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Video of Black Studies Matter: "'What Lies after Six Is Greater than Seven.' Beyond Social Construction" Now Available
If you were unable to attend the webinar with Professor Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ in person on December 9, 2020, a video of the talk and Q&A session is now available for viewing.
Video of Black Studies Matter: Time for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission in the US? Now Available
If you were unable to attend the webinar with Olufemi Taiwo in person on February 24, 2021, a video of the talk and Q&A session is now available for viewing.
Recent speaking events by Simone C. Drake for Black History Month
Dr. Simone C. Drake is participating in a variety of speaking engagements as part of Black History Month. Just yesterday, she was a guest on Texas Public Radio's The Source to discuss her…
Judson L. Jeffries: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man That Everyone Knows, but Few Have Actually Studied
Every year when Dr. King’s birthday rolls around, scholars and intellectuals come out of the woodwork, Black scholars and intellectuals in particular, offering what they believe to be a thoughtful…
New Calls for Papers Added for Research in African Literatures
Recently, three new calls for papers have been added for Research in African Literatures on South African Literature a Priori, Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift: Disruption…
AAAS CEC awarded $100,000 Global Arts + Humanities grant with OSU Department of Dance and the Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center
OSUDance’s Dance Notation Bureau Extension Center for Education and Research; The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center; and the African…
New article by Simone C. Drake in latest issue of Pathways magazine
Simone C. Drake, Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor of African American and African Studies, recently published an article in the Ohio Humanities magazine Pathways titled "…
AAAS Seeking Undergraduate Students to Start Student Organization
Attention AAAS major, minors, and other interested OSU students! The Department of African American and African Studies is seeking to help interested students start an undergraduate student…
Spring 2021 Courses Now Open for Registration
Courses for Spring 2021 are now open for registration, visit https://aaas.osu.edu/students/undergrad/courses for more information.