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America, América in the Crosshairs
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series Dr. Greg Grandin Yale University Wednesday, April 22, 2026 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/92032892806 Please join CSAAD for our lecture discussion with Dr. Greg Grandin. This talk will examine the Trump administration’s recent adventures in Latin America […]
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 […]
The Role/Responsibility of the Black Scholar in a Moment of Global Exigency: A Panel Event
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Africa~Diaspora Forum Series: A Discussion Panel Event Panel Event Speakers: Dr. Mbaye Lo Duke University Dr. Christen Smith Yale University Dr. Michael West The Pennsylvania State University Event Moderated By: Dr. Fred Moten New York University Thursday, February 19, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 20 Cooper SQ, 5th FL New York City, NY 10003 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93390872025 […]
Black Palestinian Transnational Solidarity in an Age of Genocide
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]
Social Suffering and Armed Violence of the Black Geographies in the Pacific Coast of Colombia
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 2025-2026 PostDoctoral Fellowship Presentation Dr. Bladimir Carabali Hinestroza CSAAD PostDoctoral Fellow, Fall 2025 Wednesday, December 10, 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/95862798209 Please join CSAAD for our final Africa~Diaspora Forum Series event this semester, led by our Fall 2025 PostDoctoral Fellow Dr. Bladimir […]
Between Exceptionality and Obscurity: Excavating the Political Worlds of Afro-Panamanian Women
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]
Builder of the Next World: The Rise and Fall of Haiti’s King Henry Christophe
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]
Aksum and Medina: African Diaspora and Early Islam
20 Cooper SquareCSAAD 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]