Upcoming Event Series: American Studies for the Future

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American Studies for the Future Presented by the American & New England Studies Program Co-sponsored by BU Center for the Humanities, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Associate Dean of Faculty/Humanities, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, African American Studies, Department of English, Department of History November 8, 2022 2:00 PM: Seminar with Andrew Robichaud (BU History) […]

Upcoming Event: Black2BU Student & Alumni Reception

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Join us Friday, September 30th at 4-6 PM for the second-annual Black2BU event! Come mingle with current students & alumni and enjoy Nigerian food. We will have live performances of Caribbean music by Baba Ngida Band led by Professor Michael Birenbaum Quintero and Dzidzor. Dzidzor (Jee-Jaw) is Ga-Ewe folklore performing artist, community archivist, and curator. […]

You are Cordially Invited to our Freshmen Welcome Event

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  The African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program is happy to announce the Freshmen Welcome Event on September 16th 2022 from 5 PM – 7 PM at 138 Mountfort Street Brookline, MA 02446. All are welcome for this fun filled event where you can network with students and professors and enjoy West African and […]

Read Online: Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei in AFAR Magazine

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Read AFAM Studies Director Louis Chude-Sokei’s article, For One Traveler, London’s Carnival Becomes an Unexpected Home, in AFAR magazine. Dr. Chude-Sokei discusses his experiences at London’s Notting Hill Carnival. “I was born in Nigeria, raised in Jamaica, and lived most of my life in America. I like to say I’m half Nigerian, half Jamaican, and […]

Save the Date | Arts & Social Justice Panel & Blackbird, Fly

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Arts & Social Justice Panel Thursday, November 17, 2022, | 6:30 PM | Location TBA| (Register Here) Join Bamuthi and local activist artists Dzidzor for a conversation on arts and social justice moderated by André de Quadros. Dzidzor (Jee-Jaw) is African folklore, performing artist, author, and entrepreneur. Didzor’s style of call and response has re-imagined poetry […]

Read for Free: Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory in The Black Scholar Journal

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Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory’s article, Playing on the Margins: The Emergence of Digital Black Religion, in the latest issue of The Black Scholar, Black Religions in the Digital Age, is free to read for a limited time. “This current issue enters into this conversation on religion and media, not as independent influencers, but as two […]

Save the Date: Fierce as Death & Bent Like a Question Mark

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Join us on Tuesday, October 18th for this two-part event sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Endowment! 5:00 PM: “Fierce as Death: Agadelkha and Jewlia Eisenberg in Memoriam”: Lecture delivered by Jeremiah Lockwood This lecture explores the queer erotics of “Agadelkha,” a piyut by ibn Ezra and part of a larger project called “queer piyutim” pioneered by […]

52.3, Black Religions in the Digital Age

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Black Religions in the Digital Age assembles six innovative essays that explore the intersections between Black religiosity and technology. These essays provide introspective views of intricate interconnections between Black religions, including African Traditional Religions, Christianity, witchcraft, and trans/posthumanism, and emerging digital technologies such as the Internet, social media, software applications, and virtual reality. As a result, […]

Now Available: “Respectable” by Dr. Saida Grundy

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Congratulations to Dr. Saida Grundy, professor of sociology and African-American Studies, on the release of her book, Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man (UC Press 2022)! Respectable is now available for purchase at major book retailers; visit UC Press for details. About the Book The making of a culture of Black male […]