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Prof. Matt Guterl is awarded '23-'24 Brown University Book Award
The Brown University Book Award is presented to an outstanding junior, at annual school book award presentations across the country. This year the Brown University Book Award will be Skinfolk by Matthew Pratt Guterl, L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies at Brown University.
International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities
The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities.
Prof. Tony Bogues Leads MoCAAD’s Revolution with ‘This Life’ Exhibition
The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (Miami MoCAAD) is set to revolutionize the Soul Basel and Miami Art Week with its groundbreaking documentary and digital exhibition, “This Life: Black Life in the Time of Now.” Spearheading this venture is the distinguished Jamaican scholar and curator, Prof. Tony Bogues.
Prof. Lisa Biggs awarded 2023 Errol Hill Award
The Healing Stage by Prof. Lisa Biggs has been awarded the 2023 Errol Hill Award by the American Society for Theatre Research.
2023 National Communication Association Awarded to Prof. Lisa Biggs
NCA’s annual awards were bestowed on several distinguished members at the NCA 109th Annual Convention in National Harbor, Maryland. Prof. Lisa Biggs was honored at this ceremony.
Prof. Tony Bogues to lead seminar at ICA-Miami
This spring, the Knight Art + Research Center program at ICA-Miami will offer a series of seminars and lectures on the arts and artistic practices of Haiti and the Haitian diaspora from a scholarly and artistic perspective.
Françoise N. Hamlin named Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer
Professor Françoise N. Hamlin has recently been named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians (OAH).
July 20, 2022
News from Brown
Renovation of Churchill House, Rites and Reason Theatre to usher in new era for Africana studies
The 50-year home to Africana studies at Brown, Churchill House will undergo an expansion to make room for new faculty, give graduate students more space, and create new opportunities for one of America’s oldest Black theaters.
Announcing the 2022-2023 Black Voices in the Public Sphere Fellows
In 2021, Boston Review launched the Black Voices in the Public Sphere, a fellowship initiative designed to prepare and support the next generation of Black journalists, editors, and publishers.
Now entering the program’s second year, we are proud to introduce our next cohort of fellows.
Now entering the program’s second year, we are proud to introduce our next cohort of fellows.