News & Announcements

The honor from the Comparative and International Education Society recognizes Mendenhall and her co-editors for their book, Education and Resil

Congratulations to Rosalind Morris, whose book, Unstable Ground: The Lives, Deaths and Afterlives of Gold in South Africa, has been publis

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science is offering up to two short-term fellowships (1-6 months) for scholars researching histories of

Aude Tournaye, a current MESAAS PhD student, and Wendell Marsh, a MESAAS PhD and Assistant Professor of Africana

For decades, Pan-Africanist dialogue across Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, and other regions have provided an intellectual foundation for the

The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University is pleased to invite academic essays from graduate studen

February is Black History Month in the United States, and it is a good time for us to reflect on what Black History means to African Studies.

Join us in welcoming Professor Abosede George as our new Director of the Institute of African Studies! 

This three-day conference will celebrate the academic career of Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne on the occasion of his retirement from the Depar

Prof. Séverine Autesserre appeared on Deutsche Welle TV to discuss the escalating situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Institute of African Studies is excited to announce the launch of two $1,000 student fellowships supporting travel, research, and study in Afri

Meet Naa Atswei Laryea, a senior at Barnard College majoring in Africana Studies.