College of Letters & Science
Join vocalist Anthony Russell and multi-instrumentalist Dmitri Gaskin as they perform and unpack the sounds, idioms and histories behind the music they’ve created as the Yiddish songwriting duo, Tsvey Brider. Afro-American Studies is a co-sponsor for this event. Thursday, October 28 4:00 pm Hamel Music Center Collins Recital Hall
Treaties: How we come to be where we are Join us for a free, live virtual roundtable discussion to learn about treaties, the most important documents in any community, and how our ongoing nation-to-nation agreements with the Ho-Chunk Nation are fundamental to daily life here at Teejop (day-JOPE), the place currently known as Madison, Wisconsin. …
The world just lost a gentle soul. Robin Hope Schmidt was born on May 1, 1950 in Newport News, Virginia. She spent her elementary school years in Detroit, Michigan. Her family moved several times and later settled in Bloomfield, Indiana where she graduated from Bloomfield High School. As a child, she spent many happy …
Broadway star André De Shields will address bachelor’s degree candidates, while John Gottman, one of the most influential psychologists in the country, will address graduate degree candidates. In 2004, Department of Afro-American Studies led the way for Andre de Shields to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the UW-Madison. We nominated him with theatre and drama …
The Department of Afro-American Studies stands in solidarity with the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Asian American Studies Program Response to Anti-Asian Violence: https://asianamerican.wisc.edu/2021/03/17/response-to-anti-asian-violence/ Resources to Support Our APIDA Community: https://diversity.wisc.edu/asian-pacific-islander-desi-american-support-resources/ The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Statement in Response to the Atlanta Shootings: https://news.wisc.edu/statement-in-response-to-atlanta-shootings/
Know Your Madisonian: UW-Madison professor is teacher, actress, director, model, author
DRAMATIZING HISTORY AND OPERA AS ACTIVISM Led by dramaturg Cori Ellison With composers Jeremy Howard Beck Anthony Davis and Laura Kaminsky; librettists Thulani Davis, Richard Wesley, Stephanie Fleischmann, Kimberly Reed, and Mark Campbell; and memoirist Brian Castner This is a three-part seminar and roundtable occurring on the following dates: Part I: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 …