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‘Sitayana’ production allows students to become the teachers
Erin Zagursky | April 15, 2013

Francis Tanglaos-Aguas he has sought to make the W&M theatre production of "Sitayana" a collaborative effort between faculty and students.

 
Two A&S professors receive faculty governance awards
Staff | April 12, 2013

Two Arts & Sciences faculty members were recently recognized for their service to their colleagues and the College.

 
New collection documents Virginia’s hip-hop history
Graham Bryant '13 | April 5, 2013

On April 19, Special Collections will launch the William & Mary Hip-Hop Collection, the most comprehensive collection of its kind devoted to chronicling Virginia’s hip-hop past.

 
'Articulating Ancestry': Braxton prepares scholars to engage
David Williard | February 26, 2013

Students participating in Joanne Braxton's "Articulating Ancestry" course are given the tools and the self-confidence to become engaged scholars.

 
Leah Glenn Featured in "Ringing Far and Near"
Ringing Far and Near | February 8, 2013

Leah Glenn was featured in the Winter 2013 Issue of the "Ringing Far and Near" newsletter.

 
Lemon Project Symposium to focus on 'learning from difference'
Erin Zagursky | March 9, 2012

The College of William & Mary's second annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium is slated for March 17 at the Bruton Heights School in Williamsburg, Va.

 
Music faculty to present Black History Month performances
Erin Zagursky | January 27, 2012

Members of William & Mary's music faculty will present performances -- both on stage and on TV -- in honor of Black History Month in the next few weeks.

 
Anna Swanson '13 responds to "Soo What Do You do with an Africana Major?”
The Africana Studies Program | December 20, 2011

Anna Swanson, an Africana Studies major and Class 2013 gave a "Chapel Talk" at the Episcopal Academy on December 1, 2011. In this presentation to her high school, Anna provides an eloquent reflection on her experience in international service learning and study abroad--especially in Africa.

 
Africana studies and theatre, dance: a moving collaboration
Erin Zagursky | November 2, 2011

Theatre and dance faculty recently sat down with William & Mary News to discuss their interdisciplinary work with Africana studies.

 
Hans Goff '05: Energizing the Electorate
Rachel Sapin '08 | August 13, 2011

Hans Goff '05 has worked with some big names in the entertainment industry, including Questlove from The Roots and Michael K. Williams from The Wire. But he's not just some Hollywood bigwig; if anything, a better title for him might be political junkie.

 
New Books in African American Studies from Transaction Publishers
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: Transaction Publishers | February 2, 2011

Select titles are available as eBooks.

 
Africana Studies on The Virginia Gazette
Lake Placid. Courtesy of The Virginia Gazette. | June 19, 2010

Africana Studies Program under new direction.

 
New Africana Studies program melds the local with the global
Brian Whitson | April 29, 2010

Africana Studies was launched this academic year as a new interdisciplinary program that offers majors and minors as part of an expanded curriculum of Black Studies and African Studies.

 
The Lemon Project: William and Mary Begins a Journey of Reconciliation
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: William & Mary | April 27, 2010

William & Mary will explore its own past involvement with slavery and the complexities of race relations from the end of the Civil War to date.

 
Transatlantic, Team-taught Course on Slavery in History and Memory
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: The Middle Passage Project | April 27, 2010

A new Africana Studies course has been designed to explore the history of African Americans from West Africa to the New World.

 
Symposium: The Origins of the African Diaspora in the Historic Triangle
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: ClipArt.com | March 20, 2010

A symposium sponsored by Africana Studies, Office of the Provost and the Charles Center to discuss the local and global connections to slavery in the Historic Triangle.

 
Haiti Relief
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: parkersimsinteriors.com | January 15, 2010

Get involved.

 
Rice Will be Trice Fellow
The Africana Studies Program. Photo credit: mtco.com | June 17, 2009

Zachary Rice, an African Studies and Economics double major, is the winner of the newly-created Trice Fellowship.