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In the 21st century and nearly 55 years after its inception, the Africana Studies & Research Center remains committed to continuing academic innovation in the field of Africana studies and to remaining at its forefront theoretically and pedagogically, while sustaining its ongoing commitments to activism and community engagement.
“Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa: A conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle,” set for May 8-9, will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation.
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The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.
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For more than half a century, Cornell’s Adult University has offered summer courses on the Hill — from cooking to cycling and beyond.
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Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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"Sanctuary from the Storm: Making (My) Room with The Torkelsons," will explore Sheppard’s fondness for the 1990s television show and what the show’s representation of home spaces can tell us about the way television influences living practices.
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This month’s featured titles include a history Harlem by a government alum and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid.
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"Poetry and artwork were my ways of processing the world around me."
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In “The Perversity of Gratitude: An Apartheid Education," Grant Farred describes his experience of flourishing intellectually, despite and even thanks to being educated under apartheid, while also analyzing concepts that made such an education possible.
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