— HISTORY
Past Conferences
A legacy of scholarship, community, and African Studies excellence since 1973
— RECENT CONFERENCES
Conference History
NYASA has hosted annual conferences across New York State, bringing together scholars and practitioners from around the world.
1974
SUNY New Paltz
1st Annual Conference
1975
Syracuse University
2nd Annual Conference
1976
Cornell University
3rd Annual Conference
1977
SUNY Buffalo
“The Applications of African Studies”
1978
Columbia University
5th Annual Conference (no theme).
1979
Rockefeller Plaza
“Science of the Arts in the African World in Education” (co-sponsored by the State Education Department)
1980
St. John’s University
African Presence in a World of Change
1981
SUNY Binghamton
“Critical Issues in African Affairs: Implications for the 80s”
1982
Albany Cultural Education Ctr.
“Africa, Asia and the Americas”
1983
Fordham University
“Africa, The Diaspora and the New World Order”
1984
Syracuse University
“Africa and the World: Conflict and Cooperation”
1985
University of Rochester
“Asia, Africa, and the Americas”
1987
Mercy College
“Africa and America: Bridging the Gap”
1989
SUNY New Paltz
“Africa Faces the Future.”
1991
Iona-Seton College
“Pan-Africanism: 1991 and Beyond”
1992
SUNY New Paltz at Mohonk Mountain House
“Africa and the World”
1993
Adirondack Community College
Cross Cultural Developments in Africa
1994
Cornell University
“Positive Perspectives for the 21st Century”
1995
Hostos Community College
African Renaissance and Reconstruction”
1996
Mercy College and the Rockefeller Archive Center
“Understanding Contemporary Africa” NGOs and African Development
1997
Russell Sage Colleges
“The African World in Transition”
1998
SUNY Binghamton
“Africa and the Challenge of Globalization”
1999
SUNY Oswego
“Africa and the African Diaspora in the 21st Century”
2000
SUNY Cortland
“Africa and the African Diaspora in the New Millennium”
2001
SUNY Brockport
“Human Condition: Global African Dimensions”
2002
New York City College of Technology
“Digitizing the Discipline”
2003
Cornell University
“Transnational Discourses in the African World”
2004
Eastern Connecticut State University
“Engaging Africana Studies: Production, Control and Dissemination of Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora”
2005
SUNY Binghamton
“Global Africa and the Challenges of American Hegemony”
2006
SUNY New Paltz
“African Pessimism/African Optimism”
2007
SUNY Plattsburgh
“African Peoples: The Past Fifty Years and Beyond”
2008
Cornell University
“Africa in the 21st Century: Reconstruction or Re-Colonization”
2009
Syracuse University
“Reconstruction, Peace and Transformation in Africa”
2010
Binghamton University
“Global-Africa, Global-Asia: Africa and Asia in the Age of Globalization”
2011
SUNY Oneonta
“Gender, Science, Technology, and Socio-Economic Development: Africa and the Diaspora”
2012
Pennsylvania State University
“Africans in the Americas and African Americans in Africa: the Shifting Boundries of citizenship in the 21st Century”
2013
SUNY Binghamton
“Global Africa, Triple Heritage and Pax Africana: Looking Back and Looking Forward”
2014
SUNY Cortland
“Praxis Africana:(Re)framing the Arts, Sciences,Culture and Community Engagement”
2015
Union College/Albany Law School/Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
“Africa, its Diaspora & Laws”
2016
The City College of New York/New York Columbia University/New York
“Music and the Arts of Africa and the Diaspora”
2017
Suny Buffalo
“Emerging Africas: Versions & Visions”
2018
Seton Hall, New Jersey
“Global Africa: Human Migration, The African Diaspora, and the Future”
2019
York College CUNY, Queens, New York
“50 Year Ripple; Black Studies-Sankofa Past, Present, and Future.”
2021
Hosted Virtually
“Old Wine in New Bottles: The New Scramble for Africa”
SUNY Cortland Conference Info
For additional information about the SUNY Cortland conference and past proceedings, please contact the NYASA Secretariat at conference@nyasa.org.