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Africana Studies is the study, research, interpretation, and the dissemination of knowledge concerning African American, African, and Caribbean affairs and culture.  Using the tools of the social sciences and humanities, Africana Studies examines the structure, organization, problems, and perspectives of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora.  Africana Studies also examines issues of politics and social change in African American communities and various African and Caribbean nations.  The term "Africana" incorporates the three areas of concentration within the department--African, African American, and diaspora/comparative social sciences and humanities.  The African diaspora comprises people of African origin outside the African continent, and is studied in comparative context.

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"Just Takes," is our Op-Ed/thought piece/writing initiative at the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice. We encourage our affiliated-faculty and Rutgers Researchers on Race to submit pieces of writing of 500 words or less pitched to orient their research towards a more public audience and/or as relevant for a current issue in the broad area of global racial justice. 

We who believe in freedom

Our new dynamic archive, "Justice Archives," is the first-of-its-kind at Rutgers University and other academic institutions and institutes on race, which provides a snapshot of the over 350 events and projects sponsored by Rutgers faculty over the two and half years of ISGRJ’s launching.

Use this comprehensive archive to access all of our current and past events, programs and initiatives. You can browse by category, year, or location. 

Click here to access Justice Archives

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Spectral Evidence: Poems by Gregory Pardlo (Knopf, January 30, 2024)

A powerful mediation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic

Elegant, profound, and intoxicating—this is the author's first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest. Pardlo ponders the development of his own identity and sense of self as it was shaped against the glaring forces of whiteness.

ISGRJ Research Word Bubble

Each profile details the researcher's academic background, research interests, publications, and ongoing projects. Serving as both showcase and connector, this resource aims to facilitate collaboration, mentorship, and a broader understanding of race and ethnicity among Rutgers researchers, students, and the wider academic community. The database allows users the ability to search by campus, and also to filter the results by research area.

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The Black Ecologies Signature Lab at the ISGRJ draws together threads in order to generate scholarship, artistry, and other resources that aid in infusing public and scholarly discourse as well as our broader cultural imaginaries with the insights generated through the analytical insights, methods, and theories related to Black Ecologies and its closely allied fields, including Black Geographies. The lab provides a suite of digital projects, speaker series and workshops, community engagement events, teaching and undergraduate program development, and publications to foment Rutgers as a major center for Black ecological studies for faculty, students, and community.