News

A tall Black woman is smiling and standing in front of a background of greenery.
Faculty Highlight
Featured
University News
Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications
Kelsey Henry
Faculty Highlight
Featured
Meet Kelsey Henry: Visting Lecturer in African American Studies & Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of African American Studies
Gabriella Johnson
Faculty Highlight
Featured
Meet Gabriella Johnson: AY25 Postdoctoral Research Associate in African American Studies
Department of African American Studies

Faculty Highlights

Two Black men are sitting in chairs, holding microphones and having a conversation with each other.
Africa World Initiative hosts Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation and in the classroom
Nov. 12, 2024
Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and is professor of English and postcolonial literatures, emeritus, at the University of Kent in England. When he was a child in the 1950s, “travelers would come from different parts of the ocean to our island with their goods and stories,” Gurnah told a rapt audience of students, faculty…

A group of Black men are standing in front of a brown painting.
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha Curates Exhibition Featuring Work by Chika Okeke-Agulu
Nov. 1, 2024
Department of Art & Archaeology
A group of postdoctoral fellows are standing outside a blurred out East Pyne Hall.
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts welcomes new scholars
Oct. 23, 2024
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
The New Artificial Intelligentsia
Oct. 18, 2024
Ruha Benjamin
Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Oct. 1, 2024
Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications
Ruha Benjamin Reading List (Bellarmine Forum 2024)
Sept. 17, 2024
LMU Library
Meet Kelsey Henry: Visting Lecturer in African American Studies & Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
Sept. 16, 2024
Department of African American Studies

Stay Connected with AAS

Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.

Subscribe To Newsletter

Black Political Thought Through Turmoil
AAS Podcast
Featured
[AAS Podcast] Season 3, Episode 1: "Black Political Thought Through Turmoil"
Dec. 5, 2024
Department of African American Studies
Two Black men are sitting in chairs, holding microphones and having a conversation with each other.
Event Recap
Faculty Highlight
University News
Africa World Initiative hosts Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation and in the classroom
Nov. 12, 2024
Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications
Two Dale Fellowship recipients pursue original projects after graduation
Featured
Student Highlight
Two Dale Fellowship recipients pursue original projects after graduation
Nov. 7, 2024
Princeton University
A group of Black men are standing in front of a brown painting.
Art & Culture
Faculty Highlight
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha Curates Exhibition Featuring Work by Chika Okeke-Agulu
Nov. 1, 2024
Department of Art & Archaeology
A group of postdoctoral fellows are standing outside a blurred out East Pyne Hall.
Faculty Highlight
University News
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts welcomes new scholars
Oct. 23, 2024
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Two older Black women are seated next to each other on a big stage. The poster reads "The Political Lives of Angela Davis: In Conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor."
AAS News Slider Featured
Event Recap
Featured
Angela Davis fills McCosh 50, discusses Palestine, elections, and the legacy of her activism
Oct. 23, 2024
The Daily Princetonian
A Black poster reads "Los Angeles Review of Books: Legacies of Eugenics."
Faculty Highlight
The New Artificial Intelligentsia
Oct. 18, 2024
Ruha Benjamin
A tall Black woman is smiling and standing in front of a background of greenery.
Faculty Highlight
Featured
University News
Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Oct. 1, 2024
Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications
A Black woman wearing glasses and a black, green, and blue cardigan is standing in front of a brick background.
Interview
Student Highlight
Azi Jones '25
Sept. 23, 2024
LENS
A young woman with her hair in braids is speaking. Her book, "Imagination," is located to the left of her.
AAS News Slider Featured
Faculty Highlight
Ruha Benjamin Reading List (Bellarmine Forum 2024)
Sept. 17, 2024
LMU Library
Kelsey Henry
Faculty Highlight
Featured
Meet Kelsey Henry: Visting Lecturer in African American Studies & Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow
Sept. 16, 2024
Department of African American Studies
A young Black woman wears a green dress and is standing front of a green background.
Alumni Highlight
Art & Culture
Interview
'African studies paved the way to my career path,' says Ugonna Nwabueze '18
Sept. 13, 2024
Program in African Studies
A group of students are standing in a dark auditorium.
History
A Silver Lining for HBCUs in Affirmative Action’s Demise
Sept. 11, 2024
Inside Higher Ed
Gabriella Johnson
Faculty Highlight
Featured
Meet Gabriella Johnson: AY25 Postdoctoral Research Associate in African American Studies
Sept. 11, 2024
Department of African American Studies
In Loving Memory of Jon Eric Barfield
Announcement
In Loving Memory of Jon Eric Barfield
Sept. 10, 2024
A young man wearing a mask and a gray suit is helping another Black man put on his tie.
History
Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs
Sept. 9, 2024
Inside Higher Ed
Adult woman smiling and looking into the camera in front of an outside background.
Art & Culture
Interview
Student Highlight
Charmaine Branch researches teaching with difficult visual materials in GradFutures fellowship
Sept. 9, 2024
Princeton University Library
mmer program in Washington caps year of Princeton collaboration with Howard University
University News
Summer program in Washington caps year of Princeton collaboration with Howard University
Sept. 6, 2024
Office of Innovation, Princeton University
banner_emily
Faculty Highlight
Featured
Meet Emily Hawk: AY25 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dance and African American Studies
Aug. 22, 2024
Department of African American Studies
image
Art & Culture
Faculty Highlight
Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Monument Lab collaborate on “Declaration House” project
July 19, 2024
Kirstin Ohrt
Class Day 2024
Event Recap
Featured
Student Highlight
Video
[Video] 2024 AAS Class Day Ceremony
July 16, 2024
Department of African American Studies
image
Faculty Highlight
Princeton professors Tina Campt and Nell Irvin Painter receive Berlin Prize Fellowship
July 11, 2024
Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications
news image
Faculty Highlight
Summer Reads 2024: Princeton professors share what’s on their lists
July 2, 2024
Office of Communications, Princeton University
Featured Image
Congratulations to the 2024 Great Immigrants Honorees!
June 27, 2024
Carnegie Corporation of New York