Join us for an exploration of the social, political, and cultural forces shaping Black life across the globe. This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together scholars whose work examines the past, present, and future of urban experiences in Africa and the African Diaspora.

Join the African & African American Studies Department for a book talk with Dr. Karma Frierson exploring Blackness, cultural expression, and Afro-Caribbean heritage in Veracruz, Mexico.

This event is sponsored/ cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, the James Baldwin Review, the Department of African and African American Studies, the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, the Center for the Humanities, and the WashU School of Law.

Belonging in Opera is presented by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Washington University’s Department of Music.

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity at WashU welcomes faculty and graduate students from all St. Louis area campuses interested in race and ethnicity as categories of analysis in a broad variety of transdisciplinary contemporary and historical cultural studies work.

Join us in supporting our faculty member, Raven Maragh-Lloyd, as she presents at this year’s A&S Research Innovation Showcase!

The Department of African & African American Studies invites our students, faculty, and community members to attend this year’s Robert L. Williams Lecture, hosted by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity at WashU welcomes faculty and graduate students from all St. Louis area campuses interested in race and ethnicity as categories of analysis in a broad variety of transdisciplinary contemporary and historical cultural studies work.

More details coming soon!

Join University Libraries for a faculty book talk featuring AFAS professor, Dr. Samuel Shearer, who will discuss his new book on the transformation of Kigali and the global implications of sustainable urbanism.

RSVP Required -- See Below

Join the Department of African and African American Studies for an engaging talk with Dr. Koang Tutlam Dung, a distinguished African diplomat and medical doctor, as he shares insights on Africa’s evolving role in global affairs.

Save the Date!

Join us for a roundtable with Adrienne Davis, Robert Chang, and Anthony Farley as they reflect on Derrick Bell’s legacy and the future of Critical Race Theory.

Join the African and African American Studies and Anthropology departments for a talk led by Dr. Bertin M. Louis, Professor of Anthropology and African and African American Studies at the University of Kentucky. A light reception will follow the event.

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is pleased to host a special Danforth Distinguished Lecture featuring award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Ta-Nehisi Coates holds the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair at Howard University in the English department. His bestselling books include The Water Dancer, The Message, and 2015 National Book Award winner, Between the World and Me.

Elizabeth Hinton, Yale Professor of History, African American Studies, and Law, will join Coates on stage for this wide-ranging public conversation. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty, racial inequality, and urban violence in the 20th century United States.

Douglas Flowe (WashU History) discusses the recent book, America on Fire, with the author.

Join us in celebrating the launch of the Global Black Studies Graduate Certificate, an exciting new interdisciplinary program that highlights critical inquiries into the global dimensions of Black experiences, politics, and cultural expressions.