Past Events

2024

Nov 4
Africana Studies Meet & Greet / Fall Fair
Feb 13
Black History Month - Making Magic Happen
Feb 5
Black History Month Kick Off 2024

2023

Feb 7
Black History Month Kick Off Event 2023

2022 - 2023

Dec 21 - Jan 9
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance - Winter Session

2022

Nov 18
AFAS 150B1: Contemporary Afro Brazil - Lecture and Demonstration
Oct 19
"The Woman King" Film: Celebrations & Controversies
Sep 22 - Dec 9
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Apr 12
Conversations of the Diaspora: Networking with Africana Studies
Mar 18
AFRICA TABLE SPEAKER SERIES: Analyzing the role of international and regional travel in the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Zimbabwe using routinely collected surveillance data
Feb 18
AFAS 150B1: Contemporary Afro Brazil
Feb 15
Sitting on Zora's Porch: Notes from a Black Girl in the Hip Hop South
Feb 2 - Feb 25
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance (Spring 7wk Session)
Feb 2 - May 13
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance (Spring 2022 Semester)
Feb 1
God, Soul Food and Superheroes

2021

Nov 19
AFRICA TABLE SPEAKER SERIES: Barriers to Urban Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Oct 22
AFRICA TABLE SPEAKER SERIES: The Indebted Sub-Saharan African Refugees in the US
Oct 20
Transformation: Story, Character & Meaning Across Time & Space
Oct 8 - Nov 29
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance - 7wk Session
Oct 7
AFAS 150B1: Contemporary Afro Brazil
Sep 23
Join Us! Africa Table Speaker Series: A Research Practice Partnership in Rural Northern Ghana
Sep 10 - Dec 10
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Apr 23
Africa Table Speaker Series 2020-2021
Mar 12
Tucson Capoeira: An Art of Resistance - AFAS 150B1
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 - Apr 22
AFAS 218 - Introduction to Hip Hop Dance

2021, 2021, 2021

Sep 23, Oct 22, Nov 19
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series
Sep 23, Oct 22, Nov 19
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series
Sep 23, Oct 22, Nov 19
Fall 2021 Africa Table Speaker Series

2021 - 2022

Sep 16 - Apr 29
Africa Table Speaker Series

2020

Nov 14
Young Alumni Brunch
Nov 10
A Conversation on Rastafarianism with Ras Jomo / AFAS 160 A2
Sep 23
Teaching the Art of Capoeira - AFAS 310
Sep 11
Teaching the Art of Capoeira - AFAS 150B1
Sep 10 - Dec 3
AFAS 218 - Introduction to Hip Hop Dance
Feb 25
African American History and the Year of Return
Feb 21 - Apr 24
Africa Table Speaker Series
Feb 19
Humanities Study Abroad Fair
Feb 4
Black History Month Kick Off

2019

Nov 14
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Nov 2
COH Young Alumni Brunch
Nov 1
Humanities Alumni Mixer
Oct 9
Beyond the Church: The Digital-Religious Lives of Young Black Christians
Sep 26
AFAS 218 Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance
Sep 16
Teaching the Art of Capoeira
Feb 20
2019 Black History Month - Lecture Provided by Associate Professor Tyina Steptoe
Feb 13
2019 Black History Month - Race and American Law Lecture Provided by The Honorable Ronald A. Wilson
Feb 11
2019 Africana Studies Open House

2018

Oct 12
Africana Studies 2018 Fall Recruitment Drive and Appreciation Day
Apr 16
BLACK PANTHER MOVIE - PANEL DISCUSSION
Mar 20
CBS ON TOUR: Exposure, Access and Opportunity

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 - Apr 9
Dr. Donahue to present at this year's African Literature Association conference in Atlanta.
Apr 3 - Apr 4
Jean-Pierre Bekolo - Award-Winning Filmmaker and 2015 Prince Claus Laureate
Mar 31 - Apr 2
Dr. Donahue to present at this year's College English Association Conference in Denver.
Mar 25 - Mar 26
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 - Feb 24
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 - Dec 3
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 - Nov 22
Dr. Wasserman to Present at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting
Nov 12 - Nov 13
Men with Guns: Cultures of Paramilitarism & the Modern Americas
Oct 30
The 3rd Annual James J. Leos Symposium Dis-Orienting AIDS Discourse
Sep 24 - Sep 26
Dr. Wasserman to Present at the Caribbean Cinema Now Conference
Sep 7 - Sep 10
Dr. Carter to Present at the IED International Conference
Sep 3 - Sep 5
Dr. Durand to Present at the Contemporary French Civilization Conference
Sep 2
Pan-African Dance Aesthetics Performance Workshop for AFAS/ANTH 318
Jul 23 - Jul 26
Dr. Zenenga to Present at the African Theatre Association International Conference
Jul 2 - Jul 4
Dr. Ijagbemi to Present at the Toyin Falola International Conference
Jul 2 - Jul 4
Dr. Zenenga to Present at the TOFAC Conference
Jun 17 - Jun 19
Dr. Carter to Present "Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance"
May 25 - May 29
Dr. Jennifer Donahue to Present at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference
May 17 - May 20
Dr. Casper to Organize a Panel on “Feminist Publishing.”
Apr 13
Africana Studies Presents Daisy Jenkins' "Within The Walls"
Apr 8 - Apr 11
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 - Jan 17
Africana Studies Program Co-Sponsors the Black Life Matters Conference
Jan 9
Dr. Wasserman to Present "Queen Nzinga: Heroine or Traitor?"
Jan 2 - Jan 5
Dr. Carter to Present: Virtual Harlem

2014

Nov 22
Dr. Carter to Present: Digital Humanities, Virtual Harlem and Engaging the Past
Nov 13 - Nov 16
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 - Oct 3
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 - Apr 5
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 - Mar 29
Prof. Althea Tait to Present at Roundtable “Hearing the Voices, Echoing the Voices, Becoming a Voice: An Intergenerational Perspective of Black Poets”
Mar 22 - Mar 24
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 - Nov 10
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 - Mar 28
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