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SUMMARY:Commemorating Jacques Viau-Renaud:  Dominican Sovereignty\, and Antonio Lockward-Artiles and Pedro Caros' Island-wide Afro-Caribbean Geopoetics
DESCRIPTION:CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series\nCSAAD PreDoctoral Fellow Presentation\nFranchesca Araujo\nCSAAD 2025-2026 PreDoctoral Fellow\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley \nMonday\, April 27\, 2026\n5:00 pm – 6:30 pm\n*VIRTUAL EVENT*\nZoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95259797641 \n\n\n\nPlease 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 U.S. marines in their 1965 occupation of the Dominican Republic\, his literary and political community commemorated his life and his writing. They did this through in-person events\, a posthumously published book of his poetry\, and their own commemorative poetics. This talk will trace the Afro-Caribbean and anti-colonial islandwide geopoetics rehearsed in Antonio-Lockward Artiles and Pedro Caros commemorative writings. These enacted visions of sovereignty\, and spatial imaginaries that differed not only from reactionary and oppressive ideologies\, but from other anti-imperial articulations of the moment. Even more profoundly\, they disrupted the anti-Haitian\, and anti-Black terms that undergirded hemispheric wide terms of sovereignty in the Americas. \n\n\n\nFor accommodations\, please contact the Assistant Director for the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at ac8829@nyu.edu. \nWatch Recording Here\n\nBio: \n \nFranchesca Araújo is a doctoral candidate in African Diaspora studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. She is an interdisciplinary Black Studies\, Caribbeanist scholar. Her work interrogates the linkages and fissures between colonial modernity\, nation-making\, culture\, and national subjecthood across a variety of media and histories. Her dissertation looks at how 20th and 21st century Dominican subjects\, media\, and events encounter the Dominican Republic’s classed\, racialized\, and spatialized value systems across different political and cultural moments. Using archival research\, close reading\, and visual\, discursive\, and reflexive analysis\, she theorizes the analytics of deficiency\, and excess at the intersection of black geographies and black disability studies. She argues this opens up more capacious ways to think about encounters between blackness\, the nation\, and the national subject. Franchesca’s research interests broadly include theorizing black geographies\, Hispanophone Caribbean popular culture\, music\, performance\, and aesthetics\, 20th century anti-colonial Caribbean thought\, and coloniality and anti-blackness within Latin American nation-making and Latinidad as an imagined community. Her poetry can be found in When Language Broke Open (University of Arizona Press)\, and her scholarship in The Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies as well as The Afro-Latin@* Reader: Vol 2 (Duke University Press).
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/commemorating-jacques-viau-renaud-dominican-sovereignty-and-antonio-lockward-artiles-and-pedro-caros-island-wide-afro-caribbean-geopoetics/
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CATEGORIES:Africa Diaspora Forum
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SUMMARY:Reframing Gender Equality in Namibia: "Reverse Gender Inequalities"\, Boys’ Underachievement\, and the Politics of Inclusive Gender Justice
DESCRIPTION:CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series\nCSAAD PostDoctoral Fellow Presentation\nDr. Michael Linso Conteh\nCSAAD Spring 2026 PostDoctoral Fellow \nWednesday\, April 29\, 2026\n5:00 pm – 6:30 pm\n*VIRTUAL EVENT*\nZoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97084042638 \n\n\n\nPlease 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 historically focused on the empowerment of the girl child and women\, a necessary response to systemic patriarchal structures and post-colonial disparities. However\, emerging evidence suggests a shifting landscape characterized by “reverse gender inequalities”\, where the Namibian boy child increasingly faces marginalization within the educational and socio-economic spheres. This presentation examines the status of the boy child in Namibia\, analyzing the manifestations and drivers of male underachievement and under-participation. It posits that gender equality policy must move from a primarily corrective focus on girls and women toward a relational and inclusive model that also addresses boys’ marginalization. \n\n\n\nFor accommodations\, please contact the Assistant Director for the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at ac8829@nyu.edu. \nWatch Recording Here\n\nBio: \n \nDr. Michael Conteh is an interdisciplinary and publicly engaged scholar and holds a Ph.D. in Global Affairs from Rutgers University’s Graduate School. His extensive research focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa\, where he has been a driving force in advancing gender equity initiatives. Before and during his graduate studies\, Dr. Conteh oversaw key programs to institutionalize gender studies at the University of Namibia and a national research project on gender-based violence and understanding the nature and scope of human trafficking in Namibia\, demonstrating his multifaceted and interdisciplinary expertise. His doctoral dissertation investigated the role of universities as anchor institutions in their host cities\, analyzing global financial capital flows and their impact on universities’ community engagement strategies through a comparative lens of the United States and the Global South. \n 
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/reframing-gender-equality-in-namibia-reverse-gender-inequalities-boys-underachievement-and-the-politics-of-inclusive-gender-justice/
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SUMMARY:Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity
DESCRIPTION:CSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series\nDr. Sarah Derbew\nStanford University \n\nThursday\, September 10\, 2026\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm\n20 Cooper SQ\, Room 503\nNew York City\, NY 10003\nZoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97904117116 \n\nSarah F. Derbew\, Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University\, writes\, teaches\, and speaks widely about ancient Greece’s representations of black people that nimbly provoke – and cut through – hierarchies. In conversation with Dr. Michael Gomez\, Derbew will highlight the key interventions of her recent book\, Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (2022)\, an anti-racist study of blackness in the ancient Greek world. More broadly\, she will discuss the benefits of studying Classics alongside Black Studies and African Studies. \n\n\nFor accommodations\, please contact the Assistant Director for the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at ac8829@nyu.edu. \nThis event is co-sponsored by:\nNYU Center for Ancient Studies \nNYU Department of Art History\nNYU Department of Classics \nWatch Recording Here\n\nBio: \n \nAbout Dr. Sarah Derbew: \nI am a writer\, teacher\, and advocate for ancient African Studies. \nIn my work\, I explore literary representations of black people in ancient Greece across genres such as ancient Greek tragedy\, historiography\, satire\, and the novel. I also examine artistic renderings of black people in Greek antiquity—considering the objects themselves and the museums in which they live. My interests extend all the way to the twenty-first century; I’ve written about the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in Africa and the African diaspora. \nI earned my PhD in Classics from Yale University and was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Now\, I am an Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University\, affiliated with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the Center for African Studies. \nIn 2022\, I published my first book\, titled Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (Cambridge University Press). In this book\, I traced the role of black people in ancient Greek literature and art while critiquing contemporary prejudicial thinking about Greek antiquity. I recently co-edited a volume entitled Classics and Race: A Historical Reader with Dr. Daniel Orrells and Dr. Phiroze Vasunia (UCL Press\, 2025). I am currently exploring the intersections between Greek and African antiquity\, focusing on the ancient empire of Aksum. My expertise also includes teaching courses about Black Classics and decolonial African archives in the United States and Kenya.
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SUMMARY:CSAAD Faculty and Student Reception
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 22nd\, 2026\n5:30pm – 7:30pm\nNew York University\n20 Cooper Square | 3rd Fl | New York\, NY 10003 \n\nJoin 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 begin exploring new avenues of engagement. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there! \nRegister Here
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/csaad-faculty-and-student-reception/
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SUMMARY:Chattel Like Cattle: Enslaved Women as Perfect Property
DESCRIPTION:CSAAD 2026-2027 Distinguished Scholar Event\nDr. Hilary Beckles\, Vice Chancellor\nThe University of the West Indies \nTuesday\, October 13\, 2026\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm\nNYU Silver Center\, Hemmerdinger Hall\n31 Washington Pl\nNew York City\, NY 10003\nZoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93841506438 \n\n\nThe Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies\, Sir Hilary Beckles is a distinguished academic\, international thought leader\, United Nations committee official\, and global public activist in the field of social justice and minority empowerment. \nEducated at the University of Hull\, Sir Hilary is a Director of SAGICOR Financial Corporation\, the  largest financial company in the Caribbean region\, Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council\, former Chairman of The University of the West Indies Press\, Chairman of the Caribbean  Community (CARICOM)\, Commission on Reparation and Social Justice\, former President of Universities Caribbean\, an editor of the UNESCO General History of Africa series and a Director  of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre. He has also served as an advisor  to the UN World Culture Report and Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations on  Sustainable Development. He is a past Vice President of the International Task Force for the UNESCO Slave Route Project and a past consultant for the UNESCO Cities for Peace Global Programme. He sits on the Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and is also Chancellor of the United Nations University. \nDr. Beckles has Honorary Doctorate Awards from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and  Technology\, Hull University\, Brock University\, University of Glasgow\, the University of  Johannesburg\, North-West University\, and the University of London. Dr. Hilary Beckles is also the  recipient of the prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Award for global advocacy\, academic  scholarship and intellectual leadership in support of social justice\, institutional equity\, and  economic development for marginalized and oppressed ethnicities and nations. \n\n*This event is cosponsored by New York University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies*\n\nFor accommodations\, please contact the Assistant Director for the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at ac8829@nyu.edu. \n\nRegister Here\n\n 
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/chattel-like-cattle-enslaved-women-as-perfect-property/
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SUMMARY:Black Feminist Theories: Transnational Approaches
DESCRIPTION:A book talk with editors Carole Boyce Davies\, Angelique Nixon\, and Christen Smith\nTuesday\, Nov 10\, 2026\, 6pm\n3rd floor lobby\, 20 cooper square\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n\nAn innovative contribution to the field of Black Feminist Studies\, this landmark collection brings together the most influential historical and contemporary thinkers in Black feminist theories across transnational contexts. \n\n\nFeaturing ground-breaking new work alongside canonical essays from key thinkers\, this book adopts a truly global approach to its subject. In doing so\, it looks beyond North America to showcase a diverse range of continents and perspectives. The collection includes not only standard academic essays\, but also vital statements\, interviews\, manifestoes\, and creative work\, which transmit and embody Black feminist thought. \n\n\nThe book is broken up into five carefully curated sections: \n\n\n\nBlack Feminist Foundations\nStatements and Manifestos\nCultures and Aesthetics\nBodies\, Genders\, and Sexualities\nBlack Feminist Futures\n\n\n\nTimely and important\, this is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of Black Studies\, Women & Gender Studies\, and Black Feminist Studies\, as well as more generally to American Studies\, African Studies\, Caribbean Studies\, and African Diaspora Studies. \nRegister Here\n\n\nThis event is hosted by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) and is co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD). \n\n\nNYU campus access guidelines: Registration is required. Non-NYU guests may be asked to present a government-issued photo ID. NYU guests must present their NYU ID. \n\n\nAccessibility note: This venue has an elevator and is accessible for wheelchair users. There are single-stall\, all gender restrooms available. If you have any access needs\, please email csgs@nyu.edu \n\n\nBios: \n \nCAROLE BOYCE-DAVIES is Professor of African Diaspora Literatures and chair of Department of Literature and Writing (English) at Howard University. As Professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English (2007-2024) she is also the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters emerita at Cornell University\, New York. She is the author of Left of Karl Marx. The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones (2008); Black Women\, Writing and Identity: Migrations of the Subject (1994);Caribbean Spaces. Escape Routes from Twilight Zones (2013) and Black Women’s Rights.  Leadership and the Circularities of Power(2022). She is the editor/co-editor of thirteen critical anthologies including Black Feminist Theories. Transnational Perspectives (2026). A member of the scientific committee for UNESCO’s updated General History of Africa\, she edited the epistemological forum on “Global Blackness” for the African Diaspora volume Her popular essays\, opeds and reviews have appeared in The Guardian (London)\, The Washington Post\, Newsweek\, The Boston Globe\, The Miami Herald\, Trinidad Express\, Trinidad Guardian\, Caribbean Today\, The Crisis\, Jacobin Magazine\, Ms Magazine\, The Black Scholar. \n\n \nDr. Angelique V. Nixon is a Black Queer writer\, artist\, scholar\, and activist. Born and raised in the Bahamas\, she has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago for over a decade. She is a social justice educator and community worker with over 20 years of experience and leadership in community-based organisations and academic institutions. Her research and creative works are available widely; she is author of the poetry and art chapbook titled Saltwater Healing and the scholarly award-winning book titled Resisting Paradise: Tourism\, Diaspora\, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture. Angelique is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at The University of the West Indies\, St. Augustine Campus. Her research and teaching areas include Caribbean and postcolonial studies\, African diaspora literatures\, gender and sexuality studies\, Caribbean and Black feminisms\, tourism and diaspora studies\, and transnational migrations. She earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida in 2008\, where she specialised in postcolonial and gender studies. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Africana Studies at New York University in 2009 and has held academic posts at University of Connecticut (2009-2011) and Susquehanna University (2011-2014). She joined The UWI IGDS in 2014 as a Fulbright scholar and in 2015 as a lecturer\, where she is now a tenured senior faculty member and coordinator of graduate studies. Her current research investigates race\, sexuality\, migration\, and climate crisis at the crossroads of Caribbean freedom\, social movements\, and decolonial poetics. \n\n \nDr. Christen A. Smith is a Black feminist and African diaspora anthropologist whose work explores the multi-sided dimensions of race\, gender\, violence\, performance and Blackness in the Americas. Her research and writing is two-pronged. She studies the transnational\, gendered\, politics of anti-Black state violence in Brazil and the Americas—particularly with regard to policing; and Black women’s intellectual contributions to the Americas\, especially related to transnational Black feminism. In 2017\, Professor Smith started Cite Black Women.—a transnational initiative that brings awareness to society’s gross tendency to ignore Black women’s intellectual contributions and not to cite Black women inside and outside of the academy. \n\n 
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