are working with and at the intersection of Black studies. In dialogue, speakers …
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Oct 29“Soul Patrol” Screening feat. J.M. Harper and Jesse Lewis
J.M. Harper and Jesse Lewis
4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706
USA | 2026 | DCP| 100 mins. Director: J.M. Harper As a teenager, Ed Emanuel enlisted in the U.S. Army only to find himself in Vietnam questioning what it meant to fight for freedom abroad while Black Americans continued to struggle for equality at home. In Soul Patrol, Emanuel reunites the surviving members of Company …
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Nov 10Seen and Unseen: Decoding Stereotypes and the Stories Media Tells Us
Dr. Morgan Jerald
Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall #3204
A Cookies with the Collective workshop: Morgan Jerald is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at UW–Madison, where she runs the Intersectionality and Marginalization (I.AM) Lab. Her research examines how sociocultural factors, such as media portrayals and group stereotypes, shape the health, well-being, and development of Black women and girls. She is especially interested in how people …
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Nov 11The Troubles Between Us: Race Work, Memory, and Kivie Kaplan in the NAACP
Dr. Holly McGee (University of Cincinnati)
Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
This talk explores the complex history of Black–Jewish relations in the United States through the life and leadership of Kivie Kaplan, an influential yet often overlooked president of the NAACP. Drawing on extensive archival research, Dr. Holly Y. McGee challenges the popular narrative of a “golden age” of Black–Jewish cooperation, revealing instead a history shaped by both …
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Nov 18Shonda Rhimes and the Politics of 21st Century Black Ladyhood (In Dialogue)
Dr. Keisha Lindsay
Join Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (and African American Studies affiliate), Dr. Keisha Lindsay, for her lecture entitled “Shonda Rhimes and the Politics of 21st Century Black Ladyhood”. 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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Feb 192027 Student Symposium
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.