338 BCE and the Transformation of Ancient Afro-Eurasia
Location: New York University 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 14A Washington Mews, New York, NY, United StatesThe second half of the 4th c. BCE witnesses a series of dramatic transformations throughout Afro-Eurasia, foremost among them a rapid escalation in state formation processes and the emergence of new (or newly aggressive) territorial empires. Concentrating on the 330s BCE, this lecture will pair a thick description of these transformations with an attempt at […]
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
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 […]
When Haiti Was Our Cradle of Hope
NYU Silver Center 31 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003, New York, NYEvent Recording here 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 […]
Kenya’s Intervention in Haiti: An interrogation of Impetus, Objectives, and Consequences
Entèvansyon Kenya ann Ayiti: Yon entèwogasyon sou Motivasyon, Objektif, ak Konsekans Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 12:00PM (NYC/Port-au-Prince) 9:00AM (LA/Vancouver) 8:00PM (Nairobi) Register here In September 2023, the United Nations Security Council voted for the deployment of multinational military forces to combat gang violence in Haiti. The United States pledged U$200 million and Kenya more than […]
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 […]
Critics of the Oyo Empire and Atlantic Modernity in the Age of Revolution: Rethinking Black Atlantic Historiography with Archaeology and Òrìṣà Archives
NYU Silver Center 31 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003, New York, NYDecember 4th, 2023 5:30 pm -7:00 pm Silver Center, Hemmerdinger Hall Register here for in-person Attend via Zoom here In this talk, Ogundiran will discuss the debates and dialogues that happened in the Oyo Empire (West Africa) in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries about rights and privileges, marginalization and power, and politics of difference […]
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 […]
The Shadow Crisis and the Matter of Defense Funds in Scottsboro
20 Cooper Square 20 Cooper SquareWednesday, 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 […]