Watch Online: 2021 University Lecture by Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, African American Studies Program Director Louis Chude-Sokei delivered the 2021 University Lecture titled Beneath and Beyond Human: Race and Technology Between Singularities. The lecture is now available to watch online. Established in 1950, the annual lecture provides an opportunity to highlight the work of a distinguished scholar and engage both […]
Dr. Cynthia Becker Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Professor Cynthia Becker, an affiliated faculty member of BU African American Studies, on her promotion to full professor! Cynthia Becker (BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Professor of African art history in the History of Art & Architecture Department at Boston University. Her latest book, Blackness in Morocco: Gnawa […]
Upcoming Event: LGBTQIA+ Scholars Series feat. Professor André de Quadros
BU LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series: The Caged Bird Sings: Welcoming Identities Through Music-Making Friday, April 8 at 12-1 pm ET This Friday’s BU’s LGBTQIA+ Scholars Series will feature Professor André de Quadros, Professor of Music, Music Education and affiliate faculty in African American Studies, African Studies Center, American & New England Studies Program, Center for Antiracist […]
“Whose Streets? Our Streets!” Exhibit Opens Today at the HTC
“Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: New York City, 1980-2000 Featuring work by thirty-seven independent photojournalists, this new art exhibition captures ordinary New Yorkers as they rallied, rioted, marched, and demonstrated. These stunning images document historic moments of violent confrontation such as the Tompkins Square Park and Crown Heights Riots and as well as organized protests involving non-violent civil […]
Upcoming Book: “Respectable” by Dr. Saida Grundy
African American Studies Faculty member Dr. Saida Grundy is publishing Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man (University of California Press, forthcoming, May 2022). The book is currently available for preorder. About the author Saida Grundy is a feminist sociologist of race and Assistant Professor of Sociology, African American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies […]
Upcoming Event: “American Studies for the Future” Event Series with Dr. André de Quadros
Presented by the American & New England Studies Program April 21 at 4:00 PM; CAS Building, Room 132, 725 Commonwealth Avenue Keynote Address by André de Quadros (BU Prof. of Music) “The Exilic Condition in America: A Personal Encounter with Power, Asymmetry, and Border Crossings” Registration information will be posted soon on AMNESP’s website. Open to […]
Upcoming Book: “Model Minority Masochism” by Dr. Takeo Rivera
African American Studies Affiliated Faculty member Dr. Takeo Rivera is publishing Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, estimated April 2022). The book is currently available for preorder. About the Author Takeo Rivera is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University. He is also a playwright whose work […]
Live Stream for Dr. Brigitte Fielder at 5 PM ET | Early Black Futures : Old Technology, Hopeful Speculation, and Childhood Dreams | HTC
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Tomorrow Night! “Early Black Futures” Lecture with Dr. Brigitte Fielder
Early Black Futures: Old Technology, Hopeful Speculation, and Childhood Dreams Brigitte Fielder, University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday, March 24 at 5 pm ET Open to the BU Community & Live Streamed to the General Public In-person Location: Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, FLR 104. Registration required; register here. Both Black literary and emancipation efforts contributed […]
Tomorrow Night! Dr. Chude-Sokei to Deliver 2021 University Lecture
Following a postponement, the 2021 University Lecture has been rescheduled to March 23, 2022. Beneath and Beyond Human: Race and Technology Between Singularities Presented by Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English; George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies; Director, African American Studies Program Register for the lecture here. About Dr. Chude-Sokei Louis Chude-Sokei is a […]