Events Archive

Explore past events to see what our department has been up to over the years.

2023

2022

2021

Nov 19
AFRICA TABLE SPEAKER SERIES: Barriers to Urban Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Nov 19
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series
Oct 22
AFRICA TABLE SPEAKER SERIES: The Indebted Sub-Saharan African Refugees in the US
Oct 22
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series
Oct 20
Transformation: Story, Character & Meaning Across Time & Space
Oct 8
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance - 7wk Session
Oct 7
AFAS 150B1: Contemporary Afro Brazil
Sep 23
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series
Sep 23
Join Us! Africa Table Speaker Series: A Research Practice Partnership in Rural Northern Ghana
Sep 16
Africa Table Speaker Series
Sep 10
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Apr 23
Africa Table Speaker Series 2020-2021
Feb 23
Who Framed Rosa Parks: The Photographic Legacy of Civil Rights Icons
Feb 17
Black History Month Virtual Showcase
Feb 8
Whose Vote Counts? A Virtual Event with Jelani Cobb
Feb 4
AFAS 218 - Introduction to Hip Hop Dance
Mar 12
Tucson Capoeira: An Art of Resistance - AFAS 150B1

2020

2019

2018

2017

Dec 20
Motion Capture Performance for AFAS 218 and AFAS 318
Nov 16
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Nov 9
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Nov 2
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Oct 26
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Oct 19
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Oct 12
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Oct 5
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Sep 28
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Sep 21
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Sep 14
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Sep 7
Introduction to Hip Hop Dance for AFAS 218
Apr 27
Lecture/Demo featuring: Grupo Axé Capoeira Tucson
Feb 28
Live Demo and Lecture Featuring Grandmaster Flash
Feb 28
Africana Studies Open House - Part of Black History Month 2017
Feb 9
Deejay Competition
Jan 26
AFAS/HIST 441 & 541: History of African American Women (Spring 2017)

2016

Dec 1
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Nov 17
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Nov 10
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Oct 17
Women, Arts & Entertainment
Oct 8
UA President's African American Community Council 10th Annual Wildcat Welcome Back
Oct 6
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Sep 29
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Sep 29
Masculinity in the Mix
Sep 22
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Sep 15
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Sep 8
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Sep 1
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Apr 6
Dr. Donahue to present at this year's African Literature Association conference in Atlanta.
Apr 3
Jean-Pierre Bekolo - Award-Winning Filmmaker and 2015 Prince Claus Laureate
Mar 31
Dr. Donahue to present at this year's College English Association Conference in Denver.
Mar 25
Reel Africa: A Screening and lecture with Jean-Marie Teno
Mar 17
Dr. Wasserman to present at the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting
Feb 22
Human Rights Borders and Barriers Symposium - Part of Black History Month
Feb 15
Bars4Justice Film Screening - Part of Black History Month
Feb 8
Africana Studies Meet and Greet - Part of Black History Month

2015

Dec 2
Global Brazil Symposium
Dec 2
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Nov 25
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Workshop and Performance for AFAS/ANTH 318
Nov 19
Dr. Wasserman to Present at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting
Nov 12
Men with Guns: Cultures of Paramilitarism & the Modern Americas
Oct 30
The 3rd Annual James J. Leos Symposium Dis-Orienting AIDS Discourse
Sep 24
Dr. Wasserman to Present at the Caribbean Cinema Now Conference
Sep 7
Dr. Carter to Present at the IED International Conference
Sep 3
Dr. Durand to Present at the Contemporary French Civilization Conference
Sep 2
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Performance Workshop for AFAS/ANTH 318
Jul 23
Dr. Zenenga to Present at the African Theatre Association International Conference
Jul 2
Dr. Ijagbemi to Present at the Toyin Falola International Conference
Jul 2
Dr. Zenenga to Present at the TOFAC Conference
Jun 17
Dr. Carter to Present "Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance"
May 25
Dr. Jennifer Donahue to Present at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference
May 17
Dr. Casper to Organize a Panel on “Feminist Publishing.”
Apr 13
Africana Studies Presents Daisy Jenkins' "Within The Walls"
Apr 8
Dr. Monica Casper to Present “Literary Production and the Gift Economy”
Mar 27
Dr. Jennifer Donahue to Present at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association conference
Jan 26
Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand to Present at Webster University
Jan 15
Africana Studies Program Co-Sponsors the Black Life Matters Conference
Jan 9
Dr. Wasserman to Present "Queen Nzinga: Heroine or Traitor?"
Jan 2
Dr. Carter to Present: Virtual Harlem

2014

Nov 22
Dr. Carter to Present: Digital Humanities, Virtual Harlem and Engaging the Past
Nov 13
Dr. Casper to Present at the NWSA Meetings in Puerto Rico
Oct 30
Lecture by Thomas Sayers Ellis
Oct 17
Lecture by Dr. Huamei Han
Oct 15
The Silkscreen Revolution: An Exhibit of Cuban Poster Art
Oct 13
Dr. Bonnie Wasserman to Present "Heroines, Hellraisers, and Homemakers: Images of Women in African Literature and Film"
Oct 2
Lecture by Dr. Lisa Marie Cacho
Sep 25
Dr. Durand to Present "A Foreign Language, Don't Leave Bucknell Without It"
Sep 18
Dr. Durand to Present "Brazilian French Literature"
Jun 13
Prof. Durand to Present "L’apprentissage du français dans les universités américaines passe par le numérique" in Le Havre, France
Jun 12
Prof. Durand to Present "Jorge Amado et Roger Bastide: Destins croisés de l’exil" in Paris, France
May 2
Prof. Durand to Present "A Concise History of French Hip-Hop Cultures" in Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr 4
Prof. Durand to Present "Mondialisation et humanités numériques chez Jean-Philippe Toussaint" in Chapel Hill, NC
Apr 3
Professor Saidiya Hartman to Speak at the University of Arizona
Mar 26
Prof. Althea Tait to Present at Roundtable “Hearing the Voices, Echoing the Voices, Becoming a Voice: An Intergenerational Perspective of Black Poets”
Mar 22
Prof. Bryan Carter to Present at the 4th Global Conference: Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds
Mar 7
Prof. Alice J. Hovorka (U of Guelph) to Present "Feminism & Animals: Exploring Interspecies Relations in Botswana and Beyond"
Mar 6
Prof. Durand to Present "Sans armes, ni haine, ni violence... ni argent" in New York City
Mar 1
Caribbean/African Cultural Festival
Feb 27
Prof. Tani Sanchez to Present "African Americans in the Media"
Feb 24
Civil Rights, Economics, and Global Studies: An Africana Studies Panel Discussion
Feb 24
Africana Studies Open House
Feb 15
Prof. Tani Sanchez to Present "Black Love in the Movies"
Feb 6
Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer to give the Africana Studies Program's Black History Month Lecture
Feb 3
Professor A-P Durand to Speak at the University of Kansas
Jan 24
Prof. A-P Durand to Present "The Wind Blows in Arizona: Hip-Hop Cultures and Intercultural Studies " at CERCLL Conference
Jan 17
MLK Keynote Address - 'Race and Region in the Age of Obama'

2013

Dec 6
Facilitating Your Dreams: Q & A on Graduate School
Dec 4
Africana Studies and the Honors College Present: What Is a Hip-Hop Film?
Nov 26
Prof. Althea Tait to Moderate “Virtual Seminar with Poet Terrance Hayes”
Nov 14
UA Africana Studies Program Announces Funding Commitment for Majors to Study Abroad
Nov 13
“Hablando con Ell@s: Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba”
Nov 13
Live Poetry Slam and Navajo Flute Performance
Nov 7
Prof. Althea Tait to Present “Black Bodies at Stake: From Wollstonecraft to Beyonce”
Nov 6
Prof. Durand to Speak at Harvard University's Hip-Hop Archive
Oct 9
Prof. Durand Presents "Slapsticks Superstars: What Makes the French Laugh" at Humanities Week
Sep 19
The Africana Studies Program Presents: Slam Poetry Artist Hakim Bellamy
Apr 19
Symposium: A Moveable East? North African & Middle Eastern Community, Education, & Media in Modern Europe
Apr 10
Virtual Harlem: Experience the Arts in Second Life
Mar 27
With Liberty and Hip-Hop for All
Feb 25
Black History Month: The Fate of African Americans in the Race to the Bottom
Feb 22
Black History Month: Hip-Hop Culture in College Students' Lives

2012

Dec 3
Africana Studies Online Course Offerings Winter Session 2012-2013
Nov 15
Cativas and Escravos: Reflections on Captive Indian Women and Enslaved Africans in Central Brazil, 1775-1835
Nov 8
Images of Women in Lusophone African Film and Literature
Sep 27
UA Africana Studies Program and Hip-Hop Class in the News!
Sep 20
Announcing a New Minor in Africana Studies with Concentration in Hip-Hop Cultures at the U of A!
Jul 2
Dr. Praise Zenenga is Promoted to the Rank of Associate Professor with Tenure!
Apr 2
Prof. A-P Durand Awarded Two Grants and Selected for Leadership Institute
Mar 2
Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand is Keynote Speaker at NAU's 2012 French Film Festival
Feb 13
Africana Studies Black History Month Lecture Featuring Dr. Kristina Bishop
Jan 9
Africana Studies Offerings Summer Sessions 2012