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Read MoreCornell Africana Video Tribute to Dr. James Turner:
On Thursday, March 16, join the Cornell community to make a difference for students on Cornell Giving Day.
Read MoreSophie Lewis will offer a deep dive into the history of radical movements and explore family abolition, which she characterizes as a turning away from the privatization of care.
Read MoreKing’s historic visit on Nov. 13, 1960, and a second, on April 14, 1961, came during a period when he was honing ideas that would take center stage at the March on Washington in 1963
Read MoreThis semester’s work also featured an end-of-semester mini-field course for local children and youth presented by two Cornell students.
Read MoreGrants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation will help make humanities research more accessible to scholars and the public.
Read MoreKamala Ibrahim Ishag has forged a unique and expansive practice that is not defined by a singular style or movement.
Read MoreExtending her research on writing by Black women around the world, Carole Boyce Davies examines the stories of Black women political leaders in Africa and in the global African Diaspora.
Read MoreHer talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.
Read MoreA broad preparation
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.
An unique perspective
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.
A unique resource
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.