Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center: Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell: In Memoriam, 1919-2019
Located in the Gotlieb Memorial Gallery on the first floor of Mugar Memorial Library. The exhibition can be viewed during regular library hours. This exhibition examines the life and work of Dr. Adelaide M. Cromwell, who passed away on June 8, 2019. A cofounding faculty member of the African Studies Center and founder of the […]
Who Built America? A Response to Ben Shapiro
Don’t miss this talk by BU Political Science Assistant Professor, Spencer Piston on Monday, Dec 9th 5:00 PM in room SCI 113. In response to Ben Shapiro’s claims that racial inequality in contemporary America is the result of “poor [individual] choices,” Professor Piston is going to give an account of the ongoing social, political, and economic legacies of chattel […]
Book Talk on Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City
Join Professor Marion Orr in a book talk on Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City at Boston University on Thursday, November 14, at 12pm in 75 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215. Please register here. Professor Marion Orr is the Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies at Brown […]
BU Spring Break Cuba 2020
Interested in studying first hand aspects of Cuba’s history and culture? Please visit our website here, or contact us at afamcuba@bu.edu for more information! You should also friend us on Facebook here, to see what previous groups have done in Havana. There will also be two general information sessions taking place on Wednesday, November 13th: CFA […]
The Shaw 54th: Restoring the Memorial and the Dialogue on Race, at the Boston Common on Oct. 15th
The Shaw 54th: Restoring the Memorial and the Dialogue on Race, taking place Tuesday, October 15th at 10:30am FREE Event on the Boston Common Sponsored by Steve and Cheryl Jonas To RSVP: http://bit.ly/shawdialogue2019 For more information: shaw54thmemorialrestoration.org
Don’t miss 400 Years of Inequality: Breaking the Cycle of Systemic Racism
School of Public Health and Howard Thurman Center presents: 400 Years of Inequality: Breaking the Cycle of Systemic Racism Friday, October 18th, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm in the Hierbert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street, Boston
Thursday, October 3rd Forum: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy
Register now for Thursday’s Forum 2019: Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy From BU Center for the Humanities Director, Prof Susan Mizruchi: Forum 2019 will explore one of the biggest challenges facing universities today: the question of how to promote honest intellectual exchange. In seeking a topic that would serve the Boston University community […]
The Roots & Routes of Salsa-No experience needed!
Don’t miss this performance-based 1 credit course that explores salsa music, its roots and its multiple forms. The course repertoire may include Afro-Cuban traditional and religious drumming (rumba, güiro and batá), Cuban peasant music (changüí), Puerto Rican traditional music (jíbaro, bomba, and plena), creolized Latin popular music (son, danzón, mambo, bolero, charanga, chachachá), and multiple salsa variants (salsa dura, […]
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author dies at 88
From the Washington Post: Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who conjured a black girl longing for blue eyes, a slave mother who kills her child to save her from bondage and other indelible characters who helped transfigure a literary canon long closed to African Americans, died Aug. 5 at a hospital in the Bronx. […]
BU AFAM Studies supporter, George Wein gives free concert on August 1st
BU AFAM Studies Program supporter and founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein will be giving a final concert on Thursday, August 1st at Newport, Rhode Island. Go here for story. From Eventbrite: Newport Festivals Foundation Presents One More Once Concert with George Wein and Special Guest, Christian McBride. Featuring the Newport Jazz Assembly […]