非洲 and 非洲 Diaspora Studies will be offered as a major beginning this fall, a curriculum development that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Black Studies Program at 太阳城网赌平台.
AADS项目探索了这段历史, 文化, and politics of 非洲s on the continent and 非洲-descended peoples in the U.S., 加勒比海, 南美, 欧洲, 亚洲, 以及中东地区, and familiarizes students with the multiplicity and diversity of the 非洲 diaspora. 通过跨学科和比较的方法, 这个新专业采用了广泛的英语教学方法, 历史, 社会学, 哲学, 神学, 沟通, 浪漫的语言, 和艺术.
“AADS majors will gain transferable skills as they learn to analyze information from multiple perspectives and to assess the pros and cons of different types of evidence,项目主管C. 肖恩也, an associate professor of 社会学 and 非洲 and 非洲 Diaspora Studies. “These skills are important as we prepare students for both an ever-changing workforce and to be knowledgeable, 道德, 以及世界上参与公民活动的公民. 这是一个比以往任何时候都更需要的专业.”
C. 肖恩也
“I am very happy that 太阳城网赌平台 will be launching a new major in 非洲 and 非洲 Diaspora Studies in the 2019-20 academic year,” said Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. 这个项目的历史可以追溯到1969年, the launch of the new AADS major contributes to the important celebration of the program’s 50th anniversary. As the University deepens its strategic commitment to interdisciplinary academic experiences that promote engagement with the common good and increase global aspects of the curriculum, I am delighted that we are moving forward with this important new major.”
广告的任务, 根据管理员的说法, 就是介绍历史, 文化, and experiences of 非洲-descended peoples to the widest range of students; to support serious academic research on Africa and the 非洲 diaspora; give 非洲-descended students and their peers opportunities to examine the depth and breadth of 非洲 legacies on this continent and throughout the world; more closely link local black communities with BC; and project the significance of realities of people of 非洲 descent to the intellectual life of BC and larger communities.
“It’s important that students think about the many complexities in the world,” said McGuffey. “AADS的太阳城官网项目汇集了所有的‘主义’——种族主义, 性别歧视, 阶级歧视, extremism—and demonstrates how they work as an interlocking system operating at the interpersonal, 机构, 文化层面.”
AADS began in the 1969-70 academic year as the Black Studies Program, which along with the Black Talent Program was part of a recruitment effort to attract talented 非洲 American students to BC. The program served as a direct response to the 1968 “Inter-Racial Apostolate” letter to Jesuit colleges and universities from Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe, S.J., and as an outcome of discussions begun in 1967 between then-BC President Michael Walsh, S.J., 以及波士顿社区领袖梅尔·金, 前马萨诸塞州立法委员和社区组织者, 布莱恩·罗林斯, 前记者和长期多元化顾问.
1981年，波士顿社区活动家和教师阿曼达. 休斯顿被任命为该项目的负责人. 她为辅修黑人太阳城官网奠定了基础, 成立于1985年, 还有很多结构, 目标, 以及今天节目的使命. In 1991, the University Core Curriculum requirements were revised to include one course designated “cultural diversity” for the class of 1997, resulting in an even broader range of BC students enrolling in Black Studies courses.
In 1993, 弗兰克·泰勒, 加勒比海历史副教授, became the first full-time faculty member to assume the position of director of Black Studies; his tenure was defined by an expanded focus on 加勒比海.
Associate Professor of English Cynthia Young was named director of Black Studies in 2005, and under her leadership the program grew to include faculty jointly appointed with the departments of English, 历史, 神学, 罗曼语文学. 合营公司, its network of affiliate faculty grew exponentially and the minor’s curricular offerings were expanded to approximately 40 courses per year.
The program was renamed the 非洲 and 非洲 Diaspora Studies Program in January of 2006, reflecting the minor’s broadened focus on Africa and its worldwide diaspora. Central to AADS’s renewed focus was the “New 方向 in 非洲 Diaspora Studies Lecture Series,” which highlighted new AADS research by national and international scholars and creative writers, and the “Works in Progress” lecture series featuring presentations by BC scholars.
2009年7月, Associate Professor of English and AADS Rhonda Frederick was appointed as the program’s fourth director, with the mission to increase AADS’s profile within the academic and local communities. 发展这些联系, 弗雷德里克恢复了“黑人在波士顿”系列会议, 最初由阿曼达·休斯顿于1983年发起.
”“黑...and Immigrant,’ the 2015 conference theme, engaged current issues in the U.S. immigration debate, and explored what black immigrants bring to this charged issue,” said Frederick. “Critical insights revealed by examining American immigration from an AADS perspective exemplify the kind of perspective available to an AADS major.”
“我很高兴AADS迈出了下一步,AADS历史副教授马丁·萨默斯说, who directed the program from 2014 until McGuffey’s appointment in 2018. “We have some dynamic and brilliant faculty who are doing cutting-edge work in the field. We also have some dedicated students in our classes who are passionate about studying the 非洲 diaspora, 他们也应该有机会专攻这门学科.”
菲尔Gloudemans |大学传播| 2019年8月