Fall 2019 Luis Madureira 3 credits TF 3:30-5pm Fulfills Literature, Advanced We begin with the following question: what is at stake, aesthetically, ethically and politically, in African appropriations of the historical drama and novel? How …
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African 405: Lec 2, Colonialism & its Cultural Critique
Fall 2019 Ron Radano 3 credits W 1:20-3:15pm Fulfills Humanities, Intermediate How did the legacy of colonialism affect the arts and the idea of the aesthetic in Africa? How, in turn, did new African cultural …
African 405: Lec 1, Gender & Sexuality in Afro-Futurism
Fall 2019 Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué 3 credits M 3:30-5:25pm Fulfills Humanities, Intermediate Afrofuturism is a new and rapidly developing interdisciplinary genre. It is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that addresses the …
An Evening with Jamaica Kincaid
Humanities Without Borders features Jamaica Kincaid. Kincaid is an Antiguan-American author of twelve books, including the award-winning Annie John, Lucy, and Mr. Potter. She is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University. For twenty years, she …
Construction, Destruction, and Concealment under Cairo’s “Mad Caliph”
Jennifer PruittAssistant Professor Of Art History, University Of Wisconsin-Madison Details Humanities Friday Lunches are for faculty, graduate students, and staff.
Africa@Noon: Global Perspectives: Afro-Asian Practices in Dance
Alessandra WilliamsInclusive Excellence Fellow in Women’s and Gender Studies and Theatre and DanceUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewater Description & Biography
Africa@Noon: In Search of African Women Playwrights
Kathy A. PerkinsProfessor Emerita of TheatreUniversity of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) &University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Description & Biography
Graduate Student Brownbag with Department Chair
ACS graduate students, please join Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson for a brownbag meeting. This will be an opportunity for you to share any feedback or questions you have for the department, give feedback on our …