AAAS
Welcoming the 2026-2027 Academic Year
Featured Faculty
Jarvis R. Givens
Professor of Education
African and African-American Studies Faculty
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies;
Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies
Jacob Olupona
Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and Professor of African Religious Traditions
Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies
AAAS In The News...
AAAS doctoral candidate Mafaz Al-Suwaidan Produces PBS Series
AAAS doctoral candidate Mafaz Al-Suwaidan is a writer and producer of American Muslims: A History Revealed , a Webby-nominated PBS series exploring the early history of Muslims in the United States. Originally released online to an audience of over 3.5...
Professor Daniel Agbiboa Appointed as Fellow for Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
AAAS professor Daniel Agbiboa has been appointed as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) under the Humanity’s Urban Future program, following nomination by leading international urbanists and the program’s advisory committee...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Awarded Jefferson Medal
AAAS professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was awarded the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership on April 13 in a ceremony in Charlottesville, VA. This annual award is the highest external honor bestowed by the University of Virginia and...
African and African American Studies Visual Retrospective
In honor of the 50 years of African & African American Studies at Harvard University, two of our graduate students, Amy Alemu and Robin McDowell, have created a visual retrospective to celebrate the department's history.
