Warwick Conference-Atlantic World Conference
Boston University-University of Warwick Conference on the Atlantic World, March 24-25, 2011.
Summer School on Black Europe
Dr. Dienke Hondius, Associate Professor of History at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, teaches in the summer school and will be coming to the African American Studies Program on February 1, at 3pm, to answer questions about the program. For more information about the Summer School, visit the application website:http://www.ninsee.nl/Summerschool-1 or contact the Boston University African American […]
National Endowment for the Humanities
The African American Studies Program is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to run two summer workshops for K-12 teachers on African Americans in Massachusetts. For more information or to apply, please visit the workshop website. Applications to the summer workshops will be accepted through March […]
African American Studies Professor Allison Blakely joins the National Council on the Humanities
Monday, January 10th, 2011 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today that historian Allison Blakely, Professor of European and Comparative History at Boston University and a faculty member of the African American Studies, has been appointed to the National Council on the Humanities. Blakely was nominated by President Barack Obama on August 5 […]
African American Studies Film Series: Daughters of the Dust
The African American Studies Film Series continues tomorrow night with a viewing of Daughters of the Dust, led by Professor Mary Anne Boelcskevy. Come for the film, stay for the food and conversation! Tuesday November 16, 2010 at 4pm in the African American Studies Program (138 Mountfort Street) Set in 1902, Daughters of the Dust […]
Starting tomorrow: African Americans & US Foreign Policy
Join the African American Studies Program and the African Presidential Archives & Research Center October 26-28, 2010 for our three-day conference on African Americans & US Foreign Policy. For more information and to register: www.bu.edu/foreignpolicyconf.
Associate Director for International Affairs Karen Richardson at BU!
On Tuesday October 5, the African American Studies Lecture Series will host Karen Richardson, Associate Director for International Affairs at the White House. Please join us at 4pm in the Howard Thurman Center for this exciting event! For more information, contact Katy Evans, Program Administrator at kaevans@bu.edu or 617-358-1421
African Americans & US Foreign Policy
Registration is now available for the upcoming conference on African Americans & US Foreign Policy. Please visit the conference website for more information and the electronic registration form. Please do not hesitate to contact our Program Administrator, Katy Evans, with any questions or concerns.
9/28 Their Eyes Were Watching God
The African American Studies Film Series premiers tonight! Join Professor Mary Anne Boelcskevy for a viewing of Their Eyes Were Watching God, based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston. The viewing will be followed by a discussion about Black women and film. Location: African American Studies Program Date: September 28, 2010, 4pm Hope to […]
9/21 ON LOVE AND INEQUALITY
Tuesday September 21 at 4pm, Sociology Averil Clarke will kick off the Fall 2010 African American Studies Lecture series with a lecture “On Love and Inequality: The Racial Causes, Class Consequences, and Gendered Meanings of Romance Deprivation” in the Women’s Resource Center. We hope to see you all there!