Congratulations to, Stuart Schrader, Associate Professor and Director of the Chloe Center, on the release of “Blue Power”. This new publication focuses on a history of police unions that reveals […]

Ph.D. Candidate: Political Science Hometown: Washington DC/Hyattsville, MD Kory Gaines is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His dissertation examines Chicago blues and […]

This is a list of our upcoming Spring lectures and events. For additional information please see our events calendar.

Please join us on Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 3:30 pm, Mergenthaler Hall 230 Learn more about the Center for Africana Studies, including course offerings, CAS faculty and events. Light […]

Madina Thiam joins as Fannie Gaston-Johansson Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History. She studies Mali and West Africa from the 18th to the 20th century, with interests in the […]

We are excited to welcome Associate Research Professor, Amaka Okechukwu, to the Center for Africana Studies. Amaka Okechukwu is an Associate Research Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Johns […]

Announcing “Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago” by Zophia Edwards In this new book, Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago, Zophia […]

“Language as culture is … mediating between me and my own self; between my own self and other selves; between me and nature. Language is mediating my very being … […]

Congratulations to our 2025 undergraduates.

We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Graduate Research Awards! These outstanding graduate students have demonstrated exceptional academic promise and innovative research potential across the Black World […]