Amsale (Amy) Alemu

Amsale (Amy) Alemu

African and African American Studies with a primary field in History
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Amsale (Amy) Alemu is a Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University in the Department of African and African American Studies with a primary field in History. Her dissertation research is on the political imaginaries of transnational movements through a history of Ethiopian student organizing in the United States. Her research is funded by the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship and Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships.

 Amy holds a Master’s degree in History from Harvard and an A.B. Honors degree from Harvard College in History and Economics. She has taught courses in African American studies and African languages and culture. Her interests include Black transnationalism, history of political thought, integrative approaches to African and African American studies, and digital and multimedia scholarship.

To read more, visit scholar.harvard.edu/amyalemu

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