Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies

2019 Nov 05

Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies Huggins Lectures

Tue Nov 5 (All day) to Thu Nov 7 (All day)

Location: 

Center for African Studies (1280 Massachusetts Avenue) and the Barker Center (12 Quincy Street)

The 2019 Huggins lectures will be delivered by Christopher Ehret (University of California Los Angeles). All lectures will take place at 4:00 pm.

Tuesday, 5 November: African Historical Firsts (Center for African Studies, 1280 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor)

Wednesday, 6 November: Ancient Africa: Crops, Commerce, and the Export of Innovation (Center for African Studies, 1280 Massachusetts Avenue,...

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2018 Nov 27

Hutchins Center for African & African American Research W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Center for African Studies, 1280 Massachusetts Avenue
Michael Gomez (New York University), Slavery and Unfreedom: Peripatetic Mutability in West Africa and the Americas. This is the second part of West Africa in the Age of Ascent, the 2018 Hutchins Center Du Bois Lecture.
2019 Apr 08

Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room), 12 Quincy Street
Samantha Kelly (Rutgers University), Connected Histories: Ethiopia and the Global Middle Ages. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Department of African and African American Studies, and the Center for African Studies. Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series
2018 Nov 12

Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

5:15pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room), 12 Quincy Street
Daphne Gallagher (University of Oregon), Reflecting on Medieval West Africa: Archaeological Perspectives from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the... Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series
2018 Oct 01

Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room)
Steven Kaplan (Hebrew University), In Search of Medieval Africa: Sources, Methods, and Traps. Reception to follow. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee on Medieval Studies, and the Department of African and African American Studies. Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series