Faculty

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Emmanuel K. Akyeampong

Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies;
Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies

Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African History from the University of Virginia in 1993. He...

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Center for Government and
International Studies
CGIS South Bldg. S433
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-0621
p: (617) 496-5755
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Ali S. Asani

Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures;
Associate of Lowell House

On leave Fall 2023

Professor Asani holds a joint appointment between NELC and the...

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Department of African and African American Studies
Barker Center Rm. 305
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-5798
p: (617) 495-5755
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Bruno Carvalho

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies
Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design

Bruno Carvalho works on cities as lived and imagined spaces. He studies relationships between cultural practices and urbanization, with a focus on Brazil...

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518 Boylston Hall
Office Hours By appointment
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Jean Comaroff

Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies

On leave Fall 2023

Jean Comaroff was educated at the University of Cape Town and...

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Department of African and African American Studies
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-0621
p: (617) 496-2519
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John Comaroff

Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies

John Comaroff is Professor of African and African-American Studies and Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Scholar, at Harvard University. Before...

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Department of African and African American Studies
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: (617) 496-0621
p: (617) 496-2658