Links

African-American Diaspora Network‘s mission is to help the 38% of African Americans with some Irish ancestry, along with any who might have an affinity for Ireland in any way, to connect with the culture, the people and the land of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and to connect with each other.

The Frederick Douglass Ireland Project educates about the “transformative” experience Douglass had during his tours of Ireland in 1845-46 and the lifelong inspiration he drew from Ireland and the Irish people. The Project highlights the connection between Douglass and Ireland and Irish human rights leaders like Daniel O’Connell. (Also on Facebook)

Solasnua.org commissioned “The Frederick Douglass Project” to commemorate Frederick Douglass’ 1845 voyage to Ireland and the bicentennial of his birth. The production featured live music, hip hop, and dancing in an innovative blend of African American and Irish culture.

Studies of Slavery

Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning slavery and its legacies. Their Tangled Roots project looks at common path shared by African and Irish Americans and strives to locate their common roots.

Georgetown University’s Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation project is an ongoing process to more deeply understand and respond to the University’s role in the injustice of slavery and the legacies of enslavement and segregation in our nation.

Irish Studies and other Programs

ACIS, the American Conference for Irish Studies, has issued “A Statement for the Diversity Committee on Social Justice and Equality“.

NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House‘s Black, Brown and Green Voices, is a targeted documentation strategy of the Archives of Irish America, giving voice to the diversity of the Irish diaspora by recording life histories with Black and Brown Irish Americans. The interviews unpack how intersections of race and ethnicity have framed a sense of Irishness.

Villanova Center for Irish Studies has issued an Anti-Racism Statement, noting “For too long, Irish-American organizations stood silent while whiteness wrought damage to communities of color.”

Quinnipiac’s Great Hunger Institute created a yearlong exhibition, entitled Frederick Douglass in Ireland: “The Black O’Connell,” that focused on the time Douglass spent in Ireland from 1845-1846. The exhibition was part of a series of events celebrating the 200th anniversary of Douglass’ birth and his many achievements.

Irish Studies at Fordham University

Boston College Irish Studies

Irish Studies at Hofstra University

Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies

Irish Arts Center

American Ireland Fund

UCD Clinton Institute for Irish Studies

African American Studies and Resources

National Museum of African American History and Culture is a place for all Americans to learn about the richness and diversity of the African American experience and how it helped shape America.

The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University provides an innovative model for teaching and research about African-descended people, with a central focus on their experiences in the United States.

Duke’s Department of African and African American Studies is the university’s center for interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship on Africa and people of African descent around the world, in particular the Black Atlantic. They have issued a Statement in Support of Black Lives.

Howard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies sits at the center of the “Mecca of Black Education” as a site of memory and contestation, intellectual work and community-building.

The Department of African American Studies at Georgetown University examines the experiences and contributions of people of the African diaspora in the United States and globally.

The Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University is an interdisciplinary program with global scope, researching experiences not only in the U.S. and the African Continent but increasingly in the Afro-Latin American world and the Caribbean.

175th Anniversary of the visit of Frederick Douglass to Ireland: November 13, 2020

Frederick Douglass and Irish Home Rule

Fund for Irish Studies: Symposium on “The 175th Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s Tour of Ireland”

When Frederick Douglass Came to Ireland in His Own Words

Georgetown Global Irish Studies Program will feature an online event on “Frederick Douglass and Ireland: A conversation about history, solidarity and racial justice in Ireland and the US” on September 29.