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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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    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.

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    “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s Spring 2025 Exhibition
    “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s Spring 2025 Exhibition

    “As Monica L. Miller and Andrew Bolton have been busy preparing “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the new show...

    The Art of Blackness: A Symposium

    April 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway. What does blackness mean in the context...

    Nona Faustine
    Nona Faustine

    1977 – 2025. Nona Faustine, a photographer who used her work to highlight the perseverance of Black women,...

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