Matthew Frye Jacobson, who has transformed understandings of race in America, has been appointed the Sterling Professor of American Studies and History, effective April 17....
Columbia University’s African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) Department invites applications for a position of Postdoctoral Research Scholar to begin July 1,...
On the coattails of two senior faculty hires in African American studies, the department — in conjunction with the humanities and English departments — recently hired three...
Phillip Atiba Goff is a professor of African American studies and psychology at Yale University and co-founder and chief executive officer of the Center for Policing Equity...
“Sometimes, it feels like I’ve been writing this book all my life,” says Daphne A. Brooks, author of the recently released Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual...
On Thursday night, a filmmaker and two professors screened a new documentary about Soul! — the pioneering PBS show focusing on Black culture that ran from 1968 to 1973 — and...
The Grammys
Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes
Since its inception in 1964, the Grammy for best album notes has been awarded to just...
Leaders of Academic Units at Yale Release Joint Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
We come together to condemn anti-Asian racism, recognizing that this week’s murders in...
The African American Policy Forum is horrified and heartbroken by this week’s killings at three Atlanta-area spas. The attacks laid bare the vulnerability of working Asian...
Press Release
March 15, 2021
The National Conference of Black Political Scientists is pleased to announce the winners of our 2021 Awards for Scholarship, Mentoring, and...
Gerald Jaynes, who studies race relations and the economic conditions of African Americans and immigrants, was appointed the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics,...
