Chaitra Powell leads the Southern Historical Collection, which houses thousands of primary sources on the South, from handwritten papers, letters, and diaries to photographs and oral histories. Read more from Endeavor's magazine: endeavors.unc.edu/beyond-the-sta…

Bringing home the gold! Simone Biles makes history as the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast ever with eight medals. Read more good news happening in the Black community here: wordinblack.com/2024/01/best-t…

AAAD Professor Shakirah Hudani has published an excellent piece in The Conversation: theconversation.com/rwanda-is-crea…. For more, please see her book, Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…). UNC College of Arts and Sciences Carolina Planning @shakirah_es

AAAD is proud to announce its Colloquium Series schedule for Fall 2024. All events are free, and all are welcome! UNC College of Arts and Sciences UNC African Studies Center UNC Stone Center Maya J Berry

The Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies is seeking to hire an Assistant or Associate Professor of African Studies. The search committee will start reviewing applications on 10/30, and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288485

The Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies is seeking to hire a Teaching Assistant Professor of Yoruba Language & Culture. The search committee will start reviewing applications on 10/30 & qualified applicants are encouraged to apply at unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288499

The Dept. of African, African American & Diaspora Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill is proud to announce the launch of our doctoral program in Africana Studies. Application instructions can be found at aaad.unc.edu, & the deadline to apply for Fall 2025 admission is 12/10/24.

Claude Clegg (FFP ’17), chair of the department of UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies, emphasizes the importance of learning and studying other languages than English. The department and global centers are particularly focused on teaching “less commonly taught languages.” go.unc.edu/Xt9e5

AAAD is happy to announce a new Study-Abroad opportunity: UNC Swahili Intercultural Experience in Kenya. This Summer 2025 initiative will offer UNC students the chance to pursue the study of Swahili culture in East Africa. Info session: 12/5/2024 (Zoom) UNC College of Arts and Sciences UNC African Studies Center

UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies professor Claude Clegg (FFP ’17) was interviewed by Inside Higher Ed about what has and hasn’t changed since Barack Obama was elected the U.S.’s first Black president. go.unc.edu/w6N7S

🎶 Join the department of music for a musical celebration of Langston Hughes with featured vocalist, soprano LaToya Lain. 🗓️ Monday, Dec. 2 ⏰ 7:30 p.m. 📍 Person Hall music.unc.edu/event/hughes-c… Co-sponsored by @MusicAtUNC and UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies

In celebration of Black History Month, UNC_AAAD is happy to co-sponsor Sonny Kelly's upcoming performance at the Friday Center! To learn more, please visit fridaycenter.unc.edu/programs/celeb…, Friday Center, UNC College of Arts and Sciences

This month in Bookmark This, scholar Maya J. Berry discusses, "Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and the Black Corporeal Undercommons." 📚 "This research involved long-term commitment to dance training," she said of learning rumba to write. college.unc.edu/2025/02/bookma… UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies

The Dept. of African, African American & Diaspora Studies has just published the latest edition of our newsletter, Linkages. Highlights include faculty & alumni news, as well as info on our new PhD program! (aaad.unc.edu/2025/02/05/lin…) UNC College of Arts and Sciences IAH @shakirah_es Mina Yakubu

Please join us for the African Language Fair, 3-5pm, March 26. This is UNC-CH's annual celebration of the cultural richness and linguistic diversity of Africa and its diasporas. This event will include student performances, African music, and food! UNC College of Arts and Sciences UNC African Studies Center

Michael Lambert has been contributing to research at Carolina for 30 years. Lambert has worked for #UNC in a variety of roles, most recently as a professor in UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies He's most proud of "having contributed to the mission of my department." college.unc.edu/2025/02/rooted… 🐏

AAAD is proud to Professor Kevin Quashie as part of our Colloquium Series schedule for Spring 2025. UNC College of Arts and Sciences UNC African Studies Center UNC Stone Center Maya J Berry

“Encountering these raw materials in in the archives, what do you do with it? And it’s really about the questions that you ask and the curiosities that you bring,” described Brandi Brimmer (FFP ‘’23) in ep. 141 of The Institute. iah.unc.edu/podcast-ep141-… UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies

AAAD is honored to announce an exciting opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the study of African American culture while earning degree credit. For more information, please see the flyer below & visit our website ([email protected]). Enroll now! UNC College of Arts and Sciences @ChaitraPeezy

A number of new degree programs were introduced in the #UNC College of Arts and Sciences this year. 🎓 They include the M.A./Ph.D. program in UNC African, African American, & Diaspora Studies, a Persian studies concentration in Asian studies and four UNC Statistics & Operations Research data science concentrations go.unc.edu/t2H5P