UofSC Department of African American Studies

Boldly researching, teaching, and celebrating Black experiences in South Carolina and around the world since 1971 at @UofSC.

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

After 50 years at the University of South Carolina, we are now the Department of African American Studies!

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

Nicole Maskiell's new book, "Bound by Bondage," details how elite families benefited from slavery to rise to power in 17th-century America, even in the North.

Maskiell will appear in @cspanhistory's Lectures in History program on Dec. 3.

Read the Q&A: https://t.co/XyyyXMloC8

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Join @AAIHS next Friday, November 18 at 1:30pm EST for my webinar discussion with @robgreeneII & @ProfTDParry about their co-edited volume #InvisibleNoMore! Zoom details forthcoming! @HilaryGreen77 @CarolineEGrego #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

. @UofSCSouth presents the Neuffer Lecture in Southern Literature featuring @JasonMott, author of the National Book Award-winning "Hell of a Book."
📍Monday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Lumpkin Auditorium, Close-Hipp - 8th Floor

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

Happy Takeover Day! 🎉

Well said, @UofSC! We are all about exploring more choices and possibilities.

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

We know it's time for #MariahSZN but it's also time for our @UofSC Takeover! 🤙🤙

On Nov. 3, watch for a special edition of USC Today and check out USC's social media (and ours too!) for fantastic stories about the College of Arts and Sciences!

[USC Women's and Gender Studies @uofscwgst]

Join WGST on Oct 17 at 6p.m. for the 2022 Adrenée Glover Freeman lecture with Dr. Aisha Durham! “Belonging, bell, and Black feminism” will take place at the Capstone House on October 17th.

Learn more https://t.co/nPS7eWvtR4

[USC Women's and Gender Studies @uofscwgst]

Upcoming WGST Course! Spring 2023, Dr. Alyssa Collins will teach AFAM/WGST 308: Black Feminist Theory. Read the flyer to learn more!

[The Daily Gamecock @thegamecock]

Our newest special edition, "With Pride," is live online!
"With Pride" is entirely focused on the LGBTQIA+ community.

Look out for the edition to hit stands around campus and Columbia later this week. Read it now here: https://t.co/sEP6YUgOA3

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

Character diversity at forefront for Columbia animators https://t.co/DhysZssYbe via @USCCarolinaNews

[USC College of Social Work @uofsccosw]

Great workshop for @uofsccosw! ⤵️

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

@JRWilliams415 Thank you so much for all your support VP Williams! 🙏🏾

[DrBirgittaSays @DrBirgittaSays]

Next Thursday, 9/15, I will be doing a pre-concert talk for a tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin by the @UofSCJazz Faculty @KogerCenter's brand new plaza stage. Pre-talk at 5 pm, music at 6 pm & food by Cynthia Soul Food Truck. EVENT is free. Bring blanket or chair😎

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

Join AFAM Studies for a virtual workshop on "Understanding Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome" with Dr. Joy DeGruy. Free and open to public: https://t.co/3leSKriwUp

[USC School of Visual Art and Design @UofSC_SVAD]

🌟New faculty spotlight: Abbe Schriber🌟

Abbe Schriber is an assistant professor of Art History and African American Studies who joined the university this fall. Schriber focuses on 20th and 21st-century art, performance, and material culture of the African Diaspora.

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

Gamecocks, Happy #FDOC! 🧋🎒📚

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

Dr.. Kendall Deas has some thoughts about a victory for parents who blocked a plan to close 23 public schools. Read his opinion in the national Diane Ravitch blog: https://t.co/K6FPoblkbT https://t.co/Slei8kAItm

[UofSC Department of African American Studies @UofSCAFAM]

"What interested me about Butler’s work is that her writing consistently represents humans who must deal with the edges or ends of humanity..."

Read more of this thought-provoking interview with #UofSC AFAM Studies & English Professor Alyssa Collins at: https://t.co/TTWWa0zsQ8

[McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @UofSC_CAS]

Happy Birthday, Octavia E. Butler! 🥳
The pioneering writer would have been 75 years today. #UofSC professor Alyssa Collins spent the past year immersed in Butler's collection at @TheHuntington. She shares her impressions of Butler for @ConversationUS.
https://t.co/qrRVMsNekp