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 […]
CSAAD Fall 2024 Student Receptions
20 Cooper Square 20 Cooper SquareCSAAD Graduate Student and Faculty Reception Tuesday, September 17, 2024 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm New York University 20 Cooper Square 3rd Floor Suite New York, NY 10003 Register Here CSAAD Undergraduate Student Reception Wednesday, September 18, 2024 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm New York University 20 Cooper Square 3rd Floor Suite New York, […]
Africans in Byzantium: Kings, Merchants, and Monks
20 Cooper Square 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 Square 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 […]
An Age of Black Revolution: New Directions
19 Washington Sq. North New York, NY, United StatesCSAAD Africa~ Diaspora Forum Series: An Age of Black Revolution: New Directions Dr. Vincent Brown and Dr. Crystal Eddins Thursday, October 24, 2024 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm Abu Dhabi New York University 19 Washington SQ North New York City, NY 10012 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/91746481831 “An Age of Black Revolution: New Directions” brings together two notable […]
Regional Origins and Intra-African Patterns of Gene Flow during the Millennia of Enslavement
Hemmerdinger Hall Washington Square East, New York, NY, United StatesCSAAD 2024-2025 Distinguished Scholar Event Regional Origins and Intra-African Patterns of Gene Flow During the Millennia of Enslavement Dr. Fatimah Jackson Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm Hemmerdinger Hall Silver Center of Arts & Science 100 Washington SQ East New York City, NY 10013 Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98085219090 This lecture event will […]