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News & Events
News & Announcements
### Hip Hop Institute Renamed in Honor of Marcyliena Morgan
October 08, 2025
Harvard’s Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute has been renamed the Marcyliena H. Morgan Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute in honor of AAAS professor and founder Marcyliena Morgan, who died recently at age 75. Please see the Harvard Gazette's article...
### AAAS Professor Claudine Gay Delivers Keynote Address at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
September 19, 2025
On September 3rd, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study invited AAAS Professor Claudine Gay to deliver the keynote address opening the 2025-2026 academic year. Gay discussed the political and economic pressures threatening the core values of...
September 19, 2025
Last weekend on September 12 th and 13 th , AAAS professors Marla Frederick and Henry Louis Gates Jr. attended the Third World Meeting on Human Fraternity in Vatican City. This summit convened thinkers and musical artists from all over the world to...
### AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis Wins American Book Award
September 17, 2025
AAAS professor Sarah Lewis is a recipient of the 46th annual American Book Award for her book The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America. Please see the link for more information: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/joy-reid-and-percival-everett...
### African Landscape Architectures Conference Brings together AAAS, the GSD, and More
June 18, 2025
Last month, AAAS and the GSD co-hosted the event African Landscape Architectures: Alternative Futures for the Field featuring AAAS Professors Gareth Doherty , Jacob K. Olupona , Amber M Henry , and Daniel E. Agbiboa . This two day event explored the...
### AAAS Preceptor Taiwo Ehineni Publishes New Book on Yoruba Names
June 18, 2025
Last month, AAAS Preceptor Taiwo Ehineni had his new book Yoruba Names: Language, Culture, and History published by the Routledge Focus Publishing House. This book provides an in-depth and nuanced analysis of the naming practices among the Yoruba, one of...
### AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Awarded Vilcek Prize for Excellence
February 03, 2025
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been awarded the Vilcek Prize for Excellence. The Vilcek Prize for Excellence is awarded by the Vilcek Foundation in recognition of intellectual and cultural leaders who have had a profound impact on society and contribute a...
### AAAS Professor Carla D. Martin Receives Anya Bernstein Bassett Award
December 09, 2024
AAAS Professor Carla D. Martin was recently announced as a recipient of the 2024 Anya Bernstein Bassett Awards for Excellence in Teaching by Non-Ladder Faculty. This award is granted in recognition of Carla's evidence-based teaching practices, innovative...
December 09, 2024
The work of AAAS concentrator, Leah Yeshitila, to archive photos from her colleagues from Ethiopia depicting life in the mid 20th century, was featured by the Archive Africa and Vintage African Women projects. Her work can be seen here on their instagram...
### AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa Publishes New Article in Political Science and Politics Journal
December 09, 2024
AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa recently had his article entitled Deep Waters: The Flooding and Climate of Suffering in Nigeria published in the journal PS: Political Science and Politics, by Cambridge University Press. The article can be accessed here.
50 Years of African & African American Studies at Harvard
AAAS commemorated its 50th Anniversary with a 2-day symposium on February 28-29, 2020.
For more information, visit the to see photos and videos from the event.