Latest Past Events
Ajami Manuscripts: New Sources of Knowledge for African and African Diaspora Studies
Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New YorkCSAAD 2025-2026 Distinguished Scholar Event Dr. Fallou Ngom Boston University Tuesday, November 11, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm NYU Silver Center, Hemmerdinger Hall 31 Washington Pl New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92593107329 Please join CSAAD for our annual Distinguished Scholar Event, featuring Dr. Fallou Ngom's lecture presentation on Ajami Manuscript. Sub-Saharan Africa is often portrayed […]
Builder of the Next World: The Rise and Fall of Haiti’s King Henry Christophe
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Marlene Daut Yale University Thursday, October 16, 2025 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/91031695364 Slave. Revolutionary. King. Taken together, these words describe only one man: Henry Christophe I of Haiti. Born in 1767 to an enslaved mother […]
Art, History, and Cultural Politics in Africa Today
Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New YorkSeptember 23rd, 2025 5 pm to 8 pm Hemmerdinger Hall NYU Silver Center 31 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003 Organized by the French department of Literature, Thought and culture and the Center for the study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) at New York University (NYU), in collaboration with Skinfama, the conference "Art, […]