Critical African Heritages Workshop Nov. 12
Posted November 4, 2021
Northwestern students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a visioning session for Critical African Heritages, a new Kaplan Workshop, taking place on...Category: 2021
Islam and trans-Atlantic Black Liberation video mini series
Posted October 6, 2021
Islam and trans-Atlantic Black Liberation 4-part video lecture series, is hosted Program of African Studies, Northwestern University and curated by Zachary Wright (history and...
Northwestern Qatar and GU-Q introduce minor in Africana Studies
Posted September 23, 2021
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and Northwestern Qatar have announced a new joint minor program in Africana Studies. The program will provide a critical...
ISITA Dialogues speaker series (winter/spring 2021) available on Youtube
Posted September 12, 2021
Videos of the talks in the ISITA Dialogues speaker series (winter/spring 2021) are available for viewing on ISITA’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Uh4PiEZozmK_5QwpcLQAw. ...
Caroline Bledsoe retires
Posted September 2, 2021
by LaRay Denzer, newsletter editor-in-chief, Program of African Studies, Northwestern University Caroline Bledsoe, professor of anthropology and the Melville J. Herskovits Professor of African...
Reflections on an all-virtual YALI experience
Posted August 25, 2021
by Tiffany Williams-Cobleigh, program assistant, Program of African Studies The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the Young African...
Swahili Corner: summer safety signage
Posted July 31, 2021
Beach signs translated from English to Swahili by Prof. Peter Mwangi’s Swahili students. Stay safe on the beach this summer! ...
PAS Bookshelf: The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930
Posted July 6, 2021
by LaRay Denzer, PAS Editor of newsletter and working papers The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930 (Madison, WI:...
Swahili Corner: A personalized language experience
Posted June 14, 2021
by Nina Fridman, junior, Northwestern University When I first came to Northwestern, Weinberg’s six-class language requirement felt like a chore. I was uninterested in...
Afrisem annual graduate student conference
Posted June 7, 2021
by Austin Bryan, anthropology, graduate student, Northwestern University This article originally ran in the PAS Newsletter, Spring 2021, Volume 31, Number 3 The Africa...