General news about the Center, its affiliated faculty, or related events.
In late May 2022 BU ASC Fulbright Scholar Dr. Masresha Fetene will be carrying a smoky leather-bound Ethiopian Ge’ez language psalter from Boston to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University for preservation and study in its venerable manuscript collection. That volume was originally in my possession and how it came to Boston […]
From June 9 through June 11, the African Studies Center hosted a pre-departure orientation (PDO) for 16 US high school teachers ahead of their participation in a Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad to Morocco, “Education in Morocco—An Evolving Landscape.” The seminar in Morocco is led by the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange (MACECE), the Moroccan Fulbright […]
As we end the Spring semester and head our different ways it is great to share a couple of academic events we and our students engaged in. We are grateful that the African Studies Center afforded us the opportunity to attend at least two very important events of our African Language pedagogy field. Dr Zoli […]
Examines the Islamization of Africa and literary traditions. Students learn about African texts written in the Arabic script (Ajami) and the spread of Islam and its Africanization throughout the continent. Texts written by enslaved Africans in the Americas are examined.
On April 6, 2022, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University hosted United States Ambassador to Nigeria and BU alumna Mary Beth Leonard (CAS ’84) for a Policy Leaders Forum on U.S. diplomacy in Nigeria. Following the forum, Amb. Leonard visiting the African Studies Center, presented in ASC Director Michael Woldemariam’s Africa […]
LIBRARY NEWS Education Resources Center in partnership with CineMAfriq, and BU Libraries invites you to Language of the Month Film Discussion of Guangzhou Dream Factory with special guest speakers, Wen-hao Tien, Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Asia, of the Pardee School of Global Studies and Eric Schmidt, Assistant Director, African Students […]
Last Thursday, the ASC hosted its 32nd Annual Bradford Morse Distinguished lecture featuring Zekeria Salem, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa at Northwestern University. The lecture was titled, “Islam and the Post-Colonial State in Africa: The Formation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1960-2022).”
The BU African Studies Center K-16 Education Program aims to promote teaching about Africa and African-related studies in U.S. K-12 schools. In this position, student assistants will be responsible for supporting the management of resources for teachers, including handling orders of educational products that our office sells to teachers and educators (posters, DVDs, and country […]
This course introduces the arts of Africa and Latin America. It explores the rich diversity of each continent’s artistic production and highlights the impact of their intertwining histories on visual expression in the wake of transcontinental exchange and globalization. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.
The Association of African Studies Programs (AASP) held its spring meeting last week on April 7 and 8, 2022. An important information session organized by the association’s officers, including ASC Assistant Director Eric Schmidt, the AASP spring meeting brings together speakers from foundations and government agencies to talk about funding, fellowship programs, internships, study abroad, and […]