Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 5:30pm - 7:00pm 20 Cooper Square, Room 101 Register here for in-person  Attend via Zoom here The central crisis in the Scottsboro case of the 1930s was to keep these boys alive by freeing them from prison. Yet, the well-being of the boys and their families proved to be the crisis […]

WEDNESDAY February 21, 2024 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm New York University 20 Cooper Sq New York, NY 10003 3rd FI Suite In 1880, Karl Marx wrote his friend Friedrich Sorge to ask for an update on economic conditions in California. "California is very important for me," Marx told the founder of America's oldest socialist party, […]

CSAAD Africa~ Diaspora Forum Series: Africans in Byzantium: Kings, Merchants, and Monks Dr. Andrea Myers Achi Wednesday, September 25, 2024 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm NYU 20 COOPER SQ NEW YORK, NY 10003 3rd FL SUITE   In Fall 2023, The Metropolitan Museum of Art presented the critically acclaimed exhibition, Africa & Byzantium, which explored the complex connections […]

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Hamza Zafer Princeton University Tuesday, September 24, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5 FL, Room 503 New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93654463712 Join the Center for the Study of Africa and African Diaspora (CSAAD) this September to discuss Dr. Hamza Zafer’s exploration of Islamic origins […]

CSAAD 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 […]

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi Rutgers University - New Brunswick Wednesday, December 03, 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/94244279229 Please join CSAAD for our Africa~Diaspora Forum Series event for Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi. This presentation by Dr. Corinealdi examines the […]

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Noura Erakat Rutgers University - New Brunswick Wednesday, January 21, 2026 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 3rd FL New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/99032257961 Please join CSAAD for our first Africa~Diaspora Forum Series for the Spring semester, led by Dr. Noura Erakat. The simultaneous bombardment of Gaza and occupation of […]

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series ~50th Anniversary of the Movie: Roots~ Bill Haley Jr. Malick L. Manga Co-Founders of The Inherited Roots Project Wednesday, March 25, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm VIRTUAL EVENT Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95002089030 Please join CSAAD for this exciting event in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Book, Roots. This event has been organized […]

CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Omar H. Ali The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday, March 26, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 3rd FL New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98819563241 Over the course of some twenty centuries, it is estimated that four million Africans--including sailors, traders, soldiers, and artists--migrated […]