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REGISTER HEREPrograms on Africa
The Programs on Africa at the Center for Africana Studies provides members of the University of Pennsylvania, local, national, and international communities with information on faculty, researchers, activities, and programming on historical and contemporary Africa.
Learn MoreSummer Institute for Pre-First Years
This intensive one-week course of study is taught by standing Penn faculty and exposes students to major intellectual and cultural themes and currents in 19th, 20th, and 21st century African and African Diaspora studies.
Click to learn moreProf. Dorothy Roberts presented her lecture “Are Civil Rights Enough?”, had a riveting conversation with Prof. Marcia Chatelain, and was recognized for her prestigious research and activism.
Upcoming Events
The Labors of Resurrection: Lecture and Discussion with Dr. Shatema Threadcraft
Necromancy and the Democratic Storytelling of W.E.B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison
Dr. Shatema Threadcraft, Dr. Katerina Traut
Join the The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy for an event featuring Dr. Shatema Threadcraft on Necromancy and the Democratic Storytelling of W.E.B. Du Bois and Toni Morrison.
Shatema…
A Conversation on Leadership with a Modern Civil Rights Legend
Damon T. Hewitt, Ben Jealous
Join us for a leadership conversation between the modern civil rights legend, Damon T. Hewitt, and Professor of Practice, Ben Jealous!
Damon T. Hewitt is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’…
Diaspora Lecture Series: The Parable of Blueberries: Radical Black Ecology in Practice
Chérie Rivers
Chérie Rivers is a scholar and practitioner of Black and indigenous ecologies. She is founder and co-director of Dandelions’, an educational biodynamic farm that integrates the legacy of freedom farming with…
