African American Studies Awarded NEH Grant!
The African American Studies Program has recently received a large grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of two Summer 2011 workshops for K-12 teachers on the subject of African Americans in Massachusetts. For more information, check out our article in CAS News!
We’re Hiring!!
African American Studies at Boston University seeks a part-time Office Assistant to work on a variety of program initiatives, including all public programming, including weekly lecture series and regular conferences and symposia; social media upkeep, including website, Twitter, and facebook; and maintenance of physical plant. Position requires strong communication and writing skills, professionalism, and ability […]
2010 African American Studies Convocation
Photographs of the 2010 African American Studies Convocation Ceremony have been posted. The ceremony honored five students, including three MA graduates and two undergraduates who had demonstrated special commitment to the African American Studies Program. To view the pictures, click here.
Oral Defenses — 4/30/10
Join us tomorrow to support our graduate students’ as they give Oral Defenses for their Master’s Degrees. 9:30am: Courtney Cook 11am: Zawdie Sandvliet 1:15pm: Ayesha Siddiqa Location: African American Studies Program
African American Studies Convocation
Join us after Commencement for the department’s convocation on May 16th at 5pm. Everyone is welcome! Location: African American Studies Program
Lecture by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson
Join us on Tuesday April 27 at 4pm as Isabel Wilkerson, the first African American woman to win an individual Pulitzer Prize, speaks about the research for her new book, The Great Migration: The Untold Story of the Twentieth Century. Tuesday April 27, 4pm Howard Thurman Center
Lecture by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson
Join us on Tuesday April 27 at 4pm as Isabel Wilkerson, the first African American woman to win an individual Pulitzer Prize, speaks about the research for her new book, The Great Migration: The Untold Story of the Twentieth Century. Tuesday April 27, 4pm Howard Thurman Center
Posing Beauty, a lecture by Deborah Willis (4/21/10)
Posing Beauty: A lecture by Deborah Willis, Professor at Tisch at NYU Location: African American Studies Program at 4pm
REGISTRATION
Fall 2010 registration is upon us! Check out the African American Studies Program’s courses for next year under Graduate Program and Undergraduate Program. We have lots of exciting things lined up!
We’re Movin’ on Up!
Join the African American Studies Program tomorrow afternoon at 4pm in the African American Studies Center for a lecture by Boston University Assistant Professor of Religion Anjulet Tucker. Dr. Tucker’s talk is entitled “We’re Movin’ On Up!: Afro-Pentecostal Schools as Mechanisms for African American Social Mobility.” Hope to see you there!