AAAD is happy to announce a new Study-Abroad opportunity: UNC Swahili Intercultural Experience in Kenya. This initiative will offer students the chance to pursue the study of Swahili art, language, and culture in East Africa and is supported by the … Read more
The Department of African, African American, & Diaspora Studies is currently seeking to hire an Assistant and Associate Professor of African Studies. Please see the posting below, and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288499. The search committee will … Read more
The Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies is currently seeking to hire an Assistant or Associate Professor of African Studies. Please see the posting below for details, and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply at https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288485. The search … Read more
Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill is proud to announce the launch of … Read more
Please check out the AAAD courses that are being offered in Fall 2024. Our course catalog features information about over three dozen classes that cover a wide range of topics concerning African, African American, and Diaspora history, arts, politics, languages, … Read more
Congratulations to AAAD faculty member Shakirah Hudani regarding the recent publication of her monograph, Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda (University of Chicago Press). Also, congratulations to AAAD faculty members Samba Camara and Mohamed Mwamzandi …
The Global Africana Review is the Department’s academic journal comprised of UNC undergraduate students’ research. The inaugural issue was launched in Spring 2017. An electronic version of the journal can be found in the Carolina Digital Repository, along with …
Professor Mosquera Muriel joined the department in January 2024 as an assistant professor and as the Anthony Harrington Fellow. She specializes in Afro-Latin American social movements and structural inequalities at the intersection of race, class, and gender, with a focus …
The Department is proud to announce the publication of the inaugural volume of the Africana Public Interest Journal (APIJ_Journal_2023). Comprised of articles written by AAAD faculty members and other scholars, this occasional journal features a range of important studies concerning …
Linkages is the newsletter of the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies. It is published annually and showcases the work and activities of our faculty, students, staff, and alumni. 2022-23 Linkages (most recent) 2020-22 Linkages 2014-20 Linkages
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Global Africana Review (8th edition)
March 22, 2024
AAAD is excited to welcome its newest faculty member! Introducing Professor Nadia Mosquera Muriel!
January 20, 2024
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Africana Public Interest Journal (Volume 1)
August 9, 2023
*NOW AVAILABLE*: Linkages newsletter (2022-23 edition)
July 1, 2023
