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Upcoming Events!

Join the African American Studies for many exciting events coming up in the Spring 2010 Lecture Series! Tomorrow, the African American Studies Program will collaborate with UMOJA and Company One to present a night of performance and discussion in celebration of the upcoming production of “The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz Ellie.” Stop by for […]

STUDENT PERFORMANCE NIGHT!

Join the African American Studies Program, UMOJA, and Company One for an afternoon of performances by OrigiNation and BU’s slam poetry group Speak for Yourself in celebration of Company One’s upcoming performance “The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz Ellie.” The event will take place Tuesday March 30, 2010 from 4-6pm in the Howard Thurman Center, […]

Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence

Please join the African American Studies Program and the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center for a lecture and reading given by Dr. Patricia Hills, Professor of Art History and African American Studies at Boston University. Dr. Hills will speak about her new book Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence. Date: Tuesday March 23, […]

BU Spring Break

The African American Studies Program will be closed for Spring Break on Monday March 8, 2010. The office will reopen Tuesday-Friday from 9am – 5pm. Have a happy and safe Spring Break! We look forward to seeing you all back on campus!

Happy Spring Break

The African American Studies Program wishes everyone a very happy and safe Spring Break!

Annual Black History Month Lecture TODAY!

Please join us today as Dean Kenneth Elmore gives the 2010 African American Studies Program Black History Month Lecture at 4pm in the Metcalf Trustee Ballroom (One Silber Way). Dean Elmore will speak on the topic, “Remix the King: Dreaming of Justice with Freestyle and Twitter on my Mind.” We hope to see you there!

Study Abroad in Amsterdam!

Interested in issues of race, immigration, and citizenship in Europe? Eager to study abroad in Amsterdam? The African American Studies Program will host an information session on Wednesday February 24 to discuss an exciting study abroad opportunity for Boston University students in summer 2010. Learn more about the summer workshop on Black Europe run by […]

Obama and the Racial Divide

Please join the African American Studies Program on Tuesday March 2 for a lecture by Dr. Lawrence Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Social Science at Harvard University. Dr. Bobo’s lecture will be on “Obama and the Racial Divide.” Location: Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Union Time: 4-6pm