African American Studies at UW-Madison
@afamuw.bsky.social
Committed to bringing academic research to the broadest possible audience through studies in history, literature, the social sciences, and the arts; the deepest understanding of the complex reality of race in America requires an interdisciplinary approach.
We will open the school in Spring 2027 at The Center for Black Excellence and Culture in Madison, Wisconsin.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We will open the school in Spring 2027 at The Center for Black Excellence and Culture in Madison, Wisconsin.
Learn more and support our vision: www.soulfolkcollective.com/soulfolksatu...
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Learn more and support our vision: www.soulfolkcollective.com/soulfolksatu...
It will be a freedom school that provides:
—Black studies scholarship
—Free mental and physical health services
—Free meals
—Freedom to express all facets and dynamisms of Black identity
—Black studies scholarship
—Free mental and physical health services
—Free meals
—Freedom to express all facets and dynamisms of Black identity
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It will be a freedom school that provides:
—Black studies scholarship
—Free mental and physical health services
—Free meals
—Freedom to express all facets and dynamisms of Black identity
—Black studies scholarship
—Free mental and physical health services
—Free meals
—Freedom to express all facets and dynamisms of Black identity
We are designing a SoulFolk Saturday School where Black history and culture are not the additive, but the foundation.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We are designing a SoulFolk Saturday School where Black history and culture are not the additive, but the foundation.
We invite you to radically imagine with us.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We invite you to radically imagine with us.
Learn more and participate: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Interest in being Interviewed!
My name is Fawziyah Laguide, and I am a doctoral student with the Department of Political Science at UW-Madison. My research team and I are collecting data on how Black Americans, Black immigrants (1s...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Eligible participants:
—18+
—Black/African Americans
—Black/African Immigrants
—2nd and 3rd generation African Americans/Immigrants
—Hair braiders who focus on Black and African hair
—Non-UW employees
—18+
—Black/African Americans
—Black/African Immigrants
—2nd and 3rd generation African Americans/Immigrants
—Hair braiders who focus on Black and African hair
—Non-UW employees
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Eligible participants:
—18+
—Black/African Americans
—Black/African Immigrants
—2nd and 3rd generation African Americans/Immigrants
—Hair braiders who focus on Black and African hair
—Non-UW employees
—18+
—Black/African Americans
—Black/African Immigrants
—2nd and 3rd generation African Americans/Immigrants
—Hair braiders who focus on Black and African hair
—Non-UW employees
Historian and professor, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara will participate and lead parts of this discussion.
When: November 17 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Madison Central Public Library
When: November 17 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Madison Central Public Library
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Historian and professor, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara will participate and lead parts of this discussion.
When: November 17 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Madison Central Public Library
When: November 17 @ 5:30 pm
Where: Madison Central Public Library
...and discuss how Percival Everett’s James, is in conversation with Wisconsin’s history during the Go Big Read panel, “The National Legacy of Slavery: Wisconsin’s History as a Mississippi River State”.
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
...and discuss how Percival Everett’s James, is in conversation with Wisconsin’s history during the Go Big Read panel, “The National Legacy of Slavery: Wisconsin’s History as a Mississippi River State”.
Examine Wisconsin’s culpability in the nation’s history of slavery as well as opposition and support among Wisconsinites for the institutions of slavery...
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Examine Wisconsin’s culpability in the nation’s history of slavery as well as opposition and support among Wisconsinites for the institutions of slavery...
We are accepting project proposals now until December 10, 2025. Learn more and apply on our website: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2026-student...
2026 Student Symposium
An interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Department of African American Studies, but open to any discipline, undergraduate or graduate, whose work centers or intersects with Black studies and Blac...
africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are accepting project proposals now until December 10, 2025. Learn more and apply on our website: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2026-student...
This interdisciplinary symposium will give students the opportunity to present work on panels, network, and receive presentation feedback from faculty.
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This interdisciplinary symposium will give students the opportunity to present work on panels, network, and receive presentation feedback from faculty.
Learn more and apply here: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/w...
We are hiring: Spring 2026 Teaching Assistants
The Department of African American Studies is seeking Teaching Assistants for the Spring 2026 semester. Preference will be given to second-year UW-Madison graduate students in good standing, with back...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Learn more and apply here: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/w...
Preference will be given to second-year UW-Madison graduate students in good standing, with background in African American Studies or related field (Literature, History, Cultural Studies, Theatre, Art History).
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Preference will be given to second-year UW-Madison graduate students in good standing, with background in African American Studies or related field (Literature, History, Cultural Studies, Theatre, Art History).
We are hiring for the following courses:
—Intro to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies
—Hip Hop and Contemporary American Society
—Black Music and American Cultural History
—Masterpieces of African American Literature
—Intro to African American History
—Intro to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies
—Hip Hop and Contemporary American Society
—Black Music and American Cultural History
—Masterpieces of African American Literature
—Intro to African American History
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We are hiring for the following courses:
—Intro to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies
—Hip Hop and Contemporary American Society
—Black Music and American Cultural History
—Masterpieces of African American Literature
—Intro to African American History
—Intro to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies
—Hip Hop and Contemporary American Society
—Black Music and American Cultural History
—Masterpieces of African American Literature
—Intro to African American History
Read more here: www.rihs.org/john-brown-h...
John Brown House Museum Exhibit: Dark Work – The Rhode Island Historical Society
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October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Read more here: www.rihs.org/john-brown-h...
The Rhode Island Historical Society, a Smithsonian Affiliate, was founded in 1822 and is the fourth-oldest state historical society in the U.S.
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Rhode Island Historical Society, a Smithsonian Affiliate, was founded in 1822 and is the fourth-oldest state historical society in the U.S.