Center for Africana Studies | Johns Hopkins University

Study the Black World

The Center for Africana Studies is the intellectual home for university students, researchers, and faculty whose interests include historical, political, artistic, scientific, literary, educational, and economic work engaging with Africa and the African Diaspora. The center offers a Major and a Minor.

Degrees Offered BA
Major Africana Studies
Minor Africana Studies

Professor Larry Jackson leads a First-Year Seminar class "Black Baltimore Archives - From Frederick Douglass to Billie Holiday."

Explore the Center

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Undergraduate

Focus on three major subfields: African-American studies, African and diaspora studies, or urban studies.

Professor Robbie Shilliam teaching a class.

Faculty

Our actively engaged faculty and affiliated faculty's work spans diverse academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and public health.

colorful painting of Elijah Cummings on the side of a building

Funding Opportunities

The Center for Africana Studies is committed to supporting its faculty affiliates, undergraduate and graduate student organizations, and other campus units with programming focused on Black Studies.