# Center for Africana Studies

**Source**: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/center
**Parent**: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/department-africana-studies/standing-faculty

***The Center for Africana Studies is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the peoples of Africa and their diasporas.***

Our intellectual work and programing highlight the impact of Africa and the African diasporas on humanity. Through its research, academic initiatives and public programming, the Center’s work seeks to explore the profound ways in which African peoples have functioned on a global scale and how their experiences have resonated around the world throughout history.

## Upcoming Events

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Mar\
17\
2026

### [The Wisdom of West African Healers: Lessons for a Troubled World](/events/2026/03/17/wisdom-west-african-healers-lessons-troubled-world)

##### Africana Lecture Series

##### Paul Stoller

 | Max Kade, Room 329-A\
3401 Walnut Street\
University of Pennsylvania

What can the world learn from the healing practices of West Africa in this global climate? We welcome Paul Stoller to help answer that question with his lecture, "The Wisdom of West African Healers: Lessons for a…

Mar\
19\
2026

### [2026 Africana Studies Graduate Student Colloquium](/events/2026/03/19/2026-africana-studies-graduate-student-colloquium)

##### Beyond Precarity: Afrodiasporic Women's Embodied Reclamation of Labor, Land, & Future

##### Nadia Mosquera Muriel, Laurian Bowles

 | Max Kade Center, Room 329-A\
3401 Walnut Street\
University of Pennsylvania

The Department of Africana Studies invites you to our 13th Annual Graduate Student Colloquium. This year we welcome Laurian Bowles and Nadia Mosquera Muriel to speak on the topic, Beyond Precarity: Afrodiasporic…

Mar\
26\
2026

### [Great Decisions: U.S. Engagement of Africa](/events/2026/03/26/great-decisions-us-engagement-africa)

##### Presented by World Affairs Council of Harrisburg

##### Ali Dinar

  | Virtual Webinar

Join Dr. Ali Dinar, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Joyce Davis, WACH President, to discuss U.S. Engagement of Africa. Africa’s geopolitical role is growing…