The Carter G. Woodson Institute, U.Va.

The Carter G. Woodson Institute

for African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia

News

Ashon Crawley in WashPo: The future of the Black church includes its ability to reckon with how it has treated its queer members
August 20, 2021

Marlene Daut provides expert analysis during Haiti's recent political upheaval
August 19, 2021

Marlene Daut shared her expert insights following the Haitian President's assassination. Daut featured in virtually every media imaginable: ... More

Ashon Crawley's art exhibition "Enunciated Life" reviewed by KCRW
May 27, 2021

UVA and History Race, Property and Power
March 15, 2021

Job Position Announcement
January 7, 2021

Job Position Announcement

Assistant Professor, Race and Health in the United States and/or African Diaspora

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Faculty members awarded NEH Fellowships
December 16, 2020

Marlene Daut awarded fellowship for her project "Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of Haiti" which seeks to produce an... More

Woodson receives endowment funds
December 16, 2020

J-Term 2021 Courses
November 11, 2020

Professor Kevin Gaines featured in Don Lemon's Podcast "Silence is Not an Option"
October 29, 2020

Professor Kevin Gaines featured in WASHPO article: "Northam can remove Lee statue in Richmond, judge rules"
October 27, 2020

Faculty Spotlight: Kimberly Fields Seeks Environmental Justice in Policy Making
July 8, 2020

Former Woodson Fellows Kristin Philips and John Thabiti Willis were finalists for the 2019 the African Studies Association Book Prize
December 10, 2019

Julius Fleming, Jr., former Woodson fellow was runner-up for the 2019 Norman Foerster Prize
December 5, 2019

In Memoriam: Teju Olaniyan, Former Woodson Fellow
December 1, 2019

Jermaine Scott, Woodson post-doctoral Fellow published article in Black Perspectives Blog
November 25, 2019

Marlene Daut featured in the TED-Ed video "The First and Last King of Haiti"
November 6, 2019

Ashon Crawley awarded the Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award by the American Musicological Society
November 3, 2019

Ashon Crawley published an opinion piece for NPR Music, "Forgotten: The Things We Lost In Kanye's Gospel Year"
October 23, 2019

Lindsey Jones, former Woodson fellow, received the 2019 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize
October 5, 2019

Woodson Fellow Nzingha Kendall received 2020 UNDO Fellowship at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art
September 26, 2019

Andrew Kahrl won Connecticut Book Award for best non-fiction book from the Connecticut Center for the Book
September 15, 2019

UVA TODAY: Deborah McDowell Lauds Powerful Prose of her Friend, Toni Morrison
August 7, 2019

UVA TODAY: Deborah McDowell Lauds Powerful Prose of her Friend, Toni Morrison

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Marlene Daut publishes “Becoming Full Professor While Black” in the Chronicle of Higher Education
July 28, 2019

Marlene Daut in the Chronicle of Higher Education 

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In Memoriam: Reginald Butler, Former Woodson Director
July 17, 2019

New York Times: "Black People's Land Was Stolen" by Andrew Kahrl
June 22, 2019
Andrew Karhl publishes article in the NYT: "Black People's Land Was... More

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