Dr. Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped his Literary Curiosity
Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei, Director of the African American Studies Program, shares on Literary Hub about the books that shaped his literary curiosity. Read more here: “In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader” In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader
Featured Faculty: Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei
Louis Chude-Sokei is a writer and scholar whose work includes the award-winning, The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy and the African Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2006), The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics (Wesleyan University Press, 2016) and the acclaimed memoir, Floating in A Most Peculiar Way (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021). View Profile
Dr. Chude-Sokei Named To The Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Curatorial Council
Congratulations to BU African American Studies Program Director Louis Chude-Sokei on being named to Carnegie Hall’s Afrofuturism Curatorial Council. Dr. Chude-Sokei joins four other leading experts in lending their work and their knowledge of Afrofuturism to the creation of this innovative and historic event. Beginning in February 2022, Afrofuturism, Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival will […]
Assistant Prof Saida Grundy Selected for Neu Family Award
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Saida Grundy who has been selected for the Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences. In his congratulatory note to Professor Grundy, CAS Associate Dean Joe Bizup noted that, “This academic year was, of course, a challenging one for all members of the CAS […]
Invisible No More: Asian American responses to Atlanta
This Friday March 26 at 6pm, join Prof. Choi, Hee An (School of Theology), Prof. Yoonsook Ha (School of Social Work), Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm (School of Social Work), Prof. Takeo Rivera (College of Arts & Sciences), and Prof. Kính T. Vũ (College of Fine Arts) for a response to the March 16 killings in Atlanta and […]
How The Internet Is Demystifying Africana Religions
Margarita Guillory examines the function of religion in the everyday lives of African Americans, through practices tracing back to religious and cultural systems from Africa. Photo by: Cydney Scott BU researcher and assistant professor in the African American Studies Program, Margarita Guillory, is featured in a recent article on The Brink where she discusses “the emergence of […]
Director Louis Chude-Sokei’s New Memoir Reviewed by New York Times
Ijeoma Oluo of the New York Times wrote a book review of Dr. Chude-Sokei’s new memoir, FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY. The review is titled “Too African for Jamaica, Too Jamaican for America, Too American for Nigeria.” Director Chude-Sokei’s memoir, FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY, is a New York Times Editor’s Pick: Read […]
AFAM Studies Director Louis Chude-Sokei Memoir Release on Feb. 2nd
Louis Chude-Sokei and Frank B. Wilderson III for FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 8 PM ET A celebration of the release of Floating in a Most Peculiar Way with Louis Chude-Sokei and Frank B. Wilderson III. This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast. More info & registration here. The book is […]
Dr. Saida Grundy in Conversation about the “Defund the Police” Movement
Dr. Saida Grundy, professor of Sociology, African American Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies, recently was interviewed by Divided We Fall in a conversation about the slogan “defund the police.” This conversation covers subtopics including the risks faced by politicians who support the movement, similarities & differences of today’s movements compared to those of the […]
Livestream: Dr. Chude-Sokei Presents Some of His Latest Research
Join the conversation now on Zoom by RSVPing on Latin American Studies’ website. If you missed it live, it’s also available on the Center’s Facebook page. Event Description Book Talk with Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English, George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies, and Director of the African American Studies Program at Boston […]