Department of African American Studies, Princeton University

10/08/2026

Recapping the Graduate and Law School Applications Workshop, held Friday, September 11 in the Hobson-Rogers Seminar Room.

Undergraduate students had the chance to hear directly from African American Studies alumni — Avanequé Pennant '24 (Columbia Law), Cierra Robson '19, and Toyin Edogun '20 — alongside Brandon Treviño, Associate Director of Pre-Law Career Advising at Princeton's Center for Career Development, in a candid Q&A on navigating graduate and law school applications.

10/05/2026

Looking back at the AAS Graduate Student Mixer. On Wednesday, September 9, graduate students, faculty, and staff came together on the Morrison Hall Patio to kick off the new year, connect with old and new faces, and build community in a relaxed, welcoming setting.

10/01/2026

Join us for the Sports, Race and Society Lecture, an in-conversation event featuring Dr. Myron Rolle — Rhodes Scholar, former NFL player, and Pediatric Neurosurgeon — in discussion with Ford Family Director of Athletics John Mack '00 about balancing elite athletics with a career in medicine, and the impact of athletes as community leaders.

📆 Thursday, October 8
🕚️ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 McCosh Hall, Room 10
👥 Open to everyone

Learn more and register here:

The Sports, Race and Society Lecture Series is excited to feature on campus on Thursday, October 8th. A graduate of the nearby Hun School of Princeton, Dr. Rolle currently serves as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Nemours Children’s Hospital. He is a Rhodes Scholar, bestselling author, former All-Amer...

09/25/2026

Join us October 2-3 for Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, a two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the enduring significance of archives and archival theory for the study of Islam and Muslim societies.

Location: Hobart Betts Auditorium
Open to everyone: faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, alumni, and the public

Learn more and register here: aas.princeton.edu/events

09/24/2026

Join us next TUESDAY, Sept. 29 for the AY27 Faculty-Graduate Seminar Series: "Black Feminisms", a discussion exploring Blackness as a political concept that transcends borders, and how Black women's social thought and practices have shaped gender, citizenship, and belonging across the Atlantic world, featuring Sophia Monegro, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Smith College.

Event Info: Tuesday, September 29 @ 5:00 PM
Hobson-Rogers Seminar Room, 104 Morrison Hall
Open to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students

Learn More and Register at: aas.princeton.edu/events

06/12/2026

As a department committed to the study of African American history, culture, and intellectual traditions, we recognize Juneteenth as both a commemoration of emancipation and an invitation to engage more deeply with the ongoing pursuit of justice, equity, and liberation.

Juneteenth stands as a national moment of remembrance, celebration, and continued reflection on the long struggle for Black freedom in the United States. Observed annually on June 19, it marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the enforcement of the Emancip...

04/29/2026

Day Two panels of the 2026 Black Q***r & Trans Studies Graduate Conference will be held on Saturday, May 2, at McCosh Hall.

These panels examine how Black q***r and trans communities theorize, enact, and contest power through resistance, movement, and claims to belonging. The conversations engage global perspectives while foregrounding the political and intellectual stakes shaping Black q***r and trans studies today.

This event is open to all — registration is required. Learn more and register: aas.princeton.edu/events

04/28/2026

Day One panels of the 2026 Black Q***r & Trans Studies Graduate Conference take place on Friday, May 1, at McCosh Hall.

What does it mean to do Black q***r/trans studies now? Amidst intensifying state violence both within and beyond the academy, Day One panels invite inter- and cross-disciplinary engagement with Black q***r/trans life and politics through a global lens. Graduate and early-career scholars will explore the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and power in conversation with one another.

This event is open to all — registration is required. Learn more and register: aas.princeton.edu/events

04/25/2026

TOMORROW (4/26)
🗓️ AAS Co‑Sponsored Event: “The Jefferson Paradox”
Sunday, April 26, 3:00 PM
Nassau Presbyterian Church
OPEN TO ALL

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. joins Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon‑Reed as she discusses her new book Jefferson on Race, examining one of the central contradictions in American history.

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed, joined by Eddie Glaude, discusses her book "Jefferson on Race," examining his ideals of equality and his contradictory life as a slaveholder.. Event starts at April 26, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

04/24/2026

What does it mean to do Black q***r/trans studies now? Amidst intensifying state violence both in and outside of the academy, this conference is an invitation to explore the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and power through a global lens. The conference will be a space for inter- and cross-disciplinary dialogue amongst graduate and early-career scholars of Black q***r/trans life and politics, capaciously defined. This event is open to all — Registration is required.

Learn more at aas.princeton.edu/events!