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African American & African Studies
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African American & African Studies

Welcome to the Department of African American & African Studies! In this challenging and diverse academic environment, we offer an exciting and significantly relevant range of areas of concentration, courses, and ideas. Within a single academic department our students study the rich social, political, economic, and cultural complexities of Africa, African America, and the broader African Diaspora. Learn more >>

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  • AA&AS Outreach Coordinator

    The department is searching for a new Outreach Coordinator. For more information and/or to submit an application, please visit the U of M online employment system page for the position.

     January 23rd, 2012

  • Black Arts Movement Series at the U of M

    The University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, in partnership with Penumbra Theatre, will hold a series of four public lectures and conversations that examine the Black Arts Movement's influence on American theater on January 26 with a presentation by Lou Bellamy, artistic director and founder of Penumbra (and a U of M professor emeritus).

    In addition to Bellamy, the series features three influential scholars in the field of Black theater. Each event will feature a talk by the speaker, moderated conversation, and open question-and-answer period. U of M theater professor and Penumbra associate artistic director Dominic Taylor will moderate. The dates, speakers and topics will be:

    • Thursday, January 26, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Penumbra's Birth and the Black Arts Movement, with Lou Bellamy, founder and artistic director, Penumbra Theatre Company
    • Thursday, March 1, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Gender and Sexuality and the Black Arts Movement, with SydnĂ© Mahone, professor of theater, University of Iowa
    • Thursday, April 19, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Black Cultural Traffic and the Black Arts Movement, with Harry J. Elam, Jr., professor of drama, Stanford University
    • Thursday, April 26, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: The Future of the Black Arts Movement, with Paul Carter Harrison, playwright and scholar

    All events are free and open to the public, and take place from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the In-Flux Auditorium at the Regis Center for Art on the University of Minnesota's west bank.

     January 23rd, 2012

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