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News & Announcements

AAAS Professor Higginbotham Honoree at American Ancestors Benefit

January 22, 2021

The New England Historic Genealogical Society and American Ancestors will host a Winter Family History Benefit honoring AAAS Professor Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. The evening... Read more about AAAS Professor Higginbotham Honoree at American Ancestors Benefit

AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis In Art Journal

January 22, 2021

AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis has an article in Art Journal's Winter 2020 issue entitled, "Groundwork: Race and Aesthetics in the Era of Stand Your Ground Law."... Read more about AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis In Art Journal

AAAS Professor Michèle Lamont to Chair Weatherhead Forum

January 20, 2021

AAAS Professors Terry & Stauffer Opine On Inauguration

January 20, 2021

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, The Harvard Gazette published an article entitled "Recognizing pain but seizing hope - Harvard community reflects on the lessons of a solemn inaugural for troubled times,"... Read more about AAAS Professors Terry & Stauffer Opine On Inauguration

AAAS Professors Johnson and West in Conversation

January 20, 2021

On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 6:00PM Eastern, the Mahindra Humanities Center will sponsor "Broken Heart of America: Walter Johnson in conversation with Cornel West", an online... Read more about AAAS Professors Johnson and West in Conversation

AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis Reflects Upon Inauguration

January 20, 2021

On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, The Harvard Gazette published an article entitled "And now, the way forward - With Biden’s inauguration as starting line, analysts probe the challenges ahead, issue by issue... Read more about AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis Reflects Upon Inauguration

AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates in reading of "Remix: For My People"

January 18, 2021

On Monday, January 18, 2021, PBS American Portrait, the national storytelling documentary series, released a video of a reading of "Remix: For My People," a crowd-sourced poem edited by Natasha Trethewey, a... Read more about AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates in reading of "Remix: For My People"

AAAS Professor Jennifer Hochschild Featured in NJTODAY.NET

January 17, 2021

On Sunday, January 17, 2021, New Jersey's oldest weekly newspaper in continuous circulation since 1872, NJTODAY.NET, published an article entitled "Where are we now after a second impeachment?" in which several Harvard professor were featured, including ...

Emeritus AAAS Professor Biodun Jeyifo in The Nation

January 17, 2021

On Sunday, January 17, 2021, Nigerian newspaper The Nation published an article from Emeritus AAAS... Read more about Emeritus AAAS Professor Biodun Jeyifo in The Nation

AAAS Professor Tommie Shelby Gives APA Presidential Address

January 16, 2021

On Saturday, January 16, 2021, AAAS Professor Tommie Shelby, current president of the American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division, gave the Presidential Address entitled... Read more about AAAS Professor Tommie Shelby Gives APA Presidential Address

AAAS commemorated its 50th Anniversary with a 2-day symposium on February 28-29, 2020.

For more infor visit the AAAS50th web page to see photos and videos from the event.

Link to the AAAS 50th Page

Upcoming Events

2021 Jan 27

The American School in Red, White, and Black

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location:

Zoom

AAAS Professor Jarvis Givens will give a lecture on Wednesday, January 27, 2020 at 12:00pm as part of Radcliffe's 2020–2021 Fellows' Presentation Series.

Professor Givens' lecture is titled: The American School... Read more about The American School in Red, White, and Black

2021 Jan 27

Jesse McCarthy, 'Venus and the Angel of History'

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Date:
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 12:00pm
Location:
Virtual Colloquium

Registration required: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Pt6QNvUSmunWmKjsgb0Hw

Jesse McCarthy, Harvard University

Introduction by Ernest Julius Mitchell, Harvard University

Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Colloquium Series

2021 Jan 27

The Current Crisis of American Democracy: Domestic and International Implications

12:00pm to 2:50pm

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, AAAS Professor Michèle Lamont will chair the Weatherhead Forum entitled "The Current Crisis of American Democracy: Domestic and International Implications." The session is from 12:00-2:00PM (Eastern) and is open to the public. The event will be recorded and advance registration is required and can be found on the Weatherhead's... Read more about The Current Crisis of American Democracy: Domestic and International Implications

2021 Feb 03

Robin Bernstein, 'The Racial Tricks of H. E. Lewis, the Negro Mesmerist'

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Date:
Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 12:00pm
Location:
Virtual Colloquium

Robin Bernstein, Harvard University

Introduction by Sarah Lewis, Harvard University

Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Colloquium Series

2021 Feb 08

Roundtable on New Directions in African American Studies and Book History: Part 2

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Roundtable on New Directions in African...

2021 Feb 12

Kerry Ryan Chance, 'Living Politics in South Africa’s Urban Shacklands'

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Date:
Friday, February 12, 2021, 1:00pm
Location:
Virtual Reading Series

Kerry Ryan Chance, University of Bergen, Norway

In conversation with George Meiu, Harvard University

Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Alumni Fellows Virtual Reading Series

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News & Events

News & Announcements

AAAS Professor Higginbotham Honoree at American Ancestors Benefit

AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis In Art Journal

AAAS Professor Michèle Lamont to Chair Weatherhead Forum

AAAS Professors Terry & Stauffer Opine On Inauguration

AAAS Professors Johnson and West in Conversation

AAAS Professor Sarah Lewis Reflects Upon Inauguration

AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates in reading of "Remix: For My People"

AAAS Professor Jennifer Hochschild Featured in NJTODAY.NET

Emeritus AAAS Professor Biodun Jeyifo in The Nation

AAAS Professor Tommie Shelby Gives APA Presidential Address

50 Years of African & African American Studies at Harvard

Upcoming Events

The American School in Red, White, and Black

Location:

Jesse McCarthy, 'Venus and the Angel of History'

The Current Crisis of American Democracy: Domestic and International Implications

Robin Bernstein, 'The Racial Tricks of H. E. Lewis, the Negro Mesmerist'

Roundtable on New Directions in African American Studies and Book History: Part 2

Kerry Ryan Chance, 'Living Politics in South Africa’s Urban Shacklands'

January 2021

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