Upcoming Event: Black2BU for Alumni Weekend
Don’t miss the third annual Black2BU event! Friday, Sept. 22 at 4-8 PM The AFAMBDS House, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline, MA 02446 Register on Eventbrite Join us for our annual alumni reunion and Fall kick-off! There will be a live DJ, performances, food, fun, and games.
Study at the AFAMBDS House this Finals Season
The AFAMBDS House (138 Mountfort St, Brookline, MA 02446) will be open for studying during study period. From May 4 through May 11 at 10am-10pm, stop by for solo or group study sessions. Coffee, bagels, and pizza will be provided to fuel your energy to study!
This Friday: AFAMBDS Block Party
Spring is here, which means it’s time to celebrate the end of another successful academic year! Join us on Friday, April 28th, from 4 pm – 7 pm at the African American & Black Diaspora Studies Building (138 Mountfort St, Brookline, MA 02446). There will be music by DJ Troy Frost, soul food from Darryl’s […]
AFAMBDS Student Employee Charlot Valerio featured in CAS Q&A
Charlot Valerio (CAS’26) was recently interviewed by CAS for a Q&A titled “Diaspora Chats Panel Explores Racial Identity.” In the Q&A, Charlot discusses our program’s recent student-led forum Diaspora Chats. Hosted on Thursday, April 20, 2023, Diaspora Chats was a student-faculty discussion on identity within the Black Diaspora, aiming to challenge conventional ideas surrounding the […]
The 11th Annual Sedgwick Lecture with Professor Heather Love
Boston University Sedgwick Lecture with Dr. Heather Love To Be Real: The Passion of the Self in Queer Writing March 30, 2023 at 5pm The Howard Thurman Center 808 Commonwealth Avenue Brookline, MA 02446 There will also be a post-lecture lunch discussion with Professor Love for undergraduate and graduate students on Friday, March 31, at […]
Event series featuring Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo
Don’t miss this three-part event series with Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo next month! There will be a live poetic performance by him, a screening of his audiovisual work, and a meeting with students. All three events are free and open to the public. About Ricardo Aleixo Ricardo Aleixo was born in 1960 in […]
Watch: Gayl Jones Symposium, “Then You Don’t Want Me”
Now online: a keynote dialogue from the first-ever symposium dedicated to the work of Gayl Jones, “Then You Don’t Want Me”: Canonizing Gayl Jones! This video features Drs. Crystal Wilkinson and Alexis Pauline Gumbs discussing the creative influence and impact of Gayl Jones. Wilkinson and Gumbs highlight Jones’ storytelling techniques, the use of first-person perspective, […]
Books, Films, Albums, and Podcasts to read this #BlackHistorySeason
BU Today sourced recommendations from our faculty and staff on what to watch, read, and listen to this February in honor of Black History Month (or as we like to call it, #BlackHistorySeason). Read all of their suggestions in the article: Celebrate Black History Month with These Books, Films, Albums, and Podcasts
Upcoming Event: Screening of “Autumn Beat” with Director Antonio Dikele Distefano
Screening of “Autumn Beat” with Director Antonio Dikele Distefano Friday, February 24 at 6 PM Pre-release screening and live Q&A for his new Amazon Prime film Autumn Beat, the first Italian film with young Afro-Italian protagonists: Tito has a stutter and Paco dreams of becoming a famous rapper in an evermore multi-ethnic Italy. Co-sponsored by Romance […]
Upcoming Event: The Uses and Abuses of Jim Crow
The Uses and Abuses of Jim Crow with Zine Magubane Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 5:00-7:00 PM Location: Howard Thurman Center, FLR 205, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline 02446 About the Speaker Zine Magubane is a Professor of Sociology at Boston College with a courtesy appointment in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies. About the […]