We will be celebrating the launch of two of Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's books, Performing Female Blackness (WLU 2023) and Beyoncé and Beyond (Routledge 2023).
Congratulations to the upcoming graduating class of Communication Arts and DAC minors as well as William Chesney who will receive “Honorary Member of the University".
You are invited to participate in Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People. Working with the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC), the Offic
From performing to directing to storytelling, Emily Radcliffe’s undergraduate experience demonstrates her desire “to do all the things.”
The Dean of Arts, along with members of the departments of Communication Arts, English, Philosophy, and Political Science, are very pleased to welcome four new faculty members who join Waterloo as part of the Black Excellence and Indigenous Excellence hiring initiative.
The National Killam Program announced that Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae (Communication Arts) has won a 2023 Dorothy Killam Fellowship that provides support for dedicated research time to scholars “whose superior, ground-breaking, best-in-class research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale.”
THIS WEEK ONLY!! The Theatre & Performance program is excited to share our production of Portia’s Julius Caesar. This play represents a radical adaption of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae’s Black And Free Project is engaging with the public, showcasing Ontario-based Black artists
By Claire Francis
In the Canadian academic landscape, scholar, artist, and professor, Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae (Communication Arts) is a visionary. Her Black And Free Project explores Black expressive culture through various mediums — and this year, Keleta-Mae’s work is going beyond academia and being brought to life for the public. A series of events, classes, and exhibits are planned which explore the themes inherent in her multi-year research-creation project on blackness and freedom.