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African American Studies at UW-Madison

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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.

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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
These workshops are open to any undergraduate or graduate student, regardless of discipline. When: Tuesday, September 29th from 4:30-5:30pm Where: Levy Hall # 3204 Cookies and beverages provided. No RSVP necessary.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cookies with the Collective is back! SoCo is kicking off the semester with poet and professor Alison C. Rollins for an interactive workshop entitled: "Love of Freedom: Black Fugitivity and the Radical Imagination".
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
and UW System Outstanding Woman of Color Awards (2020, 2019), the Feminist Scholar’s Fellowship (2019), and multiple Honored Instructor Awards (2014, 2017, 2020, 2022).
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
...in small towns and cities in the North and Midwest. Her honors include UW–Madison’s Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2026), and the H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship (2023), the Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award (2018), the UW–Madison...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Clark-Pujara is an award-winning teacher and scholar. Her research focuses on the experiences of Black people in British and French North America in the 17th–19th centuries, with particular attention to the often-overlooked histories of African Americans...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Her lecture, "African Americans in the Wisconsin Territory, 1787-1848", derives from a larger project, "Beyond 250". Learn more: www.beyondthepage.info/beyond-250
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Professor of African American Studies and current chair of our department, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, will be giving a free, public history lecture on August 20th and August 27th in the Madison area.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dr. Moten currently serves as Associate Director of Collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dr. Crystal M. Moten is an award-winning public historian and leader in the Galleries, Archives, Libraries and Museum (GLAM) sector. Her academic and intellectual interests center on Black women’s history, specifically the intersection of gender, class and labor...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"A Continued Revolution: Black Working Women Making Real the Promise of Economic Justice in the Midwest" comes out of a larger project, "Beyond 250": www.beyondthepage.info/beyond-250
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
African American Studies alumna, Dr. Crystal Moten, will be giving a free, public history lecture on August 13th and 15th in the Madison area.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Read the full recap here: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2026/06/05/h...
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Honoring our achievements
A recap of the 2026 End of Year Celebration On May 7, 2026, we held our annual End of Year Celebration, bringing together graduating students, their families, faculty, and staff for an afternoon of re...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We honored our graduates, our Tom Shick awardees, the year’s achievements, and the conclusion of Dr. Thulani Davis’ tenure at UW-Madison last month during our annual End of Year Celebration.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Co-authored by Dr. Stovall, Darion A. Wallace, and Kia Turner, the piece asserts the utility of fugitivity and abolition practices.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall has published "Worlding Black freedom: unsettling the predicament of domination through fugitive and abolitionist pedagogies" in the Race Ethnicity and Education (Volume 29, Issue 2 (2026)) journal.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/freed...
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Reserve tickets – Freedom Seekers Symposium: Stories of Black Liberation in the American Revolutionary Era and Beyond – Wisconsin Historical Society
Freedom Seekers Symposium: Stories of Black Liberation in the American Revolutionary Era and Beyond – Wisconsin Historical Society, Thu Apr 23, 2026 - This event is free and open to the public! ...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence, UW is hosting a free public symposium on the history of Black liberation during the American Revolution. Join us on April 23 to explore stories of people who fled slavery at the nation’s founding.
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Dr. Marcel Strobel @marcelstrobel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Congratulations to @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social! Can’t wait to read her new book! 🎉
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Our first "In Dialogue" of the semester, a research talk titled "Black History Education, 1950-1959" will take place on Wednesday, February 18th from 12—1pm with Ziyen Curtis.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This spring semester, the Department of African American Studies will be hosting a new series, "In Dialogue", designed to bring students, faculty, and friends together for conversation and community on interdisciplinary topics within Black studies.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Learn more about the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients here: news.wisc.edu/2026-disting...
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2026 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Thirteen UW–Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join Dr. Clark-Pujara in one of her classes on African American history, slavery and capitalism, or slavery and emancipation during the spring or fall semesters here at UW-Madison.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Dr. Clark-Pujara is a historian of colonial North America and the early American Republic. Her research focuses on the experiences of Black people in French and British North America in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Dr. Clark-Pujara joins twelve other faculty members who have been chosen to receive this year’s honor. Commencing in 1953, the Chancellor's Award recognizes some of UW-Madison's finest educators.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Congratulations to our chair and professor, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, who has been awarded with the 2026 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award!
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Students will spend at least 25 hours with the Kennedy Heights Community Center while engaging deeply with topics on Black political engagement, resistance, and coalition-building in the classroom.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Starting this semester, the Department of African American Studies will be offering our first Community-Based Learning course, AFROAMER271 "Black Urban Regimes in the United States" with Dr. Andrene Wright-Johnson.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Are you curious about how you can implement your knowledge, skills, and networks that you're building in the classroom and transfer them to the Madison community? Now more than ever, we're thinking of how we can partner with others to build more equitable and productive presents and futures.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Lingering Inland
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Lingering Inland", a work of creative non-fiction, asks how stories on Midwestern places influence or reflect experience.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara joins 72 writers in the University of Illinois Press' "Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of The Midwest" anthology with her essay, "Rachel: Fort Crawford Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin", published in December 2025.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Come listen, learn, and be in community with students and scholars shaping urgent and imaginative work.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The day will also feature a keynote and guest speaker, Dr. Austin McCoy, from 1-2pm.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This free, public event brings together 21 student presenters across four panels and one poetry reading, showcasing research, creative work, and critical inquiry in African American Studies.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us for the 2026 African American Studies Symposium on February 27, from 9-3 at the UW-Madison Memorial Union.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Read our full piece: africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/2025/11/26/n...
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New faculty member studies policing, race, and the carceral state
Dr. Max Felker-Kantor joined the Department of African American Studies as an Associate Professor in fall 2025. Affiliated with the Department of History and the Department of Educational Policy Studi...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The author of two books, "Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD" (2018) and "DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools" (2024), Dr. Felker-Kantor joined the Department of African American Studies this August.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
“We can see the ways in the present that history can provide us context and lessons about how to think about our present," Dr. Max Felker-Kantor shares insights into his research on policing, race, and the carceral state in our Fall 2025 newsletter interview.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
...The Black Scholar’s primary mission has been to chronicle, analyze, and debate the conditions and the emancipatory efforts of Black people, across class, nationality, gender, generation, sexuality, and ideology."—congratulations, Dr. Edmonds.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“Founded on the premise that Black writers, scholars, activists and artists could participate in dialogue within its pages...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Dr. Brittney Edmonds has joined the editorial board for the oldest continuously published journal in Black studies, The Black Scholar, as their Associate Editor.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Pictured above from left to right: Ziyen, Jai, Jada, Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall, John, Micah, and Maya—these exceptional undergraduate and graduate students are dedicated to affirming Black students and co-creating Black spaces inside and outside of the classroom.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Allow us to introduce you to the team that will be working on the founding of The SoulFolk Saturday School, a Freedom School program opening in January 2027 in Madison, Wisconsin...
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We extend a heartfelt thank you to every community member who believes in our mission, and wants to help us serve.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Thank you to all who pitched in to help our November fundraising efforts for The SoulFolk Collective and SoulFolk Saturday School program! With the help of 118 donors, we raised $31,000.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, professor of African American Studies and Sociology, who has been named an Honored Instructor for the Fall 2025 semester through UW Housing. This marks Dr. Ifatunji's third Honored Instructor Award since joining the department and university in 2019.
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Professor Shashko, a historian and music scholar, teaches courses such as "Hip-Hop and Contemporary American Society", "Black Music and American Cultural History", and "Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right". Congratulations!
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African American Studies at UW-Madison @afamuw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Each semester, University Housing requests nominations from students on educators who have inspired their learning and daily practice through the student-led program "Honored Instructors."
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