Upcoming Event: Restorative Justice & Societal Repair
Please join us on February 21 for this symposium, “Restorative Justice and Societal Repair: Global Racism and Reparations,” which invites academics, students, community activists, cultural artists, theorists, philosophers, and others interested in the ongoing problem of global racism and injustice and the debate over reparations/repair and redress for enslavement, genocide, and colonization of African-descended people. The […]
50.1, Going Imperial
Going Imperial inaugurates the fiftieth volume of The Black Scholar. The issue serves as both a testament to the journal’s longevity and a meditation on the Black intellectual tradition that serves as its raison d’être. At the center of this volume is Jeffrey C. Stewart’s The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, winner of […]
Dr. Paula Austin’s book, “Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life”
Don’t miss BU Prof, Dr. Paula Austin’s recently published book, Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life! The fullest account to date of African American young people in a segregated city. Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC offers a complex narrative of the everyday lives of black young […]
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center: Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell: In Memoriam, 1919-2019
Located in the Gotlieb Memorial Gallery on the first floor of Mugar Memorial Library. The exhibition can be viewed during regular library hours. This exhibition examines the life and work of Dr. Adelaide M. Cromwell, who passed away on June 8, 2019. A cofounding faculty member of the African Studies Center and founder of the […]
Who Built America? A Response to Ben Shapiro
Don’t miss this talk by BU Political Science Assistant Professor, Spencer Piston on Monday, Dec 9th 5:00 PM in room SCI 113. In response to Ben Shapiro’s claims that racial inequality in contemporary America is the result of “poor [individual] choices,” Professor Piston is going to give an account of the ongoing social, political, and economic legacies of chattel […]
Book Talk on Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City
Join Professor Marion Orr in a book talk on Latino Mayors: Political Change in the Postindustrial City at Boston University on Thursday, November 14, at 12pm in 75 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215. Please register here. Professor Marion Orr is the Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies at Brown […]
BU Spring Break Cuba 2020
Interested in studying first hand aspects of Cuba’s history and culture? Please visit our website here, or contact us at afamcuba@bu.edu for more information! You should also friend us on Facebook here, to see what previous groups have done in Havana. There will also be two general information sessions taking place on Wednesday, November 13th: CFA […]
Tuesday, Nov. 5th: Memorial Service for Professor Emerita Adelaide Cromwell
Location: Marsh Chapel 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Monday, Nov. 4th: Alumni Reception in Honor of Professor Emerita Adelaide Cromwell
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline
The Radical ‘Possibilities’ of Black Studies on Nov. 15th
Dr. Kehinde Andrews, Prof. of Black Studies, Birmingham City University Friday, Nov. 15th | 5:00pm | African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline Black Studies emerged with the promise to transform not just the complexion of the university but the very nature of it. By trying to bring the ‘science of liberation’ to […]