Tag: African Diaspora

News Roundup

Following Petition, Georgia State Creates Center Dedicated to African Diaspora

Georgia State University — home to the largest student body of any higher ed institution in the state of Georgia — is creating a center dedicated to African diaspora and its people, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). The AJC notes that according to state data, approximately 40% of Georgia State’s students are Black. In […]

June 26, 2020

HBCUs

Morgan State Leads HBCUs in Fulbright Scholars, Adds Three

With three more graduates awarded Fulbright Scholarships, Morgan State University is noting that it tops all historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as the highest recipient producer. In total, there have been 149 Fulbright awardees from Morgan State who have gone to study, teach or research in 44 countries, they reported. Newly awarded Morgan State […]

August 13, 2019

African-American

Art Historian Explores African Diaspora, Intersections

Dr. Huey Copeland, an associate professor of art history and the Arthur Andersen Teaching and Research Professor at Northwestern University, has advanced scholarship in contemporary and modern art of the African diaspora like few others.

April 16, 2019

African-American

She’s Not Just Digging for Digging’s Sake

The “idea of materiality” intrigues Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste as do current issues of race, gender and class. As an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Battle-Baptiste combines these interests, describing herself as “a contemporary archaeologist.”

February 14, 2019

African-American

Xavier University to Develop Curatorial Practice and Exhibition Management Program

With the support of a recent Helis Foundation grant, Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) will develop a new master’s degree in Curatorial Practice and Exhibition Management.

January 23, 2019

News Roundup

Senegal Opens Museum of Black Civilizations, Devoted to ‘Decolonizing African Knowledge’

After being first proposed by former Senegal president Léopold Sédar Senghor 52 years ago, the country has opened the Museum of Black Civilizations, one of the largest museums of its kind in the world. The building is similar in size to the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., with 14,000 square meters […]

December 10, 2018