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African and African American Studies

World & Nation
A group of Congolese people sit side-by-side in front of a red wall.

Solidarity, not charity: Congolese leaders on Indigenous communities and foreign aid

Helen Katz
  •  
Oct. 24, 2024
Academics
AAAS department logo

50 years in the making: African and African American Studies program departmentalizes in January

Erin Loh
  •  
Nov. 15, 2023
Equity Project
Encina Commons, the home of the Center for African Studies. (Photo: THOMAS YIM/The Stanford Daily)

Students criticize loss of community elements at Center for African Studies

Rani Chor
  •  
Nov. 9, 2023
News
young bell hooks in black and white

Stanford community reflects on passing of Black feminist scholar bell hooks ’73

Sophia Ibrahim
  •  
Dec. 22, 2021
Opinions
Photo of main quad with Hoover Tower in the background and a sunny blue sky

From the Community: Join us this Friday for the first AAAS Visioning Session

From the Community
  •  
Oct. 19, 2021
Featured
(Graphic: Hannah Jeoung/The Stanford Daily)

BGSA leader Kimya Loder is a ‘unifying force’ in student organizing for AAAS departmentalization

Rosana Maris Arias
  •  
May 12, 2021
University
(Graphic: HANNAH JEOUNG/The Stanford Daily)

AAAS newcomer Katie Dieter brings optimism amid fight for departmentalization

Rosana Maris Arias
  •  
April 14, 2021
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Graphic: MICHAEL ESPINOSA/The Stanford Daily

Black student organizers gain major win as task force recommends AAAS departmentalization

Rosana Maris Arias
  •  
Feb. 23, 2021
Main Quad scenic, stock photo

Task force recommends departmentalization of African and African-American Studies program

Lorenzo Del Rosario
  •  
Feb. 22, 2021
(Graphic: JEONG SHIN/The Stanford Daily)

Opinion | The Battle for Black Studies: Bending the arc to Black thought

María Díaz-González
  •  
Feb. 16, 2021
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Graphic: MICHAEL ESPINOSA/The Stanford Daily

Students host teach-in to continue the fight for AAAS departmentalization

Rosana Maris Arias
  •  
Feb. 9, 2021
Opinions
(Graphic: JEONG SHIN/The Stanford Daily)

Opinion | The Battle for Black Studies: From an Asian-American alum in support of departmentalization

Kenneth Tea
  •  
Feb. 9, 2021
Opinions
(Graphic: JEONG SHIN/The Stanford Daily)

Opinion | The Battle for Black Studies: Stanford must center its Black scholarship

Fatima Ladha
  •  
Feb. 2, 2021
Opinions
(Graphic: JEONG SHIN/The Stanford Daily)

The Battle for Black Studies: Going beyond anti-racism

Jessie Schrantz
  •  
Jan. 27, 2021
Opinions
(Graphic: JEONG SHIN/The Stanford Daily)

The Battle for Black Studies: AAAS helped me achieve my full potential. Stanford should departmentalize it.

Alex Ramsey
  •  
Jan. 19, 2021
Arts & Life
(Photo: African & African American Studies)

‘The 2020 Project’: The fight for freedom starts with understanding

Matthew Ayoob
  •  
Nov. 30, 2020
University
Building 360, where CCSRE is housed (Photo: DANIEL WU/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford affiliates welcome IDEAL race and ethnicity fellowship, question if it goes far enough

Cameron Ehsan and Jessica Zhu
  •  
Nov. 2, 2020
University
(Photo: NINA ISKANDARSJACH/The Stanford Daily)

Task force to consider AAAS departmentalization, Faculty Senate hears

Nina Iskandarsjach
  •  
Oct. 8, 2020
Speakers & Events
(Photo: NINA ISKANDARSJACH/The Stanford Daily)

Academics call for the departmentalization of African and African American Studies

Nina Iskandarsjach
  •  
Sept. 10, 2020
University
Students gathered in early June to cover Jane Stanford Way in chalk messages of protest and solidarity, joining nationwide demonstrations against police brutality and anti-Black racism highlighted by the recent deaths of George Floyd and others. (Photo courtesy of Carin Ragland)

Step Up or Step Down movement protests through a week of action

Io Gilman and Rae Wymer
  •  
Aug. 7, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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