Africana Studies and Research Center

Africana Studies and Research Center News

'I've been pushed to craft work that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply informed'

Kaylani Williams is an English major.

'I have learned to navigate academic spaces on my own terms'

Kendahl Wesley is a psychology & Africana studies major.

Nicolas van de Walle speaking, hands moving, wearing glasses and a jacket

Conference on African political economy honors van de Walle

“Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa: A conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle,” set for May 8-9, will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation.

Student creates company focused on luxury African bags

The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

CAU lets you go back to school (without those pesky prelims)

For more than half a century, Cornell’s Adult University has offered summer courses on the Hill — from cooking to cycling and beyond.

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New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences

Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Explore home space in a teenage sitcom during upcoming lecture

"Sanctuary from the Storm: Making (My) Room with The Torkelsons," will explore Sheppard’s fondness for the 1990s television show and what the show’s representation of home spaces can tell us about the way television influences living practices.

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Your December 2024 reads

This month’s featured titles include a history Harlem by a government alum and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid.

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5 undergraduate students at the Africana graduation. They're smiling and holding their certificates while wearing graduation robes and colorful garbs.

A broad preparation

Undergraduate Program

The Africana studies undergraduate major and minor prepare students for a broad range of academic and professional careers in both the public and private sectors. Africana studies has a history of shaping students' intellectual discipline, creativity, and social and political awareness.

The undergraduate program

An unique perspective

Graduate Program

An interdisciplinary global study of race and Blackness makes Africana studies at Cornell a significant resource for graduate students who want to engage in the interdisciplinary study of Black people in Africa, the African diaspora and around the globe.

The graduate program

Upcoming Africana Events

May 23

Friday 12:00 AM

University Commencement Weekend

Schoellkopf Field

May 24

Saturday 12:00 AM

University Commencement Weekend

Schoellkopf Field

May 25

Sunday 12:00 AM

University Commencement Weekend

Schoellkopf Field

Aug 27

Wednesday 11:00 AM

International Fair

Uris Hall Terrace

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Useful Links for Students

Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Faculty The Center

A unique resource

The Africana Studies & Research Center

The Africana Studies & Research Center extends the teaching and learning opportunities that we provide in both our undergraduate and graduate classrooms well beyond to service learning projects and community initiatives, from local to transnational contexts.

The Center

Exploration on the Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad Hub

The projects featured here provide information about documented underground railroad activities in our region, tell us about the small Black communities that settled here to escape slavery after New York state outlawed it in 1827, and inform us about those ordinary people who braved assisting freedom seekers at great personal risk to themselves and their families.

The Hub