Program in African Studies

Welcome to Princeton University's Program in African Studies

The Program in African Studies is one of the most diverse of its kind in the nation. It is truly an interdisciplinary program with faculty from the humanities and social, natural, and engineering sciences playing an active role in teaching and advising research at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. AFS is an affiliate of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Affairs. Navigate this Web site with the buttons to the left to learn more about the program and the requirements for an undergraduate Certificate of Proficiency.

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UPCOMING EVENTS and DEADLINES

FALL 2009

Luncheon Seminars
Ato Quayson, director, Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
DATE and LOCATION TBA

Andrew Feinstein, author, former ANC member of the South African parliament, and current chair of the U.K.-based Friends of the Treatment Action Campaign
DATE and LOCATION TBA

Senior Thesis Colloquia*
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
5:00-6:00 p.m.
216 Aaron Burr Hall

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
5:00-6:00 p.m.
216 Aaron Burr Hall

*Mandatory for students pursuing a certificate in African Studies. Pizza will be served.

SPRING 2009

Senior Thesis Colloquia*
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
5:00-6:00 p.m.
216 Aaron Burr Hall

*Mandatory for students pursuing a certificate in African Studies. Pizza will be served.

 

 



 

 

 

SUMMER 2010


STUDY ABROAD

Princeton in DAR es SALAAM

Learn about the 2009 program >>

* Information meeting coming in September 2009
* Orientation meeting coming in April 2010

Read an article about Princeton in Dar es Salaam in PIIRS News

2010 GLOBAL SEMINAR
in GHANA/LONDON/PRINCETON

"The African American Atlantic: Modernity and the Black Experience
--Simon Gikandi, Princeton University, director

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