Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora
Africans in Byzantium: Kings, Merchants, and Monks
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]
Sudan’s Counterrevolutionary War
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Africa~ Diaspora Forum Series: Sudan's Counterrevolutionary War Dr. Nisrin Elamin Wednesday, October 09, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm 20 COOPER SQ NEW YORK, NY 10003 3rd Fl Suite Zoom Link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94404401950 Dr. Nisrin Elamin’s lecture-based discussion will provide context for Sudan's current counterrevolutionary war and famine from a political economy perspective. In particular, it […]
Too Dark for the World: Oceania, Anti-Colonialism, and the Black Pacific
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Afro-Asia Project Dr. Quito J. Swan Wednesday, January 29, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 20 Cooper SQ Floor 3 Suite NEW YORK, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98598651350 Quito J. Swan's talk, Too Dark for the World, explores Black internationalism and decolonization in Oceania. Drawing from archival research conducted across Oceania, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, […]
Diasporic Back Chat: The Inter-War Activist Strategies of Black Nationalist Women
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Book Launch Lecture Event Dr. Natanya Duncan Monday, February 3rd, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 20 Cooper SQ Floor 3 Suite NEW YORK, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92704020760 During the 1920s and 1930s, women members of the largest social justice movement of the 20th Century, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), […]
Pan-Africanism in Africa and the U.S.: Marcus Garvey and I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson in Conversation
19 Washington Sq. North New York, NY, United StatesCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Thursday, February 20th, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Abu Dhabi New York University 19 Washington SQ North New York City, NY 10012 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95296862039 This panel event will explore themes of Pan-Africanism. Dr. McDuffie considers the significance of the U.S.Midwest to shaping twentieth-century Pan-Africanism through Garveyism. Dr. […]
Echoes from the Border: Africa Town in Korea
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Afro-Asia Project CHE Onejoon & Sun A Moon Thursday, March 20, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 20 Cooper SQ Room 101 NEW YORK, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94185666385 This film screening and discussion explores the formation of Africa Town near Camp Casey, a U.S. military base located close to the Korean […]
The Power of Art: The World Enslaved Blacksmiths Made in the Americas
20 Cooper SquareTuesday, April 01, 2025 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 20 COOPER SQNEW YORK, NY 10003 3rd Fl Suite Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/91920117864 West Africans and West Central Africans championed ironworking centuries before they were forcibly transported to the Americas on board European and American slave ships. In the territories that became the United States and […]
Ajami Manuscripts: New Sources of Knowledge for African and African Diaspora Studies
Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New York, NY, United StatesCSAAD 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 […]
When Stories Turn Into Survival: CELEBRATION OF ROOTS, DIASPORA, AND CULTURE
ZoomCSAAD 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 […]
Malik Ambar: Africans in the Making of the Indian Ocean World
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]