News and Events
Graduate student Charmane Perry received a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship to study accelerated introductory Haitian Creole at Florida International University's Summer Haitian Institute.
The Spring 2012 Latin American Film Series is being cosponsored by The Department of Africology.
The Department of Africology is pleased to cosponsor the film Precious Knowledge on March 29 at 7pm.
The Department of Africology presents Black History & Liberation Month 2012.
Dr. Jeffrey Sommers was a featured panelist discussing global economics and politics on RT’s CrossTalk for their year-end wrap up and New Year trends programs.
Graduate student Majeed Rahman was a participant at this year’s first regional conference of the Milwaukee Area Time Exchange, a community-based organization committed to exchanging ideas that benefits the community. Read more.
Jeffrey Sommers was the Conference Chair and a Featured Speaker for the 2011 Asia Business & Management Conference of the International Academic Forum held in Osaka, Japan on November 12th and 13th. His presentation title was: "Origins of our Global Economic Crisis: Causes and Perspectives from the past 500, 50, & 5 Years."
Dr. Anika Wilson presented her research at “People, Places, and Stories,” an interdisciplinary and international conference hosted by Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden, Sept. 28-30.
Dr. Jeffrey Sommers has been invited to this year’s Global Policy Forum meeting in Yaroslavl, Russia on Sept. 7- 8, 2011. Read his GPF interview.
Prof. Emeritus Bellegarde-Smith speaks at the University of the West Indies on June 9, 2011. Lecture: Philosophical and Identity Constructions of an Elite: Haiti in the 19th and Early 20th Century. Event Poster
The Department of Africology is pleased to cosponsor 'Posing Beauty' a lecture by Dr. Deborah Willis, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York University -Tisch School of the Arts. Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 1:30pm, 4th Floor Library Conference Center. Event flier
The Department of Africology presents Black History & Liberation Month 2011
The Department of Africology invites applicants for a tenure-track position: Joint appointment in Africology and Global Studies
As part of its Visiting Senior Scholar Series, the Department of Africology hosted a lecture by Dr. Patrick Manning on February 9. See photos from Dr. Manning's visit.
Video of Dr. Manning lecture
Introduction by Dr. Sommers
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The Department of Africology is pleased to co-sponsor
An Evening With Terry McMillan
The Distinguished Lecture Series presents
An Evening with Terry McMillan
Wednesday February 23, 2011
7pm, Union Ballroom (2200 E Kenwood Blvd, 1st Level)
"Everything I write about is empowerment." - Terry Mc McMillan
One of today’s most influential novelists, Terry McMillan has always created works described as poignant and inspirational for many contemporary women of all races. Author of several New York Times bestsellers, McMillan’s best known books include Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short. With her latest, Getting to Happy, McMillan continues in the tradition of empowering women to find honesty, humor and hope in any situation.
McMillan’s presentations are described as witty and heartfelt with some unique twists. She will give first hand insight to her creative writing process, and share her experiences and success as an African American female writer while encouraging audience members to share their experiences and engage her in dialogue.
Sponsored by Union Programming, Union Sociocultural Programming, the UWM Bookstore, The Women's Resource Center, the Department of Africology, The Department of English, and the Creative Writing Program with the assistance of other partners.
For more information, see: http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/dls/
Dr. Ahmed Mbalia gave a lecture at the Marquette University Haggerty Museum of Art entitled, "The Dialectics of Mass Media in African Peoples' Quest for Liberation"
The Department of Africology is pleased to co-sponsor a performance of the play
The Meeting
January 26 & 27, 20117pm (doors open at 6:30pm), Union Ballroom West
Free to UWM students; $10,all others
The Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company presents The Meeting is a play by Jeff Stetson, Directed by Willie Abney
Join us for this fascinating performance presented by Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company, celebrating 30 years as Wisconsin’s premier African American theatre company.
What would have happened if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met to discuss their philosophies and contrasting approaches to gaining equal rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement? The Meeting is a compelling and provocative play depicting this supposed meeting between two of the most important men of modern times. A moderated discussion will follow the performance on both nights.
For more information, contact Carla Cadet, 414-229-6998 or e-mail cadet@uwm.edu. Sponsored by Union Sociocultural Programming, the Department of Africology, and the Black Cultural Center.
The Community Brainstorming Conference
In Cooperation with
The Department of Africology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Invites Your Participation in Its
BREAKFAST FORUM,
Saturday, January 22, 2011
8:00-11:00 A.M.
Saint Matthews C.M.E. Church
2944 North 9th Street (Parking on 8th Street, Off Chambers)
The Subject for Discussion Is
"When You Study Africology, You Study the World"
Presenters and Topics:
Professor Frank Wilson Department of Sociology, UWM
"The Empowerment of Local African-American Communities"
Professor Pamela Malone Department of Sociology, MATC
"The Empowerment of African-American Communities Nationally"
Professor Jeffrey Sommers Department of Africology, UWM
"The Global Empowerment of Africa and Its Diaspora (the Afrispora)"
Moderator:Professor Winston Van Horne: Department of Africology, UWM
CBC Chair: Judge Russell Stamper
Given the timeliness and critical importance of the topics, CBC looks forward to engaging HUNDREDS OF YOU in a discussion of them!!
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Haitian Studies Association. Dr. Bellegarde-Smith will be presented with the award at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies Association, November 11-13, 2010.
The Department of Africology wishes a fond farewell to Dr. Rita Cheng. See photos of event.
The Department of Africology is proud to co-sponsor "An Evening with Sapphire"
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith will give three keynote lectures in Toronto in March:
Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Africology professor and renowned Haitian scholar, has been featured by several news outlets in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.
Speaking of Faith (American Public Media/NPR), January 24, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio, At Issue with Ben Merens, January 13, 2010
Milwaukee Public Radio, “UW-Milwaukee Professor Speaks About Life in Haiti,” January 13, 2010
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, “Haitians in U.S. are hoping for a silver lining,” January 17, 2010
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, “UWM professor holds hope for rebuilding Haiti,” January 22, 2010
Milwaukee Public Television, Black Nouveau, January 27, 2010
The Gleaner (Jamaica, West Indies), “Struggle to find, bury the dead,” January 17, 2010
Al Jazeera, Inside Story, January 17, 2010
O Globo (Brazil, Portuguese language newspaper), January 23, 2010
Dr. Erin Winkler spoke with WUWM's Stephanie Lecci about how children learn to preceive race and how we consider it as adults. Listen to the interview.
Dr. Sandra Jones is a 2009-2010 recipient of the UW-System Institute on Race and Ethnicity Faculty Diversity Research Award for her project: "Research in African American Literacies." Read more on the UW-System Institute on Race and Ethnicity's website.
Dr. Anika Wilson's research focuses on informal communications in the southeastern African country of Malawi. Read the UWM News article.
The Department of Africology celebrated its 40th Anniversary in May 2008
Photographs from the event
New Doctoral Program in the Department of Africology
Ten years in the making, a doctoral degree program in Africology will begin next year at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
Read entire article by Laura L. Hunt, UWM News
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