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Kenya Study-Abroad Experience — Summer 2025!

November 20, 2024

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

*NOW HIRING*: Teaching Assistant Professor of Yoruba Language & Culture

September 29, 2024

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

*NOW HIRING*: Assistant or Associate Professor of African Studies

September 29, 2024

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

AAAD Colloquium Series Speaker (Dr. Shorna Allred)

September 13, 2024

Dr. Shorna Allred (Department of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill): “Narratives of the Black Belt: Early Insights from ‘Storylines of Environmental Justice’,” Graham Memorial, Room 039, UNC-Chapel Hill.

AAAD Colloquium Series Speaker (Dr. Letitia Guran)

September 13, 2024

Dr. Letitia Guran (Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill): “Insurgent Hughes: Reckoning with Racism Before and During the Cold War,”109 Battle Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Fall 2024 Course Registration now open!

April 26, 2024

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