Archive

Spring 2009

Letter from the Director
by Deborah E. McDowell
The Election is Still on my Mind (or Dreams of Change)
Posted 04/02/09
Changing History
by Ervin L. Jordan Jr.
The Armstead Robinson Papers
Posted 04/02/09
“Candy no witch”:
by Benjamin C. Ray
Two African Slaves Caught Up in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
Posted 04/02/09
A Change We Need: Obama Nie, Atta Mills Nie. Yeresesamu
by Scot French
J-Term Students Find that Obama’s Message Translates Well in Ghana
Posted 04/02/09
‘Go There to Know There’
Lisa Woolfork discusses her new book, EMBODYING SLAVERY IN AMERICAN CULTURE, with Ashley Lewis
Posted 04/02/09
An Unexpected Discovery
by Elizabeth Gale-Bentz
An AAS Major Spends a Semester in Vienna
Posted 04/02/09
Angela Davis to Headline the Woodson Institute’s Spring Symposium
by Anne Bromley
“The Problem of Punishment: Race, Inequality and Justice”
Posted 04/02/09

Letter from the Director
by Deborah E. McDowell
“On Being Claimed”
Posted 11/25/08
The 2008-09 Woodson Fellowship Program
Thriving and Expanding
Posted 11/25/08
Is Black Studies Relevant?
by James T. Roane
A Commencement Address
Posted 11/25/08
Jefferson Fellow Looks at Kinship
U.Va. Media Relations
Summer Session Course Examines the Roots of the Black Family
Posted 11/25/08
An AAS Major Discovers Public History
by Cameron Brickhouse
How a Summer Internship Helped Me Find My Calling
Posted 11/25/08
Art Isn’t Just the Pursuit of Beauty, According to Bill T. Jones
by Anne Bromley (U.Va. Media Relations)
Woodson Director Interviews Award-Winning Choreographer
Posted 11/25/08

Letter from the Director
by Deborah E. McDowell
Carter G. Woodson and the ‘Cause’ of Black History
Posted 03/14/08
Introducing New Woodson Faculty Affiliates
Three New Professors Share Overlapping Interests in Politics, Religion and Race
Posted 03/14/08
Introducing the 2007-08 Woodson Fellows
Five Young Scholars Study Africa and the Diaspora
Posted 03/14/08
Faculty Publications
by Brian Balogh
Claudrena Harold. The Rise and Fall of the Garvey Movement, reviewed by Brian Balogh.
Posted 03/14/08
The Work of Writing History
Students Chat with Claudrena Harold
Posted 03/14/08
Introducing the J-Term in Ghana
Students Explore the Presence of the Past in an Urban African Landscape
Posted 03/14/08
African-American and African Studies Double-Major Takes Part in Directing the Future of the University
by Catherine Conkle (U.Va. Media Relations)
Adom Getachew Named New Student Member of the U.Va. Board of Visitors
Posted 03/14/08
Recent and Forthcoming Events
A peek at Woodson’s past few months.
Posted 03/14/08