Upcoming Event Series: American Studies for the Future
American Studies for the Future Presented by the American & New England Studies Program Co-sponsored by BU Center for the Humanities, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Associate Dean of Faculty/Humanities, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, African American Studies, Department of English, Department of History November 8, 2022 2:00 PM: Seminar with Andrew Robichaud (BU History) […]
Upcoming Event: Black2BU Student & Alumni Reception
Join us Friday, September 30th at 4-6 PM for the second-annual Black2BU event! Come mingle with current students & alumni and enjoy Nigerian food. We will have live performances of Caribbean music by Baba Ngida Band led by Professor Michael Birenbaum Quintero and Dzidzor. Dzidzor (Jee-Jaw) is Ga-Ewe folklore performing artist, community archivist, and curator. […]
Read Online: Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei in AFAR Magazine
Read AFAM Studies Director Louis Chude-Sokei’s article, For One Traveler, London’s Carnival Becomes an Unexpected Home, in AFAR magazine. Dr. Chude-Sokei discusses his experiences at London’s Notting Hill Carnival. “I was born in Nigeria, raised in Jamaica, and lived most of my life in America. I like to say I’m half Nigerian, half Jamaican, and […]
Save the Date | Arts & Social Justice Panel & Blackbird, Fly
Arts & Social Justice Panel Thursday, November 17, 2022, | 6:30 PM | Location TBA| (Register Here) Join Bamuthi and local activist artists Dzidzor for a conversation on arts and social justice moderated by André de Quadros. Dzidzor (Jee-Jaw) is African folklore, performing artist, author, and entrepreneur. Didzor’s style of call and response has re-imagined poetry […]
Read for Free: Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory in The Black Scholar Journal
Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory’s article, Playing on the Margins: The Emergence of Digital Black Religion, in the latest issue of The Black Scholar, Black Religions in the Digital Age, is free to read for a limited time. “This current issue enters into this conversation on religion and media, not as independent influencers, but as two […]
Now Available: “Respectable” by Dr. Saida Grundy
Congratulations to Dr. Saida Grundy, professor of sociology and African-American Studies, on the release of her book, Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man (UC Press 2022)! Respectable is now available for purchase at major book retailers; visit UC Press for details. About the Book The making of a culture of Black male […]
Watch Online: Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen at “Anatomies of Grief” Conference
Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen recently spoke at “Anatomies of Grief: Conversations on an Ethics of Living,” a two-day virtual conference hosted by the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics. Watch Dr. Owen speak at the second day of the symposium below.
Featured Faculty: Dr. Paula Austin
Paula C. Austin is a U.S. historian and Black Studies scholar who researches, writes, and teaches about Black life and social movements. She is the author of Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life. She has also written about Black visual culture in the early 20th century for the […]
Dr. Joyce Hope Scott Interviewed by BU Experts
AFAM Studies professor Dr. Joyce Hope Scott was recently interviewed by BU Experts about Juneteenth. In the article, Juneteenth: Acknowledging the past and crafting a path towards restorative justice, Dr. Scott discusses the history of the holiday and the urgent call for reparations. “Today, we should see Juneteenth as a moment to re-focus on ongoing national […]
Read for Free: Dr. Paula Austin’s Article in The Black Scholar
Dr. Paula Austin’s article in the latest issue of The Black Scholar, “Narratives of Interiority: Archival Practices of Care and Affection (and its Limits),” is free to read for a limited time. “Scholars have written about methodological approaches to archives not meant to get at Black life, Black experiences, and especially not Black life of […]