Dr. Saida Grundy Featured in ‘The Brink’ Article
Dr. Saida Grundy, professor of African American Studies and Sociology, was recently featured in an article by The Brink, BU Sociologist Saida Grundy on “Respectability Politics” and the Morehouse Man. In conversation with Sara Rimer, Dr. Grundy discusses her new book, Respectable, which explores the making of Black male elites at Morehouse College. “The best […]
Upcoming Event: African American Art History: Present Coordinates
Symposium: African American Art History: Present Coordinates Dates: Friday, November 11th and Saturday, November 12th, 2022 Location: All programming will be in-person on the Charles River Campus, Boston University For more information visit here Boston University’s Department of the History of Art & Architecture is pleased to present African American Art History: Present Coordinates, a […]
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 […]