Richardson explores Rosa Parks’ life in new animated video
“One of our goals with the project was to spotlight dimensions of Rosa Parks that are less familiar and to help viewers move beyond the myths."
Students reflect on Marsalis visit: ‘He really touched my soul’
Wynton Marsalis visited campus Nov. 1-6 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.
Infrastructure bill comes amid all-time high distrust of water
Africana Prof. Jerel Ezell comments on Pres. Biden's infrastructure bill.
Morrison’s son visits campus for film screening
The son of Toni Morrison M.A. ’55, will visit campus Nov. 9 for a film screening and discussion of “The Foreigner’s Home,” a documentary based on Morrison’s monthlong guest-curated 2006 series of cultural events at the Louvre.
‘Still a long way to go:’ Looking back on the start of women’s studies at Cornell
As Cornell's women's studies program celebrates its 50th anniversary this year – along with the 30th anniversary of the LGBT studies program – faculty and alumni from the early days of the program are remembering the barriers they hurdled, as well as the support they received, as they sought to establish the program in 1972.
New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
Transdisciplinary film explores Trinidad and Tobago
“We Love We Self Up Here” is a new documentary focused on the complex histories of labor and migration in Trinidad and Tobago.
Michener testifies to House committee about health care
Health is an exceptionally expensive resource in the United States, “though it should not be,” political scientist Jamila Michener told the House Rules Committee on Oct. 13.
Community of practice explores digital storytelling in the classroom
This fall, the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) is coordinating a community of practice featuring workshops led by faculty to explore digital storytelling methods
Natalie Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for Spring 2022
The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.
Excavation to explore church’s role in Underground Railroad
A multidisciplinary team of Cornell students and faculty and local schoolchildren began an archeological dig Sept. 18 at St. James AME Zion church in Ithaca.
Caribbean studies finds home at Einaudi Center
In addition to changing its name, the program – celebrating its 60th year – has renewed and expanded its commitment to the study of the Caribbean cultures, places and people.
Applications now open for Klarman postdoc fellowships in A&S
Applications are now being accepted for the third cohort of the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships program in the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for submission is Oct. 15.
Makda Weatherspoon
Senior Lecturer, Arabic language
Africana Studies and Research Center, Near Eastern Studies
Digital Storytelling Community of Practice: Voices on the Underground Railroad
In the first of this year's Digital Storytelling Community of Practice events, Cornell's Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) hosted a discussion featuring the collaboration between the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity and Africana's Underground Railroad Seminar to build the website, Voices on the Underground Railroad, which will be...
Reflecting on Rosa Parks + Producing Scholarship & Art in the 21st Century
Program Description: In this talk, Riché Richardson reflects on the life, activism and continuing significance of civil rights leader Rosa Parks. Richardson draws on the leader’s legacy and work with children to reflect on her own life path, mentors, and early community service work as a student at the historic St. Jude Educational Institute in...
Black Urban America
On Tuesday, October 26th at 8pm eastern standard time, 7pm central and 5pm pacific standard times, We Talk Productions presents Black Urban America. The guest is Professor Riche Richardson ( Professor of African American Literature in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. Professor Richardson will discuss her article...
MAC Authors Spotlight
The Montgomery (AL) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Arts & Letters Committee presents MAC Authors Spotlight featuring chapter members who have penned books that reflect genres and themes from memoir, social justice, popular culture, black feminism, to religious/self-help. The presentation spotlights authors Valvier Bright (...
Dr. Carole Boyce Davies: Lessons from the Diaspora
Dr. Carole Boyce Davies’ lengthy title at Cornell University — Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of Africana studies and literatures in English — denotes an impressive career in academia but doesn’t begin to describe the international recognition she has received and the breadth of her...
Researchers Seek Artifacts Of Underground Railroad At Ithaca Church
'Without many artifacts or a specific archaeological path, oral histories and legends have filled in the gaps of the Underground Railroad’s history. The archaeological dig gives the church the opportunity to find artifacts to support the oral histories.'It’s not to say one is better than the other, but they give us a more comprehensive view,”...
20th Century African-American History Search
The Africana Studies & Research Center, an interdisciplinary department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University, is engaged in an exciting process of enhancing its faculty. We are specifically searching for a scholar of twentieth-century African American history with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and service...