Learning Swahili at Northwestern has enhanced my family history
Posted October 21, 2025
By Vrinda Gupta, Northwestern undergraduate student My family has a history of spending brief periods in Kenya, Unfortunately, they spent no time there during...Category: Newsletter
Community News
Posted October 21, 2025
ISITA and PAS congratulate Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza on his appointment as the vice chancellor of Northwest University in Sokoto, Nigeria. He was a...
Recent additions to the collections of the Herskovits Library
Posted October 21, 2025
By Esmeralda Kale, Librarian Two summers ago, while packing up materials at the home of Jean Herskovits, this item on display caught my attention....
Lovejoy presents his papers to the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Posted October 21, 2025
By Esmeralda M. Kale, Librarian Paul E. Lovejoy is Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, Department of History, York University, and Fellow of the Royal Society...
Maktaba project introduced at ASA roundtable
Posted October 16, 2025
By Rebecca Shereikis, associate director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) Scholars involved in the Maktaba project reflected...
Scholars gather to celebrate the career of Charles Stewart
Posted October 16, 2025
By Rebecca Shereikis, associate director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) A conference at the University of Illinois...
Morris Goodman: A remembrance
Posted October 16, 2025
By Jeff Rice, senior lecturer in the Political Science Department and the Department of African Studies One thing Morris and I had in common...
In Memoriam: Morris F. Goodman (1933-2025)
Posted October 16, 2025
By Craig Sirles, emeritus Associate Professor of English at DePaul University Morris Franklin Goodman, retired linguistics professor at Northwestern who specialized in pidgin and...
Richard Joseph Learning Centre established in Lagos
Posted October 16, 2025
On February 7, 2025, the Lagos-based Nigerian Institute of International Affairs honored Richard Joseph, a former PAS director and John Evans Emeritus Professor of...
Akin Ogundiran establishes the Material History Lab at Northwestern
Posted October 16, 2025
Professor Akin Ogundiran has inaugurated the Material History Lab at Northwestern. It is an interdisciplinary site for researching and teaching about objects and what...