• CSAAD Faculty and Student Reception

    20 Cooper Square

    Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 5:30pm – 7:30pm New York University 20 Cooper Square | 3rd Fl | New York, NY 10003 Join the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD) for an evening reception bringing together faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. An opportunity to unwind, meet colleagues from various departments, and […]

  • Chattel Like Cattle: Enslaved Women as Perfect Property

    Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New York, NY, United States

    CSAAD 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 […]

  • The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought

    20 Copper Sq. 20 Cooper Square, New York, United States

    CSAAD 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 […]

  • Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches

    20 Cooper Square

    A 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 […]