SOUTH EAST AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES FORUM (SEALLF) 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PAPERS “AFRICAN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES & GLOBAL MODERNITIES” SEALLF CALL FOR PAPERS[89] The 11th annual meeting of the South East African Languages and Literatures Forum (SEALLF) will … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Kia Caldwell for her recent article publication titled “Black Brazilian Researchers and Activists Respond to Covid-19.” The article was published on Black Perspectives, an award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society. The article can be … Read more
The Department of African, African American, & Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to hire a historian who specializes in American slavery, whose work focuses on the African American experience, and who is able … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Kia Caldwell and co-author, Justice Emily Chavez for their latest published book titled “Engaging the African Diaspora in K-12 Education” published by Peter Lang Academic Publishers (<a href="https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/69300?rskey=7JHAoQ
Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Boyd for the following recent publication: her co-edited book, Legislating Gender and Sexuality in Africa: Human Rights, Society and the State published by the University of Wisconsin Press (https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5876.htm)
The Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies stands in solidarity with those protesting institutionalized racism, police misconduct, and all forms of discrimination that infringe upon the civil rights and human dignity of groups and individuals. As a unit … Read more
Students, faculty, and staff in the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora (AAAD) Studies mourn the loss of Dr. Perry Hall, who passed away on April 19, 2020. Dr. Hall served on the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty for 28 … Read more
Dr. Maya Berry is the recipient of the 2020 Provost Award for Engaged Teaching! Congratulations from all of us Dr. Berry!
AAAD will be hosting a one day conference titled “Environment, Development, and Sustainable Communities in Africa” on Friday, January 17 from 9AM – 4PM in Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
The faculty of the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies condemns the recent UNC Board of Governors settlement with the Sons of Confederate Veterans and calls for a complete reversal of this procedurally questionable, financially irresponsible, and morally … Read more
