BUNITED: “The Time Is Now, The Power Is Yours”
“Between Seeing and Knowing: Blackness, Photographic Representation, and Female Agency in Post-Slavery Morocco”
Lecture by Prof. Cynthia Becker at the BU African Studies Center on Monday, February 6th from 12:20pm to 1:50pm! Part of the Walter Rodney Seminar Series
Video link to “Black Lives Matter: From Conflict to Healing”
Click here to watch the video of “Black Lives Matter: From Conflict to Healing.” Link to video: http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/ma3lp
Don’t miss this Conversations on Race event – “Black Lives Matter: From Conflict to Healing”
Register here for this event!
Travel Dates change for Cuba Spring Break Course 2017
See below poster for updated details of the Cuba Spring Break course 2017.
AFAM Alum News Update
In case you were wondering, here is some news from former classmates. Zawdie Sandvliet (MA 2010) is now a social science teacher at an inner-city high school in Amsterdam. He also works as a volunteer at Ninsee (the national institute for the commemoration of Dutch slavery). Kaylee Bruckler (CAS ’14) completed her stint at Solomon […]
Conversations on Race with Dr. Jonathan Holloway
“The Legacies of Jim Crow: Race, Recognition, and the Making of the Modern University” Featuring: Dr. Jonathan Holloway, Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies , Yale University Description: “Legacies of Jim Crow: Race, Recognition and the Making of the Modern University” examines the tension between blacks’ presence on our […]
Linda Heywood’s book on Queen Njinga
AFAM Studies Program's Prof Linda Heywood's upcoming book on Queen Njinga has a release date of January 2017!https://t.co/6LghUVq1SK — BU AFAM Studies (@BU_AFAM) October 25, 2016
George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies – open position
The African American Studies Program at Boston University invites applications for the George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies and Director of the African American Studies Program, beginning July 1, 2017. This search is pending final budgetary approval. This will be a joint appointment at the tenured full professor level with the candidate’s […]
AFAM Studies Director, John Thornton talks “Roots” remake
Kunta Kinte’s World and the remake of “Roots” John Thornton, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of African American studies and of history and director of the African American Studies Program, served as a historical advisor on the new miniseries. Among his many books is A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1350-1820 (Cambridge University […]