Center for the Study of African American Culture

CSAAC

629 Agnes Arnold Hall

University of Houston

Houston, TX 77204-3047

(713) 743-2811

(713) 743-2818 (fax)

 

“While I am anything but the passionate conspiracy-phobic, the contemporary social results seem anything but accidental.”

 

—Randall Robinson

Divisions

 

The Black Houston History Project

An initiative committed to the research, study and preservation of the history of African American people and institutions in the city of Houston, Texas, from the nineteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Institute for African American Policy Research

Revived in the 2002-2003 academic year, the Institute for African American Policy Research is committed to the exploration, study and publication of research related to public policy issues affecting Africana people in the city of Houston.

Annual Africana Studies Research Symposium

Hosted annually by the Institute for African American Policy Research, the symposium explores critical issues in Africana Studies research through presentations by scholars from across the United States and with designed academic publication outcome.

Upcoming Events

 

April 22-23, 2011—(CSAAC) Symposium on African American Islam

 

The Center for the Study of African American Culture (CSAAC) at the University of Houston will host its Eighth Annual Africana Studies Research Symposium on New Approaches to the Study of African American Islam, April 21-23, 2011.  CSAAC will invite senior and junior level scholars to present groundbreaking research that broadens academic understanding of African American Islam within three thematic concentrations:  Myth, Motif, and Urban Folklore; Faith and Community; and, Sacred Space and Public Policy. Of concern are recent developments in Islamic organizations such as the Moorish Science Temple of America, Nation of Islam, and Ahmaddiyah Muslim Mission to America, as well as issues related to identity, nationalism, gender, and culture.  Research presented will be compiled into an edited volume for publication to further the discussion and understanding of African American Islamic traditions.