Survival Guide Expands AFAM Community
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced every community to grapple with the challenge of staying connected in the absence of in-person gatherings. In a recent conversation, Meredith McDuffie, BU alum (CAS ‘20) and current African American Studies Program media assistant, discussed how addressing this challenge yielded the AFAM Survival Guide, a bi-monthly newsletter that describes itself […]
AFAM Course Initiative Launches
In June 2020, BUCH published a statement announcing several projects designed to address systemic racism through the lens of humanities methods and disciplines. One such project was a commitment to “provide funding for an initiative that would support the development and teaching of additional courses in African-American humanities areas.” Thanks to collaborative efforts by the […]
Celebrating New Humanities Publications by CAS Faculty
We were delighted to celebrate these 32 recent publications by CAS faculty at our Humanities Book Publication Party on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 5:00pm. The breadth and variety of work being done in CAS humanities is reflected in these works, which include monographs, edited volumes, several languages, numerous disciplines, and an inspiring level of […]
Summer 2019 PhD Intern’s Experience Leads to New and Unexpected Opportunity
In a featured article recently published on the BU Arts & Sciences website, former PhD intern Rachel Kirby (PhD candidate, American & New England Studies) discusses how her 2019 summer internship at Fenway Park led to a new surprising and exciting opportunity. Read more about Rachel’s experience working for the Red Sox here.
Robert J. Zimmer on “Academic Freedom and Open Inquiry”
With Forum 2019 just a week and a half away, we were pleased to learn about the engaging keynote address by Robert J. Zimmer, President of The University of Chicago, on the occasion of Central European University moving to Vienna. President Zimmer speaks to the merits of academic freedom and inquiry and the challenging climate […]