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AAS, CAS, Hutchins Center Annual Graduation Party

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The Department of African and African American Studies, the Center for African Studies, and the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research invite you to join us in celebrating our doctoral students, graduating seniors, and secondary fielders...

Africa Send-off Orientation

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Traveling to Africa this summer? Come mingle with students traveling to the same country or region as you! This orientation/mixer is for all Harvard students traveling to Africa in summer 2017 and welcomes all Harvard students and not only CAS-funded...

Buna Break: AfriSoc x CAS Open House with Late-Night Study

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CAS is excited to welcome students to the Center for our first Buna Break of the year on Tuesday, September 8, from 4-9pm ET. Buna Break was established in 2025 to provide a space for students to connect and recharge over African coffee. Each Buna Break...

All-Harvard Africa Fall Mixer

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Join faculty and students from across the university at CAS' Fall Mixer with African Food and Music! Co-sponsored by the Harvard T H Chan Nigeria Students Association We the Harvard T H Chan Nigerian Students Association are excited to participate as co...

Q: What does it mean if the country I am planning to travel to has a ‘High-Risk Rating’ as determined by the Global Support Services Office?

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For undergraduate students: Harvard-sponsored travel to High-Risk Countries and Regions is prohibited. The sole exception to this prohibition is for students (or fellows) visiting their parents or legal guardians, but only if: the parents or legal...

Teaching in the Desert: Islam, Slavery, and Social Change in Mauritania

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The Islam in Africa Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem, Professor of Political Science at the School of Law and Political Science of the Université de Nouakchott Mauritania. Salem will deliver a lecture entitled, "Desert, Islam, Slavery...

Finding and Funding Internships in Africa

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Want to intern in Africa but not sure where to begin? Hear from students about their internship experiences across the continent! OCS, HGHI, and CAS will share information about funding opportunities and what you should know in order to apply. RSVP here...

African Studies Workshop Featuring Derek Hook

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Derek Hook is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He will present “Petrified life – post–apartheid temporality.” Mark Geraghty, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard University Mahindra Humanities Center, will be the...

The Land Beneath Our Feet - Harvard University and MIT STS

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Join the University of Wisconsin-Madison, MIT STS and Harvard University for a screening of The Land Beneath Our Feet. The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young...

African Studies Workshop Featuring Myles Osborne

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Myles Osborne is Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. He will present “Rastafari and Reparations: Nation and Community in Jamaica and Kenya.” Lowell Brower, a doctoral candidate in African & African American Studies at...

ʻIlm and the Common People: Sufi Vernacular Poetry and Islamic Education in Brava, c.1890-1922 (Professor Lidwien Kapteijns, Wellesley College)

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Professor Lidwien Kapteijns (Wellesley College) will lead a discussion about methodology and primary sources for students of Islamic Africa. Participants are invited to read and comment on Kapteijns and Vianello’s ongoing research about a particular genre...

The Materiality of Tradition: Pursuing and Preserving Texts in the Western Sahel

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Harvard's Islamic Africa Seminar (IAS) is excited to host Jeremy Dell of the University of Pennsylvania. Dell will discuss his ongoing research on Islamic manuscript cultures in West Africa. His talk will explore the complicated relationship between...