Join Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Week, “a weeklong personal and professional development initiative for academics to honor the toll of racial trauma on Black people, resist anti-Blackness and white supremacy, and facilitate accountability and collective action.” Beginning Juneteenth, Friday, June 19 through Thursday, June 25, Academics for Black Lives will hold a series of trainings, which will include readings, lectures, personal reflections and group dialogue with academics around the world.… Continue Reading »
Campus Dialogue on Racial Justice: Faculty Insights
AADS Associate Professor and Chair Dr. Anika Wilson will participate in a panel discussion sponsored the Division of Global Engagement and Inclusion and the Divison of Student Affairs entitled “Campus Dialogue on Racial Justice: Faculty Insights”. The virtual panel discussion will take place on Friday, June 12 @11 a.m.… Continue Reading »
AADS Seminar: The Psychic Life of Violence
Please join us for a special seminar called, “the Psychic Life of Violence,” by assistant professor of philosophy at Marquette University, Dr. Kimberly Ann Harris. The seminar presentation will take place on March 27, 2020, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the Winston Van Horne Conference Room, Mitchell Hall, room 206. … Continue Reading »
AADS Seminar: Labor Market, Racism and Repercussions in the Brazilian Labor Court
Please join us for a special presentation for AADS Visiting Scholar and Sr. Research Specialist, Dr. Sales Augusto Dos Santos. he will present his current research, “Labor Market, Racism and Repercussions in the Brazilian Labor Court,” on Friday, March 6, 2020, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Winston Van Horne Conference Room, located in Mitchell Hall, room 206.… Continue Reading »
PBS Independent Lens Film Screening | Always in Season
Please join us at Sheboygan’s John Michael Kohler Arts Center to watch the PBS Independent Lens film,Always in Season.After the screening, UWM Alumna Dr. Deborah Blanks will facilitate a panel made up of DAADS Assoc. Lecturer, Dr. Biko Baker, and graduate students, Jackline Kirungi and Maria Grace Hamming. The evening showing of the film will take place on Thurs., Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m.… Continue Reading »
The Spirit of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville
Please join us in celebrating Black History Month at the Milwaukee Public Library, where DAADS Lecturer, Dr. Sandra Jones, will present on her current research, “The Spirit of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville,” on Saturday, February 29, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.… Continue Reading »
DAADS Upcoming Events | Spring 2020
View upcoming events sponsored by the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies spring 2020. For more information, please contact Rachel Hegland at rhegland@uwm.edu or by calling (414) 229-4155.… Continue Reading »
Upcoming Event | Blackness and Place
Please join us for the upcoming panel titled, Blackness and Place, sponsored by The Department of African & African Diaspora Studies in honor of Black History Month. The Panel will take place on February 5, 2020, from 5:00-6:30 pm in the Fireside Lounge at UWM’s Student Union. … Continue Reading »
Upcoming Event | 23rd Annual Festival of Films in French
Please join us for the UWM French Program’s 23rd Annual Festival of French Films (February 14-23, 2020), screenings of Fahavalo and Zombi Child, co-sponsored by the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies.… Continue Reading »
News | Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes Seminar Event
DAADS Seminar Series | “Building an Equitable Wisconsin for African Americans” with Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes Mandela Barnes serves as Wisconsin’s 45th Lieutenant Governor. He was elected on November 8, 2018 and sworn into office on January 7, 2019. He … Continue Reading »