
A Message From The Chair
Welcome! We are finally back on campus and ready for an extraordinary year. I look forward to seeing students in classes, colleagues and staff around campus—to hearing the varied sounds of this vibrant and special place... READ MORE
We are delighted to announce that Chika Okeke-Agulu has been confirmed as the Slade Professor of Fine Art for 2022/23.
Chika Okeke-Agulu, an artist, critic and art historian, is Director of the Program in African Studies and Professor of African and African Diaspora art in the…
The awards presentation for the 7th annual Princeton Research Day concluded with Saran Touré ’22 receiving the inaugural Princeton University Library (PUL) Award.
Peter Bae, assistant university librarian for scholarly collections services, presented the award to Touré based on her use of Library research and services. Her work re…
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Faculty-Graduate Seminar
Plantation Effects: Visual Ecologies of Race, Place and Labor
Our goal is to establish a small but intellectually diverse and committed group of scholars who will attend all meetings and engage in sustained discourse during the year.

The AAS Podcast
Our podcast, formerly known as the AAS21 Podcast, acts as a conversation around the field of African American Studies and the Black experience in the 21st century. We focus on the political, economic, and cultural forces that shape our understanding of race within America. We invite you to listen as we explore outcomes, question and contextualize the dominant discourse, and consider evidence instead of myths.
