Date/Time: April 12th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Benedito Machava, Yale University Hosted by: Luís Madureira   BIO Benedito Machava is a historian of colonial and post-colonial Africa. Raised and educated in Mozambique, he …

Register here! University Museums at Iowa State University is hosting a virtual lecture with University of Wisconsin – Madison Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry John Drewal on Wednesday, April 19th, 5:30 – 6:30 PM on the …

Date/Time: April 19th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Alhaji U. N’jai, Project 1808 Hosted by: Luís Madureira   BIO Dr. Alhaji U. N’jai is the founder of Project1808, Inc., a US 501(c)(3) and UN …

Register here! How is Black culture created and experienced across different regions of the world? For the last decade, Erica Ayisi has covered food, fashion, art, and politics, providing a window into the global Black …

Katrina Daly Thompson will discuss their new book Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America at a Brown Bag Lunch & Book Talk organized by the UW-Madison Religious Studies Program. All faculty …

Date/Time: April 26th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Carli Coetzee, Oxford University Hosted by: Moji Olaniyan   BIO Carli Coetzee is a Research Associate at the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. …

The late Tẹjumọla Ọlaniyan was an astute theorist of the politics of African cultural forms. With his work on drama, music, and cartoons, Ọlaniyan moved across forms with a clear-eyed, rigorous attention to political forms and …

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  ACS will gather to celebrate its students' many accomplishments for academic year 2022-23 on Friday, May 12 at 10am in 1418 Van Hise. We'll recognize our graduating undergraduates, MA, and PhD candidates, along with …