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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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America, América in the Crosshairs
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Greg Grandin Yale University Wednesday, April 22, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5th FL Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92032892806 Please join CSAAD for our lecture discussion with Dr. Greg Grandin. This talk will examine the Trump administration’s recent adventures in Latin America […]
Commemorating Jacques Viau-Renaud: Dominican Sovereignty, and Antonio Lockward-Artiles and Pedro Caros’ Island-wide Afro-Caribbean Geopoetics
ZoomCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series CSAAD PreDoctoral Fellow Presentation Franchesca Araujo CSAAD 2025-2026 PreDoctoral Fellow University of California, Berkeley Monday, April 27, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm *VIRTUAL EVENT* Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95259797641 Please join CSAAD for our lecture discussion with CSAAD's 2025-2026 PreDoctoral Fellow, Franchesca Araújo. After Haitian-Dominican poet and revolutionary Jacques-Viau Renaud was killed by […]
Reframing Gender Equality in Namibia: “Reverse Gender Inequalities”, Boys’ Underachievement, and the Politics of Inclusive Gender Justice
ZoomCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series CSAAD PostDoctoral Fellow Presentation Dr. Michael Linso Conteh CSAAD Spring 2026 PostDoctoral Fellow Wednesday, April 29, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm *VIRTUAL EVENT* Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97084042638 Please join CSAAD for our lecture discussion with CSAAD's Spring 2026 PostDoctoral Fellow, Dr. Michael Linso Conteh. The discourse on gender equality in Namibia has […]