Please join us for a special 50th Anniversary presentation of the African and African Diaspora Studies Seminar Series by Dalila Negreiros (PhD Student, African & African Diaspora Studies), with additional prerecorded material by Toni Johns (PhD Student, Urban Studies). The seminar will take place on April 26th, 2019 in the Winston Van Horne Conference Room, Mitchell Hall 206, from 12:30-1:30pm. … Continue Reading »
Celebrate 50 Years of Black Studies at UWM
Please join us on April 25th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Black Studies at UW-Milwaukee. The event will be held in the Union-Wisconsin Room and include a keynote presentation from esteemed alumna and Harvard University Professor, Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham, as well as a panel discussion with Dr. Dan Burrell (student activist and first director of the Center for Afro-American Culture), Dr. Clayborn Benson, (UWM alumn and director of the Wisconsin Black Historial Society), and Dr. Charmane Perry (graduate of the department’s PhD program). … Continue Reading »
Journey the Atlantic/Via Jando El Atlantico
Friday, April 12, 2019, Bembé youth will have their biggest show of the year, entertaining, inspiring and educating the public on Afro-Latino history, through the medium of drum and dance. There is no other event like this in Wisconsin where teaching and embracing the African roots of Latino culture is the central focus, and represented by youth and adults together. The show is free and family-friendly.… Continue Reading »
Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour Attends Congressional Briefings in Washington, D.C.
Associate Professor, Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, was invited by CODEPINK: Women for Peace to attend and participate at Congressional Briefings on Capitol Hill March 11, 2019. … Continue Reading »
Seminar | Kwame Abe, Akan Highwayman
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni Dr. Ben Wendorf (PhD African & African Diaspora Studies ’16, MA History ’10) will present his research “Kwame Abe, Akan Highwayman,” on Friday, March 1, 2019 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the Winston Van Horne Conference Room, Mitchell Hall 206.… Continue Reading »
In the Shadow of Powers: Dantès Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde Smith, Professor Emeritus of African & African Diaspora Studies at UWM, will present his newly revised edition of In the Shadow of Powers: Dantès Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought at Boswell Book Company on Friday, February 22, @ 7:00 pm. … Continue Reading »
Seminar | Contesting Urban Poverty Through Open GIS Technologies
UWM Professor Rina Ghose from The Geography Department will present her research on the use of GIS technologies to combat structural inequities and inner-city poverty on February 22, 2019 from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Winston Van Horne Seminar Room, Mitchell Hall 206.… Continue Reading »
Seminar | “State and Black Movements (1980-2010): Cooperation, Contest, or Autonomy?”
Adjunct Professor at The Center for Public Policy on Human Rights Suely Souza de Almeida at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Fernanda Barros dos Santos, will present, “State and Black Movements (1980-2010): Cooperation, Context, or Autonomy?” on Friday, March 29, 2019 from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Winston Van Horne Room, Mitchell Hall 206.… Continue Reading »
American Public Policy and Full Employment: The Imperative of Martin Luther King’s Political Economy in the 21st Century
Representing both faculty and graduate student collaboration at UWM, as well as interdepartmental cooperation, Professor Jefrfrey Sommers and Rachel Hegland (with Patrick Delices as 3rd author) published a peer-reviewed article on the political economy of Martin Luther King’s employment policies. … Continue Reading »
130 Years After the Abolition of Slavery in Brazil
Allyne Andrade will present her research on policies for the protection of human and territorial rights of black communities on November 29th at 5pm at the Student Union’s Wisconsin Room.… Continue Reading »