AABDS Major Minor Dinner
Please join the African American and Black Diaspora Studies program on October 30th at 5:30 for our semesterly dinner celebrating our majors and minors! This year we’ll have a costume contest! RSVP HERE.
Black2BU’25 Recap
On Sept. 26th, over 100 AABDS alumni, staff, and current students came together for an evening of music, food, and conversation. Celebrated concurrently with the 50th anniversary of the class of 1975, students were able to have the opportunity to sit down with recent grads, alumni and professors to make meaningful connections. Attendees were also […]
Professor Saida Grundy publishes op-ed in “The Guardian”
Professor Saida Grundy wrote an op-ed in The Guardian this week on the legacy of Charlie Kirk. You can read it here.
Welcome to our New Director
Please join us in warmly welcoming Dr. Margarita Simon Guillory as the new Director of the African American and Black Diaspora Studies (AABDS) Program. Dr. Guillory also joins us as an Associate Professor of Religion and African American & Black Diaspora Studies. A distinguished scholar and educator, she brings a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to […]
Black2BU ’25
Please join BU’s Black community as we celebrate Alumni Weekend with our annual party on September 26th from 5-8! Enjoy delicious food from Blue Mountain Jamaican Restaurant and tunes by DJ N.Y.A.F. Registration is free, please RSVP using this link.
Article by Professor Saida Grundy Published in ‘The Guardian’
“A look back at 1960s Black arts movement explains why Trump is obsessed with eliminating Black artistry and the museums and institutions that support it.” Click Here to read more.
Professor Paula Austin receives IDEAL Award
The African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program is proud to announce that our very own Associate Director and Professor of History, Paula Austin, is a recipient of this year’s CAS IDEAL award. The CAS IDEAL is awarded annually to three CAS community members whose leadership advances the College’s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities […]
Professor Chude-Sokei Honored as 2025 Guggenheim Fellow!
Our very own Director of AABDS and professor of English, Louis Chude-Sokei, has been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025! Professor Chude-Sokei joins the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows alongside 198 Trailblazing Artists and scholars across 53 fields.
Faculty Spotlight Interview: Chad Williams
Tomorrow Foundation Professor of History and African American Studies and Black Diaspora Studies Chad Williams is an expert on W. E. B. Du Bois, African American history, and World War I. He is currently working on two book projects, an exploration of the meaning and significance of Black Studies, and a history of the intellectual […]
Ron Richardson Book Launch
This Thursday, October 3rd, the History Department and the African American and Black Diaspora Studies program are co-sponsoring a book launch forum for Professor Ron Richardson. This will be a conversation between Professor Richardson and Yuichiro Onishi from the University of Minnesota as they explore the Afro-Asian struggles against global white supremacy from the 19th century […]