Join us at Cine Athens on October 17, 2019, as we welcome Atlanta Music Scholar Harold Pride and DJ Lynnee Denise for a talk, community mixer, and DJ set around the topic "Let the Beat Hit'em: Case Studies in DJ Scholarship." FREE event made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Willson Center for the Humanities & the Arts. 

On Monday, September 23, 2019, the Institute for African American Studies hosted our first "Donuts with the Director" event in 314 Park Hall. Students networked with one another and the Director of IAAS, Dr. Carolyn Jones Medine, as they enjoyed free coffee and donuts. We encourage current and prospective AFAM undergraduate or graduate students to stop by 314 Park Hall any time to use the library, student lounge, or free printing. 

Our Director of the Institute for African American Studies, Dr. Carolyn Jones Medine, invites current and prospective undergraduate or graduate AFAM students to a drop-in "Donuts with the Director" event.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and global response, the Conference on James Baldwin has been postponed until June 2021. Additional details forthcoming. Original article updated March 19, 2020. 

Dr. Hilary Green from the University of Alabama will give a talk regarding her Hallowed Grounds tour at UAB where she draws attention and remembers the University's historical racism. The free and public event is hosted by the UGA History Department and sponsored by the Carl and Sally Gable Fund for Southern History.

Please join us on Monday September 16 at 5:30PM at the Special Collections Library for the lecture, “Was It Justice? Convict Labor And The Practice Of Punishment In America,” by Dr. Mary Ellen Curtin, Associate Professor of History at American University. The lecture will explore the history of forced labor as legal punishment for men and women, black and white.

Each semester, the Institute for African American Studies offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to pursue AFAM scholarship under the direction of a faculty member in a small seminar course setting (AFAM 4250/6250). During Fall 2019, our Director of the Institute for African American Studies and Professor of Religion, Dr. Carolyn Jones Medine, leads students through Toni Morrison's trilogy: Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise. Though course planning began earlier in the year, the course is timely.