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March
“Post Blackness in Contemporary America." - Touré
On Friday, February 10, 2012, AADS hosted guest speaker Touré who gave the lecture “Post Blackness in Contemporary America."
April
AADS GSA receives the Outstanding Organization in the Graduate Student Organization Community Award
Greetings AADS Students, Faculty, and Staff...
May
AADS recently received the visit of an Afro-Latino Delegation
On May 2, 2012, a delegation of Afro-Latino men and women visited FIU and AADS, on their way to Washington, DC.
AADS Alumnus Amy Wolfson Receives Prestigious Fellowship from UC Berkley
Amy Wolfson, an AADS Alumnus currently enrolled in U.C. Berkeley Ph.D. Program in African Diaspora Studies
July
President of University of Liberia Visits AADS
The President of the University of Liberia Visits FIU.
August
MA in AADS Student Felix Jean-Louis Published an Article!
MA in AADS Student, Felix Jean-Louis just published an article, "Dèyè mòn gen mòn, ant mòn yo gen moun (Behind mountains there are mountains, between those mountains there are people)," in the Jamaican Beacon. Congrats Felix on your publication! Keep making us proud!
September
The Department of History and AADS Seach for an Africanist Historian
Florida International University invites applications for an assistant professor of 19th- and/or 20th-century African history.
AADS Alumni Noelle Theard Featured in Nueva Luz: Photo Journal
AADS Alumni Noelle Theard Featured in Nueva Luz: Photo Journal
November
AADS Supported Alternative Breaks Group
This year AADS is supporting a group of Alternative Breaks Students on their spring break trip to the Gambia. The group is coming up with very innovative ways to fund raise for their trip!
Dr. Marta Maffia from Universidad Nacional De La Plata Presents Lecture
Dr. Marta Maffia from Universidad Nacional De La Plata Presents Lecture on Afro-Argentines, her presentation focused on the Cape Verdean community of Argentina.
Dr. Rahier Presents His Newly Published Collection of Essays
Dr. Jean Muteba Rahier, presented the recently published collection of essays entitled Black Social Movements in Latin America: From Monocultural Mestizaje to Multiculturalism he edited for Palgrave Macmillan (2012).