Upcoming AADS sponsored and co-sponsored events in honor of Black History Month 2022: Atlantique (Atlantis) | 2022 Festival of Films in French Friday, Feb. 18 @ 7 p.m. // Sunday, Feb. 20 @ 4 p.m. Click here to watch the … Continue Reading »
AADS PhD Student Completes National Science Foundation’s Innovation (NFS) I-Corps Graduate Bootcamp
AADS Ph.D. Student, Jackline Kirugni, recently completed the National Science Foundation’s Innovation (NFS) I-Corps Graduate Bootcamp and will receive a $1,200 stipend in February as part of her certificate of completion. Congratulations Jackline on your academic achievement!… Continue Reading »
Graduate Student Panel | African History is Black History
Please join us next Friday, February 4, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. CDT for our first Black History Month event titled, “African History is Black History,” sponsored by the UWM Department of African and African Diaspora Studies and the African Studies Forum. Please … Continue Reading »
Black History Month Essay Contest
The Department of African and African Diasopra Studies and the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UWM are sponsoring an essay contest for grades 2-12 for Black History Month. The theme is “What does Black History Mean to Me?”… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Dalila Negreiros For Passing Her Dissertation Defense!
Congratulations to Dalila Negreiros for a wonderful and successful dissertation defense! On Friday, December 10, 2021, Dalila defended her dissertation titled, Institutional Quilombos? Black Studies in Brazil and the United States, which explores how Black Studies centers and departments in Brazil and the United … Continue Reading »
“Hope” A Blackish Film Screening, Thursday, December 9th, 6-8 pm
The Africology Now club invites you to join them this Thursday for a screening of Black-ish’s episode, “Hope.” The event is free and open to all UWM Students. The screening will be held from 6-8pm CDT in Lubar Hall S165, … Continue Reading »
Writing Workshop and Lyrical Sanctuary Gives Back Featuring Adisa Simone
Please join UWM’s Self Care Club (SSC) and Sociocultural Programming this evening (12/8) for a writing workshop (7:00-7:45 pm) at the Inclusive Excellence Center (Union 119) and Lyrical Sanctuary featuring Adisa Simone (8-10 pm) at the Union Alumni Fireside Lounge. … Continue Reading »
Upcoming Webinar | The Impact of Militarization in the Lives of Black Women in Brazil
Join us next Friday, December 3 @ 12:30 CDT with Marcelle Decothé, Advocacy Coordinator at the Marielle Franco Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her presentation titled, “The Impact of Militarization in the Lives of Black Women in Brazil,” will be moderated by Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and will be hosted via Zoom and streamed live to the department’s Facebook page. Click here to register.… Continue Reading »
Fall 2021 AADS Newsletter
Welcome to the Fall 2021 Newsletter of the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at UWM, where you can read news and accomplishments of our faculty, students, alumni, and community partners. To receive departmental newsletters, please subscribe to our … Continue Reading »
Webinar | “The Black Radical Tradition and Decolonial Return’ with Dr. George Barganier
Please join us next Friday, November 5 @ 12:30 CST for a webinar Q&A with Dr. George Barganier, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University for a presentation on decolonial theory and the Black Radical Tradition. Free registration is required to join via Zoom and participate in the Q&A. Click here to register.… Continue Reading »