Department of Africana Studies
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study devoted to the critical and systematic examination of the cultural, political, social, economic, and historical experiences of African Americans, Africans, and peoples of African descent around the world.
Our intellectual work and programing highlight the impact of Africa and the African diasporas on humanity. Through its research, academic initiatives and public programming, the Center’s work seeks to explore the profound ways in which African peoples have functioned on a global scale and how their experiences have resonated around the world throughout history.
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Upcoming Events
24th Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture & Award
Slavery and Genocide: The U.S., Jamaica and the Historical Sociology of Evil
Dr. Orlando Patterson
Join us as we honor Dr. Orlando Patterson's commitment to social justice and he has a conversation with Dr. Michael Hanchard discussing “Slavery and Genocide: The U.S., Jamaica and the Historical Sociology of Evil"…
Anticolonial Intimacies and Black Feminist Refusal: Theorizing from the Miskitu Coast
Africana Lecture Series: Afro-Latinx
Dr. Melanie White
Melanie White is an interdisciplinary Black Studies scholar and cultural historian of Caribbean Central America. She is currently an ACLS Fellow and Assistant Professor of Afro-Caribbean Studies in the Department of…
International Conference on Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South
Call for Papers
The international conference organized by the Center for Africana Studies in collaboration with the Provost’s Office, Department of South Asia Studies, Department of Anthropology, Center for…