Welcome to African and African American Studies (AAAS) at Stanford University – the first ethnic studies program developed at Stanford University and the first African and African American Studies program at a private institution in the U.S.
Upcoming Events
Exhibition
New Orleans as Method: An End-of-Course Exhibition and Celebration
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 4pm to 6pm PT
Other
Book Signing with Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz
Thu, Apr 23, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm PT
Stanford Humanities Center, Patio
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
St. Clair Drake Memorial Lecture Featuring renowned author Junot Díaz
Thu, Apr 23, 2026 5:30pm to 7pm PT
Exhibition
African and African American Studies Materials in the Stanford University Archives
Fri, May 1, 2026 12pm to 2pm PT
Swimming with Crocodiles: Nzulezo and the Human-Animal Entanglement in Africa - Nana Kesse
Wed, May 6, 2026 12pm to 1pm PT
Recent Events
Film/Screening
But Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women’s Film Festival
Sat, Apr 11, 2026 12pm to 8pm PT
Film/Screening
But Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women’s Film Festival
Fri, Apr 10, 2026 7pm to 10pm PT
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
THE HUM OF REFLECTION: Studying Absorption in Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson & Paul Laurence Dunbar’s The Voice of the Banjo
Thu, Mar 12, 2026 5pm to 7pm PT
