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 […]
AFAM Survival Guide: Vol 2, Issue 5
The newest edition of the AFAM Survival Guide is now available to read online! The Survival Guide was also featured in a news post by BU Center for the Humanities. Check it out here. Read all issues of the AFAM Survival Guide here.
New Spring 2021 Course: CFA MH 400
CFA MH 400: Music of Black Americans (2 credits)—Leland Clarke TH 12:30–1:45pm The course will study genres of Music of Black Americans in the United States and their appearance in and fusion with literature by African Americans. Emphasis on listening, live performances, student presentations, readings, and discussions. Topics include spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, popular music, […]
Summer 1 Course: Queens & Goddesses: Black Feminist Aesthetics
Queens & Goddesses: Black Feminist Aesthetics Instructor: Grace McGowan, PhD Student, American & New England Studies Program, Boston University This course uses modern examples of Black women’s cultural production to explore Black feminist ideas of beauty and aesthetics in America. It focuses on reworkings and reclamations of figures classically associated with beauty and femininity such […]
AFAM Survival Guide: Vol 2, Issue 4
The newest issue of the AFAM Survival Guide is now available to read online! Read all issues of the AFAM Survival Guide here.
AFAM Survival Guide: Vol 2, Issue 3
The newest issue of the AFAM Survival Guide is now available to read online! Read all issues of the AFAM Survival Guide here.
Summer Courses in AFAM Studies
CAS AA 103: Introduction to African American Literature—Maryanne Boelcskevy Summer 2 (July 6-August 12), B1 (IND) Tues./Thurs. 9 am-12:30 pm What is the African American literary tradition? How does it change over time? This course introduces the cultural, political, and historical contexts of the African American experience through readings of literature. Readings include poetry, slave […]
AFAM Survival Guide Vol 2, Issue 2
This issue features a short film on the lineage of Detroit techno, Japan’s first Black-owned anime studio, and poetry from AFAM Studies Professor Margarita Simon Guillory. Read it on the AFAM Survival Guide webpage.
Upcoming Event: Afro-LatinX: Then and Now
“Afro-LatinX: Then and Now” Tuesday, Dec. 8 | 6–7:00 PM EST Given the current crises of race and immigration in America in and around the COVID-19 pandemic and state-sponsored xenophobia, Michael Birenbaum Quintero and Trent Masiki, moderated by Angélica María Sánchez Barona, will engage the complexities of Afro-LatinX identities and cultural production in this context. What are the different histories […]
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 […]