Come Visit Our New Student Lounge Space
Come visit our new student lounge this fall! Starting September 5, it will be open 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday, with extended hours during study periods. Use it as a group study space, or just come hang out with our staff.
We’re HIRING! Seeking 2023-24 Media & Office Assistants
Media Assistant The BU African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program seeks a creative and hard-working graduate or advanced undergraduate student for the Fall 2023 Semester. The Media Assistant will collaborate with the Program Coordinator to ensure our communications are accessible and impactful and reach stakeholder audiences that benefit most from our work. Tasks will […]
Study at the AFAMBDS House this Finals Season
The AFAMBDS House (138 Mountfort St, Brookline, MA 02446) will be open for studying during study period. From May 4 through May 11 at 10am-10pm, stop by for solo or group study sessions. Coffee, bagels, and pizza will be provided to fuel your energy to study!
AFAMBDS Student Employee Charlot Valerio featured in CAS Q&A
Charlot Valerio (CAS’26) was recently interviewed by CAS for a Q&A titled “Diaspora Chats Panel Explores Racial Identity.” In the Q&A, Charlot discusses our program’s recent student-led forum Diaspora Chats. Hosted on Thursday, April 20, 2023, Diaspora Chats was a student-faculty discussion on identity within the Black Diaspora, aiming to challenge conventional ideas surrounding the […]
UROP Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Award
UROP has recently modified the former Humanities Scholars Award. Beginning in summer 2023, The Humanities, Arts, and Preprofessional (HAP) Scholars Award will provide stipend funding for students conducting research in the humanities, arts, and certain preprofessional fields including SHA, Questrom, and COM. The HAP Scholars Award has an extended application deadline of May 1, 2023. Students […]
Boston Book Festival Internship Opportunity for both Spring and Summer 2023
The Boston Book Festival, New England’s largest literary event, seeks interns for both Spring and Summer 2023. Come join the BBF team and go behind the scenes to produce this spectacular in-person festival of authors, illustrators, and spoken word performers. Applications for Spring are due February 21, 2023, and for Summer are due April 3, […]
Podcast Underwriter Job Opportunity with BU AFAM Alum Lynae Vanee
AFAM Masters grad Lynae Vanee Bogues (GRS ’18) is looking for a graduate student/exceptional undergraduate to work as a podcast underwriter on an upcoming project. The start date for this role is March 27, 2023. Details can be found in this job announcement. Learn more about Lynae’s work in this BET article, 2022 NAACP Image […]
AA207 Featured in List of Terriers’ Favorite BU Courses
At the beginning of the semester, BU took to Twitter and Facebook to gather terriers’ favorite courses. The list, A Crowdsourced List of Our Terriers’ Favorite BU Courses, includes CAS AA 207: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. The class, currently taught by Dr. Saida Grundy, is full for the Spring 2023 semester, but be sure to […]
Major Paper Presentation by MA Student Joanne Charles Lafortune
Congratulations to AFAM Studies MA candidate, Joanne Charles Lafortune who successfully presented a major paper entitled ” Debunking the Myth: The Boukman Prayer in Proper Context” to AFAM Studies faculty on May 12th, 2022 at 3 PM. This presentation satisfies a requirement for the MA degree in African American Studies. Joanne Charles Lafortune & Dr. […]
AFAM Studies MA Grad Lynae Bogues (GRS ’18) Featured in BU Today
Educator, advocate, and AFAM Studies alum Lynae Vanee Bogues (GRS ’18) was featured this week in BU Today article “Shedding Light on Often Overlooked Black History.” In the Q&A, she discussed her Instagram TV series Parking Lot Pimpin’, her experience at BU, and life since graduating. So, I consider myself an educator, a translator. And […]