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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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Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches
20 Cooper SquareA book talk with editors Carole Boyce Davies, Angelique Nixon, and Christen Smith Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026, 6pm 3rd floor lobby, 20 cooper square Join NYU's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality for a book talk with editors Angelique Nixon, Carole Boyce Davies, and Christen Smith on Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches. An […]
The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought
20 Copper Sq. 20 Cooper Square, New YorkCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Leslie James Queen Mary University of London Tuesday, November 03, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 20 Cooper SQ, Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95683337909 In the 1930s and 1940s, amid intensifying anticolonial activism across the British Empire, dozens of new West African and Caribbean newspapers printed their […]
Chattel Like Cattle: Enslaved Women as Perfect Property
Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New YorkCSAAD 2026-2027 Distinguished Scholar Event Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor The University of the West Indies Tuesday, October 13, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm NYU Silver Center, Hemmerdinger Hall 31 Washington Pl New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93841506438 The ‘West’ broke away from traditional forms of enslavement and invented an entirely new and unprecedented system […]