#  Black Women and the American University: Eileen Southern’s Story 

 





January 20, 2022

 

 

The second of two one-hour webinars exploring the legacy of former AAAS Department Chair Eileen Southern will be held on **Thursday, April 7, 2022** at 4:00pm (Eastern). "Black Women and the American University: Eileen Southern’s Story," is part of the broader Eileen Southern Initiative, housed in the Harvard University Department of Music, which includes a digital exhibition as well as an on-site exhibition in Harvard’s Loeb Music Library, a film, a spring concert by The Aeolians of Oakwood University, and a preceding webinar, “Black Women and the American University: Eileen Southern’s Story,” held on November 15, 2021. Eileen Southern, the first black woman to be appointed full professor with tenure at Harvard, chaired the Department of Afro-American Studies from 1976-1979. For information on how to register for the webinar visit the event page on Radcliffe's [website](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2022-black-women-the-american-university-eileen-southern-two-virtual).

 

 

 



 

 

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