Talking Back: The Genius of bell hooks
Northeastern University’s Africana Studies Program and co-sponsors will be hosting symposium event “Talking Back: The Genius of bell hooks” on Friday, February 11, 2022, at 9am–3pm ET. BU AFAM Studies faculty Dr. Saida Grundy will be a panelist in this discussion. The event offers in-person and virtual attendance options. The location of the event is […]
Featured Faculty: Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory
Margarita Simon Guillory is an Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies. She teaches courses on American religious history, digital religion, and religion and popular culture. Her research interests include identity construction in Africana esoteric religions, religion and technology, and social scientific approaches to religion. She is the author of Social and Spiritual Transformation in African American […]
Professor Margarita Guillory Featured in BU Today Article
AFAM Studies Professor Margarita Guillory was recently featured in a BU Today article discussing one of her courses, CAS AA 296/CAS RN 296: Religion and Hip Hop. The article, titled “This Could Be the Coolest Religion Class You Ever Take,” includes interviews with Dr. Guillory, a teaching fellow, and a current student. “Professor Guillory gives […]
Professor André de Quadros featured in The Brink Article
BU AFAM Studies affiliated faculty member and professor of music André de Quadros was recently featured in an article from The Brink, “Human Rights Activist and Music Educator André de Quadros Recognized for Career Dedicated to Justice and the Arts.” In this Q&A-style interview, de Quadros discusses topics including teaching music to incarcerated persons, co-leading […]
Save the Date: American Studies for the Future
Please join us next semester for “American Studies for the Future,” a series of seminars and lectures hosted by the American & New England Studies Program. The evening lectures will be accessible both in person and remotely via Zoom. They will be held on the 4th floor of the Hillel Center, 213 Bay State Road. […]
Louis Chude-Sokei to give University Lecture postponed to March 2022
Postponed to March 2022. Details to come! This year’s distinguished lecturer for the 2021 University Lecture is Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies, and Director of the African American Studies Program. Beneath and Beyond Human: Race and Technology Between Singularities Louis Chude-Sokei Professor of English; George and […]
Prof. Louis Chude-Sokei at “The Sound of Distance” festival in Berlin
AFAM Studies Director Louis Chude-Sokei participated in the The Sound of Distance festival in Berlin, Germany, last month. The festival, which occurred October 21–24, was hosted by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), a cultural institute that specializes in international contemporary arts. “Sound significantly determines the spatial perception of things and events. Sound waves are […]
Louis Chude-Sokei to give 2021 University Lecture
Postponed to March 2022. Details to come! This year’s distinguished lecturer for the 2021 University Lecture is Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies, and Director of the African American Studies Program. Beneath and Beyond Human: Race and Technology Between Singularities Louis Chude-Sokei Professor of English; George and […]
Featured Faculty: Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen
Ianna Hawkins Owen is an assistant professor of English and African American Studies and is working on a first book manuscript on black diaspora theory titled Ordinary Failure. Previously a Ford fellow, a Woodrow Wilson fellow, and a UC President’s postdoc, Owen’s work has appeared in Feminist Review, Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives, Post45, Radical […]
“To Boldly Go: Technological Frontiers and the Changing Landscape of American Religion”
Professor Margarita Simon Guillory, BU Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies, delivered her lecture “To Boldly Go: Technological Frontiers and the Changing Landscape of American Religion” this summer at Chautauqua Institution. Read more here about Professor Guillory’s recent lecture on religion in digital technology.