Part of "Race, Diversity, and the Learning Community series Blackness Without Borders"

The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Office of Inclusion and Equity, present the Race, Diversity and the Learning Community series Blackness Without Borders. This speaker series will bring international scholars, writers and practitioners that focus on the multiple dimensions of the Black experience globally. Please join Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Chair of Princeton’s Department of African American Studies in conversation with Awam Amkpa, NYUAD Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities as they discuss the multiple dimensions of the Black experience in the US and beyond. The inaugural Blackness Without Borders series will be introduced by Vice Chancellor Mariët Westermann and followed by opening remarks from Fatiah Touray, Esq., Senior Director of the Office of Inclusion and Equity at NYUAD.

Opening remarks by

• Mariët Westermann, Vice Chancellor

• Fatiah Touray, Esq., Senior Director, Office of Inclusion and Equity at NYUAD

Speakers

• Eddie S. Glaude Jr., New York Times Best Selling Author and Chair of Princeton University’s Department of African American Studies

• Awam Amkpa, NYUAD Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities, Program Head of Film and New Media, Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis

In collaboration with

Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World; History Program; Literature & Creative Writing Program; and Office of Alumni Relations