The Black Studies Department at Yale University
The Black Studies Department examines, from numerous disciplinary perspectives, the experiences of people of African descent in Black Atlantic societies, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Courses explore the innovative, complex, and distinctively African American social structures and cultural traditions that Africans in the diaspora have created. Students are exposed
03/25/2026
Thursday, March 26, the Black Studies Endeavors Seminar Series has been canceled.
We thank you for your continued support and participation. We look forward to welcoming you to our final Spring Endeavors Seminar Series event on April 16, featuring guest speaker Allison Curseen.
03/13/2026
09/23/2025
We are excited to invite you to the next talk in the Black Studies Fall 2025 Endeavors Seminar Series! On October 9th, we will welcome Ryan C. Jobson ‘17, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Race, Diaspora & Indigeneity, University of Chicago, back to Yale to deliver his talk titled “Radiation and the Question of Power: C.L.R. James and the Struggle for Chaguaramas.”
Come early to grab a seat and a delicious catered lunch, and bring your questions for Professor Jobson! We hope to see you there!
Date: Thursday, 10/9, 2025
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: Gordon Parks Room 201, 81 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511
09/22/2025
We are excited to invite you to the first talk of the Black Studies Fall 2025 Endeavors Seminar Series! On October 2nd, we will welcome our very own Daphne A. Brooks, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Black Studies at Yale, to deliver her talk titled "Rhapsody & Ruin: Racial Domination, the Archive and Porgy & Bess—Opera’s Story of America.”
Come early to grab a seat and a delicious catered lunch and bring your questions for the brilliant Professor Brooks! We hope to see you there!
Date: Thursday, 10/2, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 1:30pm
Location: Gordon Parks Room 201, 81 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511