This presentation frames Keisha Khan-Perry's book project in progress, "Evictions and Convictions." Her book focuses on Black dispossession (loss of land/territorial rights, housing evictions, gentrification, incarceration) as a form of anti-Black violence devastating Black communities.

Join scholar-activists of the carceral state and of the movement to Stop Cop City in ATL for a discussion of their struggle and its lessons

After Life is a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election. 

Join Imani Perry and Kaitlyn Greenidge for a discussion of Claudia Tate and Black Women Writers At Work.

In his talk “Breaking the World,” Professor Justin L. Mann examines how Black speculative fictions interrogate the power of security in contemporary Black life. Analyzing works by N.K. Jemisin and Octavia E. Butler, Mann argues that these works exemplify what he terms “worldbreaking,” a narrative, aesthetic, and ethical force that disrupts the logic of securitization.

Colin Kaepernick ignited a firestorm of controversy when he kneeled during the playing of the national anthem at an NFL football game. His act, in response to the violence that Black Americans were facing at the hands of the police, was a critical moment in the Black Lives Matter moment. Kaepernick was effectively kicked out of the NFL, but…

This seminar investigates the enduring interplay between speculation and Blackness. In recent years, speculation has emerged as a key term in Black and African American Studies with speculation emerging as the site where…

Nate Lewis explores history through patterns, textures, and rhythm, creating meditations of celebration and lamentations.

The "Faculty Brown Bag" was created to provide a forum for AAS faculty to present their current work or to workshop new ideas with colleagues over a nice lunch.

Join us for the next installation of the FOCUS Speaker Series in the iconic Chancellor Green Rotunda at 4:00 pm on Friday, Feb 24, 2023. The first FOCUS speaker event of this year will feature writer, professor and speaker Dr. Chris Gilliard in conversation with Professor Ruha Benjamin of the African American Studies Department.  

Korey Garibaldi discusses his recently published book "Impermanent Blackness: The Making and Unmaking of Interracial Literary Culture in Modern America" with Kinohi Nishikawa.

This talk is based on her book manuscript, entitled The Interminable Catastrophe (forthcoming from Duke University Press). The Interminable Catastrophe charts a conceptual history of catastrophe as a political category/concept (rather than Event), via its inauguration in early modern natural science and empiricist debates, and…

Join in the discussion after the film with Aisha Beliso De-Jesús, Effron Center director and professor of American studies; Rhaisa Williams, assistant professor of theater; and Keishla Rivera-Lopez, Effron Center lecturer.

Talamieka Brice is an award-winning artist, filmmaker, photographer and visual storyteller. She is inspired by her hometown of Kilmichael, Mississippi, and by artists Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Maya Angelou. Recently a portrait of Brice, Forever Mood, taken from a series of stills from her documentary film, FIVE, went viral

Professor Joshua Myers will speak about his new book,

Join Campus Dining for a special presentation and food tasting!

What role do critiques of US imperial strategy have within the field of Black Studies, and in what ways should these critiques impact public policy?

Meet employers and alumni at the upcoming Career Fair 🤝

Join us Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 4:30 pm in Green Hall 0-S-6, Princeton University, for Medieval African Writing Technologies: A Conversation with Mehari Worku and Wendy Laura Belcher

This seminar investigates the enduring interplay between speculation and Blackness. In recent years, speculation has emerged as a key term in Black and African American Studies with speculation emerging as the site where…

Institutions rely not only on seemingly valorizing culture- and ethnicity-led development strategies, but ones simultaneously rooted in reifying and damaging narratives and visual depictions of racialized groups and geographies. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork, content analysis, and iconography, Valle examines how social actors in the rapidly changing urban locale of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, evaluate, shift, and legitimate racial value.

What are the costs of black activism? Which citizens are asked to perform the necessary democratic labor to redress racial injustice?

Join us for a conversation with singer and songwriter, and former public defender Danielle Ponder prior to her stage concert at McCarter theater that evening! 
Lunch will be provided and Princeton undergraduate and graduate students can register below by Monday, February 6, 2023. 

American soul…

This seminar investigates the enduring interplay between speculation and Blackness. In recent years, speculation has emerged as a key term in Black and African American Studies with speculation emerging as the site where…

Palestinians dead and alive have been increasingly visible in Anglophone media—but not everyone can get the mic.

Wintersession’s Annual Beyond the Resume event is proud to feature Michaela Coel.

Emmy and BAFTA award-winning actress, playwright, screenwriter, director, showrunner, poet, and author Michaela Coel is an international phenomenon. Coel’s ground-breaking dark comedy-drama, I May Destroy You, premiered on HBO and BBC to critical…

In this lecture, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter—along with a perspective informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek. 

Join the Arts Council of Princeton as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will begin the morning with remarks from our 2023 featured speaker, Tina Campt – noted Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University – during a community bagel and coffee breakfast.

The Nigerian-Cameroonian artist Samuel Fosso is arguably one of the most compelling photographers working in the genre of self-portraiture today. Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts is the first museum survey of his work in the United States. Samuel Fosso and Princeton…

Jeffrey Yoo Warren - an artist, community scientist, illustrator, and researcher - presents his project, Seeing Providence Chinatown, a virtual reconstruction of the since-disappeared Chinatown in Providence.

In 2021, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Cory Booker proposed legislation to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Join the Department of African American Studies for a conversation with Rena Karefa-Johnson, moderated by Zoë Towns, Old Dominion Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and Department of African American Studies, as they debrief and reflect on the 2022 midterm elections.

Please Join Us For An Evening with Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Hosted by Naomi Murakawa. The first 20 attendees will be given a FREE copy of "Rehearsals for the Living."

This seminar investigates the enduring interplay between speculation and Blackness. In recent years, speculation has emerged as a key term in Black and African American Studies with speculation emerging as the site where…

Drawing on theoretical models culled from Black (German) studies, Afrofuturism, performance studies and queer theory, in this talk I will analyze examples Black German artists’ engagement with “future-making” through fantasy and speculative and science fiction. From the “Afronauts” painting cycle (1999) of visual artist, Daniel Kojo Schrade,…

(Mixer before at 6:30 PM with leaders and sponsors with the speaker)

World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness…

Henry Louis Gates calls Yacovone’s new book “the most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory.” We are thrilled that Eddie Glaude, one of the nation’s most prominent scholars and public intellectuals, will be joining the author to discuss the clear and damning evidence assembled by Yacovone of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots…

Join us for an evening of celebration and fellowship with Faculty and friends! We will be honoring the recently published books of Chika Okeke-Agulu, Ruha Benjamin, Dannelle Cordero Gutarro, Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Imani Perry, and Autumn Womack.

Please RSVP by Monday, November 21, 2022

Join us for a conversation between Naomi Murakawa and Ray Acheson about the connections between various forms of state violence, and the movements to abolish them.

Shaun Ossei-Owusu is an interdisciplinary legal scholar with expertise in legal history, criminal law and procedure, civil rights, and the legal profession.

Celebrate the opening of Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts at Art on Hulfish. Born in 1962 and currently working in the Central African Republic, Samuel Fosso is one of the most renowned contemporary…

Learn the written - and unwritten - rules of professional norms and how you can ensure you present yourself professionally while still being authentic.

This program will be counted towards SIFProfessional credits.

For some events coordinated by the Center for Career Development, you may be asked to use a face covering. If…

We are so excited to announce that artist, activist, and author Tatyana Fazlalizadeh will be coming to campus this Thursday, November 17th. In 2012, Tatyana created Stop Telling Women to Smile, an international street art project that addresses gender based street harassment. After speaking with women about their experiences, she designed a…

Du Bois means his moral psychology to serve two purposes. The first is a social scientific explanation—specifically, the social scientific explanation of the domination and exploitation of the world’s darker peoples. The second is to articulate the Christian white supremacist’s ideal conception of his life as a Christian, for it is in virtue of…

This seminar investigates the enduring interplay between speculation and Blackness. In recent years, speculation has emerged as a key term in Black and African American Studies with speculation emerging as the site where…

Learn the tips and tricks to writing a strong personal statement.

Deans of admissions from Seton Hall School of Law, Saint John's School of Law, and Villanova School of Law will discuss what law schools are looking for in a personal statement and tips for drafting a strong personal statement.

Please note that face coverings…

Are you planning to apply for graduate or professional schools or to start graduate education this fall? Do you need a curriculum vitae (CV) for a position you are applying to?

During this program you will learn:

The Caribbean Studies Speakers Series represents a collective effort to foreground Caribbean Studies at Princeton University by convening a group of scholars based on their innovative research in and on the region. From experimental soundscapes and digital self-writing to archival pedagogies and emancipatory memory, the works of these pioneers cross academic disciplines, not to mention historical, linguistic, and national boundaries.

Now that you know the basics of resume writing, let's take it to the next level - customizing your resume to specific positions you are applying to.

During this program, you will learn how to: