Faculty Profile
Nadia Alahmed
(she/her/hers)Assistant Professor of Africana Studies (2019)
Contact Information
on sabbatical 2024-25
Althouse Hall Room G20
717-254-8067
Bio
Professor Nadia Alahmed’s research interests include Black radical thought and politics, Black internationalism, Black Islam, critical Hip Hop studies and historical, political and cultural connections between Black America and the Middle East. She is currently working on her first book exploring parallels and interactions between Black and Palestinian social justice and liberation movements, from the Black Power Movement until the present day.
Education
- B.A., Birzeit University
- M.A., Rutgers University, 2015
- Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2019.
2024-2025 Academic Year
Spring 2025
AFST 100 Intro to Africana Studies
Cross-listed with LALC 121-01.
LALC 121 Intro to Africana Studies
Cross-listed with AFST 100-01.
MEST 200 Afro-Arabs/Changing Discourse
Cross-listed with AFST 320-04.
The course title is "Changing Discourse on Race in the Middle East and North Africa: Afro-Arabs and Ethno-racial formations in the Region" This interdisciplinary seminar examines the processes of racialization, identity formation and anti-Blackness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Focusing on the experiences, cultures, and histories of Afro-Arab peoples in the region, the course will highlight how race and racism have been articulated throughout the centuries. It will explore the forces that shaped the discourse on race in MENA: from Sub-Saharan slavery to modern issues like the migrant and refugee crisis, globalization, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the growth and popularization of Hip-hop. Cross-listed with Middle East Studies.
AFST 320 Afro-Arabs/Changing Discourse
Cross-listed with MEST 200-03.
The course title is "Changing Discourse on Race in the Middle East and North Africa: Afro-Arabs and Ethno-racial formations in the Region" This interdisciplinary seminar examines the processes of racialization, identity formation and anti-Blackness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Focusing on the experiences, cultures, and histories of Afro-Arab peoples in the region, the course will highlight how race and racism have been articulated throughout the centuries. It will explore the forces that shaped the discourse on race in MENA: from Sub-Saharan slavery to modern issues like the migrant and refugee crisis, globalization, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the growth and popularization of Hip-hop. Cross-listed with Middle East Studies.