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Tag: African and African American Studies
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Imani Perry, Jason Buenrostro land MacArthur ‘genius grants’
One for interdisciplinary interpretations on history, culture of Black America, the other for pathbreaking technologies to advance study of gene expression.
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Imani Perry’s arrival marks homecoming, expansion
Accomplished scholar, National Book Award winner will blend teaching in African American studies, women and gender studies.
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What is case for prison abolition?
Professor Tommie Shelby hopes his book helps others who are trying to decide whether they support prison abolition over criminal justice reform.
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Henry Rosovsky, former acting University president, FAS dean, dead at 95
Beloved economist recalled as innovative administrator, renowned scholar, invaluable counselor, dear friend.
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Powerful summers in St. Louis
Students with the Commonwealth Project collaborate on community-led justice, cultural initiatives, and research in a region with longstanding economic and racial woes.
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More than just another brick in a wall
The student creators of a new public art installation in Harvard Yard believe their work can drive change.
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Reframing American Studies
Scholar Philip Deloria encourages his students to push boundaries of American Studies.
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Naming the things you feel
Celebrated poet and new faculty member Tracy K. Smith aims to create life-changing space for students.
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Giving Carrie Mae Weems her due
New volume fills gap in scholarship on work of celebrated Black photographer Carrie Mae Weems.
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Tuning up for a return to performing in person
After 15 months of virtual performance and teaching, Vijay Iyer is returning to the physical stage.
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The evolution of bigotry
James H. Sidanius devoted much of his career to social justice and racial equality.
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Looking to ignite questions rather than supply answers
Harvard English professor Jesse McCarthy embraces the essay as a form for exploring art, literature, politics.
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Agassiz’s other photographs tell a global tale of scientific racism
In 1865, Harvard Professor Louis Agassiz traveled to Brazil to create a photographic catalog of people of different races as anatomic evidence in support of his beliefs. Scholars, artists, and curators from Brazil and the U.S. will reflect on these lesser-known images during a panel discussion called “Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy” hosted by…
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Creating community in the virtual classroom
As students prepare for an academic year that will be entirely virtual, many Harvard faculty members have redesigned their courses.
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Five faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors for their contributions to undergraduate teaching.
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Harvard, by the books
It didn’t turn out at all the way they thought it would. Being asked to quickly leave campus and return home last month amid the mushrooming coronavirus outbreak was painful…
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Dispatches from socially distancing students and faculty
Harvard students and faculty offer glimpses into their lives during social distancing.
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African and African American Studies at 50
Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.
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The war against colonial slavery
As part of the 1776 Salon series at the American Repertory Theater, Harvard Professor Vincent Brown will discuss his book, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.”
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New faculty: Daniel Agbiboa
Daniel Agbiboa sees free and restricted movement as integral to the development of political, economic, and social systems. His work makes connections between these intersections in West Africa.
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Bringing art to the people it depicts
The rapper and record producer Kasseem Dean, also known as Swizz Beatz, and his wife, Alicia Keys, own the largest private collection of Gordon Parks’ photographs in the world. They’re sharing it at Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery, and that’s just the beginning.
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Martin Kilson, College’s first tenured African American professor, dies at 88
Martin Kilson, who in 1969 became the first African American to be named a full professor at Harvard College, died on April 24.
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New faculty: Jesse McCarthy
New English and African and African American Studies Professor Jesse McCarthy took a roundabout path to academia. Now he’s teaching James Baldwin and Henry James and showing students there are many ways to be successful.
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Watching ‘Scandal’ in a Faulkner state of mind
For “Faulkner, Interracialism and Popular Television,” Harvard’s Linda Chavers pairs the white Southern writer’s work with the TV series “Scandal” from African-American writer-producer Shonda Rhimes.
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Bobo named dean of social science
A scholar whose research probes inequality, politics, and race, Lawrence D. Bobo has been appointed dean of social science at Harvard. He takes the helm Oct. 1.
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Second life for slave narrative
Harvard scholar Robin Bernstein hopes the archival work behind the recent publication of the slave narrative of Jane Clark will inspire other such projects.
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Assistant professor named a Carnegie Fellow
Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African American Studies, has been named a 2018 Carnegie Fellow.
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In 1932, this opera was a hit. Why has no one seen it since?
A workshop at Radcliffe showcased “Tom-Tom,” an opera by African-American composer Shirley Graham that hasn’t been performed since its 1932 premiere.
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Prison education at Harvard
Harvard is hosting a conference on prison education, bringing to campus for the first time formerly incarcerated students and activists.
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Urgent message on ghetto life
Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby talks about his new book, “Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform.”
