Dr. Omar H. Ali’s recently published article ‘Teaching Africa in World History: Painting Scenes, Performing Stories, Creating Conversation’ demonstrates the performatory approach to teaching African in World History. For a copy of the full article, please email us at aads@uncg.edu. Read the first page.
Professor Michael D. Cauthen recently published an article entitled ‘The Race and Intelligence Debate: An Epistemic Crisis in Method and Substance.” Read the full article.
The African American and African Diaspora Studies Program invites abstracts and panel proposals to be submitted for its 2019 Conference on African American & African Diasporic Cultures & Experience (CACE), to be held Feb. 26-27.
On Sept. 10, AADS faculty member and Dean of the Lloyd International Honors College, Dr. Omar H. Ali joined Grammy recipient and MacArthur fellow Rhiannon Giddens, and multi-instrumenalist Francensco Turris in a series conversations about the intersections of the African Diaspora and history of Islam. The event was co-sponsored by… Continue reading…
On September 19, Dr. Brian McGowan, AADS Faculty Affiliate and Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education and Higher Education department, kicked off AADS’ Conversation with the Community series for the 2018-2019 academic year with a talk on important intersectional issues impacting Black college students. Join us for our next Conversation… Continue reading…
AADS faculty members, Dr. Omar H. Ali and Dr. Cerise L. Glenn were among faculty from UNCG and Wake Forest University, that recently led a public conversation around Sheila S. Walker’s documentary ‘Familiar Faces, Unexpected Places: A Global African Diaspora.”
AADS alumna Itane Coleman ‘17 takes part in UNCG’s new alumni podcast, Spartans Speak. The podcast is hosted by the UNCG GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Council and will premiere next month.
Congratulations to AADS Professor and Dean of Lloyd International Honors College, Dr. Omar H. Ali, recipient of the 2018 Dean’s Award for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusiveness in the College of Arts and Sciences. To see the nomination statement and the extent to which Dr. Ali builds diverse and… Continue reading…
Black History Month events include a lecture by Dr. Frank Woods, the 2018 CACE Conference, and many other events!
Omar H. Ali is Dean of Lloyd International Honors College and Professor of Global and Comparative African Diaspora History at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
