African American And Diaspora Studies

  • Vanderbilt University

    Black Migration Symposium set for Feb. 10-11

    (Image courtesy of the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco) Vanderbilt and Fisk universities will co-host the Black Migration Symposium Feb. 10-11 on both university campuses. Sessions will be held Friday, Feb. 10, at Vanderbilt’s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Sessions… Read More

    Feb 2, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt scholar’s research with black males expands to Pittsburgh

    Two western Pennsylvania school systems will use a program developed at Vanderbilt University to encourage young black males to be successful in school and go on to college. Read More

    Nov 23, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Help plant 5,000 hyacinths Oct. 17

    (istock photo) Artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt senior art majors, will participate in a campus art project Monday Oct. 17 in which 5,000 blue hyacinths will be planted in a shape mapping out the cuban hometown of the artist. All are welcome to… Read More

    Oct 14, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Panel on Cuba features artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons

    "Thinking of It" by María Magdalena Campos-Pons One of the most significant artists to emerge from the Cuban post-revolutionary era will lead a faculty discussion about race in her native country on Wednesday, Oct. 12. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, who is a visiting artist on campus Oct. 9-18,… Read More

    Oct 7, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jemima Pierre

    Anthropologist explores modern Africa and black immigrant experience in America Jemima Pierre (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) In her interactions with black immigrants over the years, Jemima Pierre said she discovered a surprising sentiment. “They told me, ‘I never knew I was black until I came to the U.S.’ I found that… Read More

    Oct 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt writer Alice Randall accepted for Yaddo residency

    The history of the Yaddo property stretches back to a tavern where many writers including Edgar Allan Poe dined in the 19th century. Read More

    Mar 24, 2011

  • New Endowed Chairs

    New faculty endowed chairs celebrated

    Ten Vanderbilt University faculty members who have been named to new endowed chairs were recognized for their remarkable achievements and contributions on Feb. 28. Read More

    Mar 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . .”: What scholars can learn from novelists – and journalists – about storytelling

    Watch video of the Feb. 24 talk by Adam Hochschild, author and journalist, titled “‘Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . .’: What Scholars Can Learn from Novelists–and Journalists–about Storytelling.” Hochschild is an award-winning author of six books, including King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial… Read More

    Feb 25, 2011

  • Traite et Navire Negrier l’Aurore

    Vanderbilt looks at slavery at March 25 symposium

    Scholars from Duke, UC-Berkeley and Columbia will look at slavery and its afterlives during a daylong symposium at Vanderbilt University. Read More

    Feb 23, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    “Historicizing the Black Atlantic, Comparative Colonialism, and Transnational Citizenship”

    Watch video of the Feb. 10, 2011, Black Atlantic Lecture. Mamadou Diouf (African Studies, Columbia University) and Toyin Falola (history, University of Texas at Austin) present “Historicizing the Black Atlantic, Comparative Colonialism, and Transnational Citizenship.” The event is moderated by Moses Ochonu, assistant professor of history, and is co-sponsored by… Read More

    Feb 14, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt series explores the black experience in Europe

    The lives and challenges of being black or of African descent in Europe are explored this semester in the Black Europe and the African Diaspora lecture and film series at Vanderbilt University. Convened by Trica Danielle Keaton, associate professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, and co-sponsored by… Read More

    Feb 4, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    A stash of love letters results in Vanderbilt scholar’s first book

    Stormy Weather tracks evolution of African American marriages Long-neglected love letters between a domestic servant husband and his teacher wife have provided an important part of a new book that tracks how middle class African American marriages evolved in the early and mid 20th century. Stormy Weather: Middle-Class… Read More

    Dec 8, 2010

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt’s Sharpley-Whiting named to The Root 100 list

    T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Vanderbilt professor T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting was named one of the top 100 young leaders of the African American community by the The Root, an online magazine founded by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Sharpley-Whiting is the author of Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on… Read More

    Oct 20, 2010