Join our first event this Spring for a dynamic workshop featuring Professor Catherine Knight Steele in conversation with cultural critic and writer Jamilah Lemieux about feminism’s archives. Over the course of the event, the two speakers will draw from their political experiences to discuss what it means to…
- Catherine Knight SteeleAffiliationAssistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland
- Jamilah LemieuxAffiliationCultural Critic and Writer
In this lecture, Dr. Navid Farnia analyzes how U.S. officials developed a modernized security apparatus to contest movements for national liberation in the 1960s and 1970s. The movements which erupted across the globe during this period decimated the old regimes of racial and imperial power. In the U.S., the Black liberation struggle affected…
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This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and Huey…
Starting from the 25th of February at 9PM, the student-founded exhibition entitled “stitching” will be taking place in the Colab Space in the Lewis Art Center. Come to see the various mediums (photographs, paintings, textile, etc.) that your fellow students have created. stitching is a…
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- Graduate Students
- Undergraduate Students
What does it mean for classrooms to be inclusive spaces? How can Princeton’s community enhance learning by more fully engaging with diversity? The Inclusive Teaching at Princeton series invites undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral associates, faculty, and staff to come together to discuss diversity in teaching and learning at…
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of English and American StudiesPresentationDepartment of English
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of English and American StudiesPresentationDepartment of English
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of African American Studies and EnglishPresentationDepartment of English
The annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting speakers who discuss the civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. The convocation also seeks to build partnerships and develop dialogue within the campus community and with the local communities served by the university.
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Princeton’s University Center for Human Values invites the Princeton community to join us for a poetry reading and dialogue with award-winning poet Nicole Sealey.
Nicole Sealey is the author of Ordinary Beast (Ecco, 2017), and The Animal After…
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Dawn Lundy Martin is an American poet and essayist. She is the author of four books of poems: Good Stock Strange Blood, winner of the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry; Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry; DISCIPLINE, A…
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This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and Huey…
- Faculty & Staff
- Graduate Students
- Alumni
This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and Huey…
This talk focuses on Anna Arabindan-Kesson’s new book, Black Bodies, White Gold. It examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of the Black body in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art. Juxtaposing contemporary interventions with historical moments, it examines…
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The SPIA Undergraduate program will be taking over the administration of the Liman Fellowship.There will be a virtual information session on Thursday,…
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a scholar of anti-Black racism, public policy, radical politics, and social movements, will give a talk as part of the Center for Africana Studies' Speaker Series: The Challenges of Africana…
Loyalty is incredibly honored to welcome Imani Perry and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. for a virtual celebration of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click…
The Intersections Lecture Series this year represents a department wide collaboration to bring to campus scholars whose work on race, difference, and social justice has remapped disciplinary boundaries and redefined how we think about the relationship between critical theory and social activism.
The Friends of Princeton University Library welcome Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who will discuss her book, “Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.” The book examines the ways that housing policies inspired and shaped by the private sector undermined the federal government’s ability to…
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- Graduate Students
- Undergraduate Students
Who would you be most surprised to find in conversation together on stage? An anthropologist and a chemist? An athlete and a rabbi? A television host and a historian? During the Unexpected Conversation Series, anything is possible!
Join Professor Eddie Glaude, Chair and James S. McDonnell Distinguished Professor in the Department…
- AffiliationJames S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
- AffiliationCo-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe
- AffiliationCreator and Co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe
UNC Asheville’s annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. for 2022 will feature a keynote address by New York Times bestselling author and Chair of Princeton’s Department of African American Studies, Eddie Glaude Jr., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. The free virtual event begins at 7 p.m. and is open to everyone…
Please join the African American Studies department for our spring colloquium, “Queering Black Studies” as we discuss historical, literary, and cultural analyses of Black queer life throughout the African diaspora with esteemed panelists:
- AffiliationProfessor of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
- AffiliationAssociate Professor of Anthropology, University of Miami
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington
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Come learn what distinguishes a dissertation from a book manuscript, what editors are looking for in book proposals, what to expect from the process, how to think about the market/readership for your book and more.
Join us for a panel discussion with academic press editors:
Join us virtually as we explore the components of acquiring a certificate in African American Studies at Princeton University.
Join us at BAM or via livestream for this beloved Brooklyn tradition, which rings in a new year with music, dance, and an invigorating call to action. Led by keynote speaker Dr. Imani Perry, this year’s tribute encourages us to continue in Dr. King’s radical spirit: relentlessly pressing forward in pursuit of justice—even against the odds—and…
On Monday, Jan 17 from 10am-12pm, we’ll safely gather here at the ACP for a free, outdoor event featuring:
Grab-and-go bagel breakfast Emblem-making and protest history with the Historical Society of Princeton Canned food drive benefiting NJ Rise Your chance to participate in a community-wide project: we’ve created lawn…
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University who is among this year's MacArthur 'genius grant' winners, will deliver the keynote address for Duke University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration on Sunday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m.
Join members of the Duke and Durham community at Duke…
Professor Farnia will explore U.S. officials’ responses to both the Watts rebellion of 1965 and Zimbabwe’s war for liberation (1965-1980).
The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students is thrilled to announce the on-campus return of the FOCUS Lecture Series, an interdisciplinary effort to bring the very best in anti-racist scholarship, thought, and action to Princeton’s campus. The next FOCUS event, featuring author and journalist
- AffiliationHughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies
- AffiliationAuthor
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This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and Huey…
- AffiliationArtist
- AffiliationCurator
Please join us to unwind and wrap up your workweek with Wine Down Thursdays!
We hope that these gatherings will bring the Department together, build camaraderie and strengthen work bonds.
Please RSVP at your earliest convenience.
For more information and how to register, please email …
Please join the African American Studies department for our fall colloquium, “Accounting for Inequality” as we discuss the relationship between statistics and Black studies, and engage recent work by esteemed panelists:
…- AffiliationAssistant Scientist of The University of Miami, The Medical School
- AffiliationAssociate Professor of Social Work, Columbia University
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Iowa
The Forbes PAAs are hosting an advising event for underclassmen on Wednesday, December 1st from 5 - 7 PM in the Forbes dining hall. They would love it if the AAS department could have a strong representation at the event to spread the word and experience to as many underclassmen as possible.
A list of pros for coming to the…
The debate about restitution and the ethics of Western museums’ owning African artworks collected during the era of colonization has never been more in the public eye. Most well-known, perhaps, are the “Benin bronzes,” artistic and royal heirlooms made since the 13th century ...
- AffiliationProfessor Department of African American Studies & Department of Art and ArchaeologyPresentationDirector, Program in African Studies
- AffiliationGhanaian-British architect
- AffiliationInterim Chief Curator and the Helmut and Candis Stern CuratorPresentationUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
Reconstruction was for Du Bois nothing less than a milestone in the course of human history, “the finest effort to achieve democracy for the working millions which this world had ever seen.” - Library of America
Join us for a virtual conversation with scholars Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and…
- AffiliationProfessor, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
- AffiliationProfessor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
- AffiliationAuthor and Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Columbia University
The Department of Comparative Literature is proud to welcome Professor Anthony Reed from Vanderbilt University to give the third lecture in this year’s departmental lecture series “Virtually Here, Virtually So” which aims at thinking through the many…
The aftermath of WWI was a turning point in the modern history of involuntary migration, mass displacement, and global diasporas. Why did WWI displace so many people? What was the international response to the mass displacement of people after the war, and how did it contribute to the development of…
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
- AffiliationLecturer in 19th/20th Century British History, University of Sheffield
- AffiliationWilliam H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Spanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were crafted and how the industrys disturbingly powerful narrative has endured to this day. We invite you to a discussion.
This is a hybrid event held at Labyrinth. To register for the live-stream, click …
- AffiliationProfessor, Department of African American Studies
- AffiliationProfessor, Department of History
This presentation explores U.S. officials’ responses to both the Watts rebellion of 1965 and Zimbabwe’s war for liberation (1965-1980).
About this eventOn August 11, 1965, the largely Black Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts erupted in revolt after police brutalized 21-year-old Marquette Frye and his mother and…
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This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and…
Robert Jones Jr., also known as "Son of Baldwin," leads and engages in critical dialogues about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism, literature, and politics on social media. He is also the author of The Prophets, a finalist for the National Book award 2021. His debut novel centers Black…
- AffiliationAuthor
- AffiliationJames S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Department of African American Studies
November 11, 2021 5:00 pm – Zoom
State of the Nation Series
The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into paralysis, exposing weaknesses in public health policies, and revealing large inequalities of class, race, and gender. In the United States the crisis was compounded…
This workshop will be offered in a hybrid format, both on Zoom and in-person in 210 Dickinson Hall. Registration is required for both Zoom and in-person.
The Combahee River Collective (“CRC”) statement, written in 1977, remains today a formative declaration of American Black feminism that…
- AffiliationProfessor, Department of African American Studies
- AffiliationProfessor, Columbia Law School
Developing the argument of her recent book, Decolonizing Memory: Algeria and the Politics of Testimony (Duke, 2021), Jill Jarvis will present a paper that investigates the critical possibilities of aesthetic representation for apprehending and addressing the slow violence of French nuclear imperialism that targets desert ecosystems and…
Children developing African American English (AAE) produce bare verb forms in 3rd person singular contexts (1):
1. She she pop out the house and she buy some more butter.
‘She pops out of the house and she buys some more butter’
Overt 3rd person singular verbal marking is…
Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Chris Hedges has taught courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history since 2013 in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University at East Jersey State Prison and other New Jersey prisons. He is joined for this special event by two of his former students at East Jersey State.
In his…
To mark the end of the two seasons of Culture, Things, and Empire, we will be hosting a masterclass on 29th October, 5-6:15pm BST via Zoom with Professor Anna Arabindan-Kesson, in keeping with our S2 running theme of 'Remembering Empire'. During this…
The Intersections Lecture Series this year represents a department wide collaboration to bring to campus scholars whose work on race, difference, and social justice has remapped disciplinary boundaries and redefined how we think about the relationship between critical theory and social activism.
Join us on October 28, 2021 at 4…
In Black Bodies, White Gold, Anna Arabindan-Kesson uses cotton, a commodity central to the slave trade and colonialism, as a focus for new interpretations of the way art, commerce, and colonialism were intertwined in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Artist, art-historian, and Anna Kesson’s colleague at Princeton,…
- AffiliationAssistant Professor, Department of African American Studies
- AffiliationDirector, Program in African Studies
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This seminar examines the multiple iterations of the plantation, and to draw from Katherine McKittrick, the kinds of futures it brings forth for us now. The plantation might be, to paraphrase Krista Thompson and…
Join Michelle Millar Fisher, the Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at MFA Boston, and Amber Winick, writer and design historian, as they discuss the project Designing Motherhood and their vital partnership with thought leaders at the Philadelphia-based…
- Amber Winick and Michelle Millar Fisher, Designing Motherhood
- AffiliationAssistant Professor, Department of African American StudiesPresentationSeries Host