Boston University Welcomes Louis Chude-Sokei
Louis Chude-Sokei joined the Boston University faculty this fall. He is a Professor of English as well as the George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies and the Director of the African American Studies Program.
Chude-Sokei is a writer and scholar whose work focuses on the literary, political, and cultural implications and ramifications of the African Diaspora. His work includes: 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 forthcoming, Dr. Satan’s Echo Chamber and Other Essays (Wesleyan University Press). Also in progress is a memoir with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that traces his intellectual development across multiple nations and distinct Black cultures. He is also active as the Editor in chief of The Black Scholar, one of the oldest and most prominent journals of Black Studies.
Chude-Sokei is proving himself to be an active and engaged scholar and member of the BU community. On December 8th, 2017 the African American Studies program will be hosting a symposium organized by Chude-Sokei. The event will focus on Race, Politics, and Social Media and brings together scholars in a series of discussions on the impact and consequences of race in social media and on corresponding attempts to deploy social media in anti-racist activism and politics. Featured speakers include Dr. Aleia Brown, Dr. Jacob Groshek, Dr. Robert Eschmann, Dr. Desmond Patton, and Feminista Jones.