Center for African American Studies at Wesleyan

The Vanguard Lounge is set for the AFAM Majors and Prize Recipients Ceremony, celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduates! Congratulations to the class of 2026 on this momentous occasion.

Congratulations to Professor Tony Hatch, Director of the Center for the Humanities, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, African American Studies, Environmental Studies and Sociology and all awardees!

Tuesday- CAAS Distinguished Lecture “The Radical Fund: A Story of Race, Class, and Democracy in America” with Professor John Witt (Yale)
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Happening March 26th
Wesleyan University

Mark your calendar- CAAS Distinguished Lecture “The Radical Fund: A Story of Race, Class, and Democracy in America” with Professor John Witt (Yale)

AFAM will be closed from Tuesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 3rd. Wishing you all a great Winter Break! See you in 2026.

This fall Professor Zaira Simone-Thompson joined Dr. Tracie Rogers to "explore how memory becomes a form of resistance, and how grief, personal, ancestral, and collective, functions as a methodology for healing, justice, and communal survival."

Check out the video!

Mapping Memory & Grief – collective mourning as method — Dr. Tracie Rogers In this episode, Zaira Simone and I explore how memory becomes a form of resistance and how grief—personal, ancestral, and collective—functions as a methodology of care. We reflect on remembrance as practice, refusal, and political intimacy, and consider what it means to grieve together, honour ...

Join us for an evening of discussion about grief practice and how it makes for a potent love practice - November 12 - CAAS Vanguard Lounge

Start planning for a great Spring 2026 Semester!