News & Events
Events
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
7 p.m.
Join us for a lively discussion from our panel of directors, coaches, players, and faculty.
Hope to see you there!
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Nov. 15, 2012 AAS Fall Lecture Series
"THE ‘BLACK SWAN’ IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA: BIOGRAPHY AND RECEPTION OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD"
Speaker: Dr. Julia Chybowksi, UWO Music Dept.
November 15th, 2012
4:30-6:00pm
Reeve 201
AAS Panel Discussion: Oct. 3rdPerceptions and Misperceptions of Student Athletes at UW Oshkosh Wednesday, October 3rd 7-8 p.m. Sage 1216
AAS Spring Lecture 2012
"A Woman's Journey in Hip Hop" Thursday, April 19th 2012
Guest Speaker: Sarah Dollhausen-Patterson
4:00-5:30p.m. Student panel discussion and performances by TRUE Skool in
Titan Underground
6:30-8:30p.m. Public Lecture Sage Hall 1214
AAS Minor Social
A Social to celebrate current minors and introduce new minors to AAS Program
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Reeve 213 from 3-4pm
Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2012
Reeve 214 from 4-5 pm
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Multicultural Educational Center, 4-5:30pm
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Multicultural Education Center, 4-5:30pm
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Multicultural Educational Center,4-5:30p
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Women's Center, 4-5:30p
AAS Minor Ceremony
A celebration for graduates from the AAS Minor Program
Thursday, May 10, 2012 Multicultural Education Center, Africa Room UWO Campus, 3-4 pm
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Multicultural Education Center, Africa Room
UWO Campus, 4-6pm
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Pollock House
UWO Campus 4-6:00p
Past Events
AAS Lectures
Third Annual AAS Fall Lecture 2010
Dr. Kevin Meehan
Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Director of UCF Haitian Studies Project
Author of Get Ready: African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange (University of Mississippi Press, 2009)
"African American and Haitian Solidarity: From the Battle of Savannah to the Haitian Bicentennial"
Thursday, November 18, 2010
7:00-9:00pm
Reeve Theater 307
Dr. Meehan will be available for discussion about Haitian Relief Efforts on Friday, November 19, 2010
12:10-2:30pm in Kolf 161
Second Annual AAS Fall Lecture 2009
Leni Sorensen
Research Historian, Monticello
Thomas Jefferson Foundation
"Chefs and Slaves: the Cooks in Jefferson's Kitchens"
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7pm
Reeve Theater (307)
"Gumbo and Maize: African and African American Foodways 17th-19th centuries"
Cooking Demonstration
Thursday, November 12, 2009 from Noon-2pm
Reeve Theater (307)
First Annual AAS Fall Lecture 2007
A Symposium on Hip-Hop Culture and Gender Identity
Film: "Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
Followed by a Talk with filmmaker Byron Hart
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Symposium Discussion: "Hip-Hop and the Media: Defining Masculinity"
Panelists:
Robin Whitmore, UWO Alumnus and Hip-hop filmmaker, Class of 2007
Alyssa Macy, Co-chair of the Advisory Committee for Hip-Hop Congress
Troy Landry, UWO/Criminal Justice/African American Studies
Laura Fitten, UWO/English/Creative Writing
Caleb Andersen, UWO/Political Science/ African American Studies
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Sixth Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2011
***Due to unforseen circumstances, the Sixth Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2011 was canceled. ***
Michelle Alexander
Associate Professor of Law Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Author The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (The New Press, 2010)
April 21, 2011
7-9pm
Reeve Union
Fifth Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2010
Dr. Ronald L. Jackson II
African American Studies Director
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChanpagneThursday, April 15th, 2010
Reeve Ballroom-7-9:00p
"Imagining Black Masculinity in Post-Racial America: This is what justice looks like"
Fourth Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2009
Justice Louis B. Butler, Jr.
Justice in Residence, UW Law School
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, 2004-2008
"For the Common Good: Is King's Dream Still Relevant?"
Monday, April 27, 2009
Third Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2008
Darrick Hamilton
Political Economist
Assistant Professor, Milan- The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Economics- The New School for Social Research
"From Light To Dark: The Relationship Between Skin Shade and Wages, Marriage, and Young Disconnectedness"
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Second Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2007
Tiffany Ruby Patterson
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
Editor, "Black Women in United States History," a 16 volume series
Thursday, April 19, 2007
First Annual AAS Spring Lecture 2006
Eleanor Taylor Bland
Author of the Marti MacAllister detective fiction series
Waukegan, IL
April 2006
(b. December 31, 1944 – d. June 2, 2010)
AAS-related Campus Events
Social Justice Week
Second Annual Social Justice Week 2010
March 29 - April 1, 2010
Is Interracial Love after the Modern Civil Rights Movement in America: Freedom or Facade?
Third Annual Social Justice Week 2011
Monday, March 28
Kaleidoscope for Mentoring Students of Color
Emerging Scholars Program (ESP), Association for Latino Men in Academia (ALMA), Guiding Paths to Success (GPS)
Panel discussion with program coordinators: Mr. Byron Adams, ESP; Mr. Victor Alatorre, ALMA; and Ms. Ka Youa Kong, GPS.
Facilitated by Mr. Abbas Yaghmaian, Senior Multicultural Counselor/Advisor
AAS Film Festival
UWO film festival celebrating Black History Month
2012
Feb. 6th 5 p.m. Wms. Ctr. Norlisha Crawford Cooley High
Feb. 11th 5 p.m. Wms. Ctr. Tiffany Pillows The Pursuit of Happyness
Feb. 19th 6 p.m. Sage 1239 Caryn Murphy The Interrupters
Feb. 25th 5 p.m. Sage 1239 Paul Van Auken Ballast
2011
2/2/11- Love and Basketball, 6-9pm, Facilitator: Dr. Norlisha Crawford
2/9/11- Ballast, 7-10pm, Facilitator: Dr. Paul Van Auken
2/16/11- Prom Night in Mississippi, 6-9pm, Facilitator: Dr Michelle Kuhl
2/24/11- Citizen King, 6-9pm, Facilitator: Dr. Susan McFadden
2010
2/1/10-Daughter's of Dust
2/11/10-Rosewood
2/25/10-Passing Strange
2009
2/12/09-Counting on Democracy
2/19/09-Eve's Bayou
2/26/09-When the Levees Broke
2008
2/12/08-A Patch of Blue
2/14/08-Roll Bounce
2/21/08-Killer of Sheep
2/26/08-Citizen King
2007
2/8/2007-Amistad
2011 Black History Month
Discussions
The N-Word
Discussion on one of the most debated words in American history.
Presenters: Mr. Michael Altekruse & Mr. Mohammed Bey
February 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Reeve Union 227
Black Lesbian Writers
Dramatic Performances of excerpts from black lesbian writers
Presenters: Various student artists
February 21, 6:00-8:00pm
LGBTQ Resource Center
Speaker
Reverend Aaron Johnson
Come listen to Rev. Johnson speak about advocacy and social justice.
February 28, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Reeve Union 307
Open Discussion
Judge Me Not By My Color!
Discussion on racism, past and present.
Facilitator: Mr. Byron Adams
February 23, 7:00pm-8:00pm
Reeve Union 227
2008 Black History Month Lectures
Edward J. Blum
Professor Race and Religion at San Diego State University.
Author of Reforging the White Republic and W.E.B. DuBois: American Prophet.
Awarded Peter Seaborg Award in Civil War Studies, C. Vann Woodward Dissertation Prize; nominated Bancroft and Pulitzer Prizes.
"They Lynched Jesus Christ, Too: W.E.B. DuBois and the Redemption of America's Violent Past."
February 7, 2008
7 to 9pm
Reeve Union Room 227C
Dr. Stanley Crouch
Author Notes of a Hanging Judge, All-American Skin Game, or The Decoy of Race (nominee National Book Award), Always in Pursuit:
Fresh American Perspectives, Considering Genius: Writings on
Jazz, and Don’t the Moon Look Lonesome.
Columnist Village Voice, JazzTimes, and the Daily News.
Awarded MacArthur Fellowship
“Blues for America.”
February 28, 2008
7:00pm
Reeve Union Theater
2008 Panel Discussion on Race and the Media
“The Role of News Media in Reporting on Poverty and Race in Urban Areas.”
Speakers:
Victor Huyke, editor of El Conquistador
Eugene Kane, metro columnist for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Susanne Rust, science reporter for the Journal Sentinel
Matthew Johnson, director of the Strive Media Institute in Milwaukee
April 10, 2008
7-9pm
Reeve Union
