The Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University (AAADS)
The Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. (IRAAS)
"Envisioning the academy as a site of critical engagement for social transformation. . ."
IRAAS and AAADS are an intellectual community that bridges scholarship, teaching and public life. We envision the project of African American Studies as a multi-disciplinary enterprise. Our faculty employ an array of theoretical approaches and methodological strategies to examine historical and contemporary formations in black culture, politics, and society.