AFAM Survival Guide: Vol 2, Issue 12
The newest issue of the AFAM Survival Guide is now available to read online! Read all issues of the AFAM Survival Guide here.
Dr. Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped his Literary Curiosity
Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei, Director of the African American Studies Program, shares on Literary Hub about the books that shaped his literary curiosity. Read more here: “In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader” In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader
AFAM Survival Guide: Vol 2, Issue 11
The newest edition of the AFAM Survival Guide is now available to read online! Read all issues of the AFAM Survival Guide here.
51.2, Caribbean Global Movements
The Caribbean has always been a site of global and local interactions and transactions. These movements have played an important role in the dissemination of ideas and sharing of cultural practices from the indigenous people’s pre-Columbian experience to the contemporary Caribbean migrations and internationalization of Caribbean culture. Caribbean Global Movements, as a subject of intellectual […]
Featured Faculty: Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei
Louis Chude-Sokei is a writer and scholar whose work includes the award-winning, The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black on Black Minstrelsy and the African Diaspora (Duke University Press, 2006), The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics (Wesleyan University Press, 2016) and the acclaimed memoir, Floating in A Most Peculiar Way (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021). View Profile
BU Graduate Program in Religion Virtual Conference “Religion and (Breaking) Boundaries”
Boston University’s Graduate Program in Religion Student Association is pleased to announce their virtual Graduate Student Conference on “Religion and (Breaking) Boundaries.” The Boston University Graduate Program in Religion Student Association invites graduate students to submit abstracts for BU’s virtual Graduate Conference on Religion, on the theme “Religion and (Breaking) Boundaries” taking place October 3rd, […]
Dr. Chude-Sokei Named To The Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Curatorial Council
Congratulations to BU African American Studies Program Director Louis Chude-Sokei on being named to Carnegie Hall’s Afrofuturism Curatorial Council. Dr. Chude-Sokei joins four other leading experts in lending their work and their knowledge of Afrofuturism to the creation of this innovative and historic event. Beginning in February 2022, Afrofuturism, Carnegie Hall’s 2022 citywide festival will […]
A Conversation with MA Student, Joanne LaFortune
Current AFAM graduate student, Joanne LaFortune, has been featured in the The Critical Conversations section. Critical Conversations spotlights dialogue among members of BU’s humanities community about their recent research. Joanne discussed all things from her work life, passions, and how the past year has affected her. LaFortune teaches upper and middle school English literature at the Wheeler […]
Assistant Prof Saida Grundy Selected for Neu Family Award
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Saida Grundy who has been selected for the Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences. In his congratulatory note to Professor Grundy, CAS Associate Dean Joe Bizup noted that, “This academic year was, of course, a challenging one for all members of the CAS […]
Upcoming Event: A Conversation about Blackness, immigration and what it means to be an American
Join African American Studies Director, Louis Chude-Sokei as he discusses his his experiences discovering Blackness between the African nation of Biafra, Jamaica, and Los Angeles. The event will be a conversation on blackness, immigration, and what it means to be an American featuring special guests Ha Jin, Robert Pinsky, Sanjay Krishnan, and Archelle Thelemaque. Chude-Sokei’s newly […]