Wittenberg Series: Kinnison Lecture

November 16, 2023
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location:
Bayley Auditorium; Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center

Michael Gomez

William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History
Michael Gomez, Silver Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University

  • Presentation Title: "Of Golden Ages and Times Less Shimmering: West Africa Then and Now"

In addition to his work as a professor, Michael Gomez is the director of NYU’s Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora (CSAAD), having served as the founding director of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) from its inception in 2000 to 2007. He is also the founding editor of the Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora (Cambridge University Press), and the general editor of its Cambridge History of the African Diaspora, a three-volume series scheduled for 2025. He has served as chair of the history departments at both NYU and Spelman College, and he was president of UNESCO's International Scientific Committee for the Slave Route Project from 2009 to 2011.

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