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Stanford University, Department of African and
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, Department of African and
African
American
Studies,
records
Studies,
records
Identifier/Call Number: SC1484
Physical Description:
2.75 Linear Feet
(1 MSB, 1 flat box, 3 half boxes)
Physical Description:
330.2 megabyte(s)
Date (inclusive): 1968-2023
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
[identification of item], Stanford University, Department of African and
African
American
Studies, records (SC1484). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
African
American
Studies, records (SC1484). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original
format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer, 2019.
This collection consists of materials relating to the Program in African and
African
American
Studies at Stanford University.
African
American
Studies at Stanford University.
The Department of African and
African
American
Studies (AAAS), first established as an
interdisciplinary Stanford program in 1969, was the first ethnic studies program developed
at Stanford University and the first African and
African
American
Studies program at a
private institution in the United States.
African
American
Studies (AAAS), first established as an
interdisciplinary Stanford program in 1969, was the first ethnic studies program developed
at Stanford University and the first African and
African
American
Studies program at a
private institution in the United States.
AAAS promotes an understanding of how history informs the present and inspires an
engagement with the past in order to collectively dream a more just and equitable future.
AAAS faculty, staff, and students value the interrelated nature of the personal and the
political and aim to create a community that allows for intellectual and personal
flourishing. The program's interdisciplinarity equips students with the tools to produce
revolutionary scholarship, question all assumptions and norms, and confront the power
imbalances of our social reality.
Departmentalized in October 2023 by the Board of Trustees following over 55 years of
advocacy by Stanford students, staff, and faculty, Stanford's Department of African and
African
American
Studies opened in January 2024 and currently offers three tracks—African
Studies,
African
American
Studies, and Global Black Diaspora Studies—providing
undergraduates with a comprehensive understanding of the field of Black Studies.
African
American
Studies opened in January 2024 and currently offers three tracks—African
Studies,
African
American
Studies, and Global Black Diaspora Studies—providing
undergraduates with a comprehensive understanding of the field of Black Studies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College students, Black.
Africa -- Study and teaching
African
American
college students