Before the Belt and Road Initiative became the heart of Chinese foreign engagement, China was already active in Africa. The lessons it learned in building railways, ports, and diplomatic networks on the continent helped to shape Beijing’s global rollout of infrastructure and influence. But how has China-Africa engagement, and the subsequent BRI, shaped African governance? Where and...
This lecture has been postponed due to illness: Date and time TBD.
This lecture has been postponed due to illness: Date and time TBD.
Please join us for the first lecture of the 2019-2020 HAA Guest Lecture Series at Boston University:
Speaker: Dana Leibsohn, Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art; Director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Smith College
Info: The Pacific Ocean: frontier, boundary, haven, threat, lure. Across the early modern period, as colonial projects took root in the Americas and Asia, the Pacific became integral to...
The recently released documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, is an artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller. The film examines Morrison's life, works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. It features interviews with Morrison and a number of her peers, critics, and colleagues, including HDS’s Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America.
HDS is hosting a screening of the film. Carrasco will give an introduction, and there there will be a Q&A and panel discussion with...
Speaker: Leora Auslander Professor of European Social History and the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization, The University of Chicago
Chair: Derek Penslar William Lee Frost Professor of Modern Jewish History, Harvard University; CES Resident Faculty & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University; President, American Academy for Jewish Research
