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Deborah Willis

Director

Joan Morgan

Program Director

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IAAA’s mission continues to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond with a commitment to the study of Blacks in modernity through concentrations in Pan-Africanism and Black Urban Studies.

The CBVC, is a space for scholarly and artistic inquiry (framing and reframing) into the understanding and exploration of images focusing on black people globally with critical evaluation of images in multiple realms of culture, including how various archives and the development of visual technologies affect the construction of representations.

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5737

Participants

510

Speakers

400

Hours of Content

115

Workshops

WHAT WE STAND FOR

Who We Are

    The Institute of African American Affairs (IAAA) and Center for Black Visual Culture (CBVC) at New York University are both interdisciplinary spaces for students, faculty, post-doc fellows, artists, scholars and the general public.

    The goals of IAAA & CBVC converge to promote and encourage collaborative research projects, experimental learning and open spaces to the larger community for broad and thematic discussions through various, diverse and dynamic public programming and initiatives by way of conferences, lectures, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, readings, performances, visiting scholars, artist residencies and publications.

    Schedule Of Events

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    Fall 2022 Highlights

    Comrade Sisters | In a Time of Panthers – a Double Book Talk + Signing

    DATE: Monday, October 24th, 2022

    LOCATION: WNYC’s The GreeneSpace – 44 Charlton Street New York, NY 10014

    Between the Lines: Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

    DATE: Tuesday, October 12, 2022

    LOCATION: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture – 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10030

    In Case You Missed It

    • Unbound Tarana Burke Comrade Sisters
    • The Front RoomEmotional Justice
    • Home and the womb Home: Reimagining Interiority

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    On Our Radar

    Stay in the know and keep up to date with all of our events, special sessions, behind the scenes and book talks.

    On the Union Square Public Art Installation feat. Busts of John Lewis, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd
    On the Union Square Public Art Installation feat.  Busts of John Lewis, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd

    On Thursday, a trio of statues was unveiled in Union Square, depicting civil rights leader John Lewis, and...

    NYU Tisch Alum, Tyler Mitchell, has two exhibits on view at Jack Shainman Gallery NYC until October 30, 2021
    NYU Tisch Alum, Tyler Mitchell, has two exhibits on view at Jack Shainman Gallery NYC until October 30, 2021

    Opening reception for the exhibitions: Thursday, September 9th, from 6-8 PM at both gallery spaces. Jack Shainman Gallery is thrilled to...

    John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations on view at Lisson Gallery in NYC until October 16, 2021
    John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations on view at Lisson Gallery in NYC until October 16, 2021

    Since March 2020, the London-based artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has been working on the longest continuous-running project of his...

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