Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

Citadelle Laferrière, Milot, Haiti
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Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

Salvador, Bahia
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Welcome to CSAAD

Advancing cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora.

Sirimou, Mali
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The mission of the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at NYU is to advance cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on both Africa and its diaspora in ways that bring that scholarship into sustained conversation.

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Graduate Writing Workshop Series

The workshop is a grad-student-led space for junior scholars whose work spans various geographies related to Africa and its diaspora. This forum primarily comprises doctoral students in the History Department at NYU but is also open to students outside the department and the History field. Generally, students present projects related to their Ph.D. research, including …

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When Haiti Was Our Cradle of Hope

NYU Silver Center 31 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003, New York, NY

  Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 Time: 5:00pm-6:30pm Location: Silver Center of Arts & Science, Hemmerdinger Hall Fear of a Black Republic chronicles how Haiti’s triumphant ascendance created a beacon of hope for free and enslaved Black people throughout the African diaspora, especially those fighting for freedom in the United States. Cognizant of Haiti’s centrality to …

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Recurring

Graduate Writing Workshop Series

The workshop is a grad-student-led space for junior scholars whose work spans various geographies related to Africa and its diaspora. This forum primarily comprises doctoral students in the History Department at NYU but is also open to students outside the department and the History field. Generally, students present projects related to their Ph.D. research, including …

Graduate Writing Workshop Series Read More »

Recurring

Graduate Writing Workshop Series

The workshop is a grad-student-led space for junior scholars whose work spans various geographies related to Africa and its diaspora. This forum primarily comprises doctoral students in the History Department at NYU but is also open to students outside the department and the History field. Generally, students present projects related to their Ph.D. research, including …

Graduate Writing Workshop Series Read More »

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