The Department of African and African Diaspora Studies is pleased to announce that associate professor Gladys Mitchell-Walthour has been named a 2020-21 CLACS Fellow! Her research project, “Black Brazilian Women’s Use of Digital Media for Social Justice during the Covid-19 … Continue Reading »
Webinar | The Long Arc of Activism and Social Change with Noam Chomsky
Please join us for a very special free webinar event with Noam Chomsky on February 5, 2021, @ 1:30 PM CST. The event will be held via Zoom and streamed live to our Facebook page. Widely renowned for his revolutionary work in linguistics, political activism, and international affairs, Dr. Chomsky will reflect on the social change of the longue durée. Click here to register.… Continue Reading »
Webinar | Black LGBTQ Rights and Activism in Brazil
Join the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies and our UWM partners at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Black Student Cultural Center on Thursday, February 4th at 2 pm CT for a webinar presentation with Marco Antonio Fera, actor, Youtuber, and Black LGBTQ activist. The event titled, “Black LGBTQ Rights and Activism in Brazil,” will be the first spring 2021 presentation in our on-going series, “Black History and Black Activism in Brazil and the United States.” Click here to register.… Continue Reading »
Dr. Martin Luther King and Increasing the Minimum Wage
AADS Professor, Dr. Jeffrey Sommers was extensively cited for this front-page story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Dr. Martin Luther King and increasing the minimum wage. Click here to read the full article.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations!
Congratulations to AADS MA and PhD students who have graduated in 2020!… Continue Reading »