Hobart and William Smith Colleges - africana studies

Shedding Light on 18th-century Africa

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Catherine Gallouët has edited a collection of essays, titled L'Afrique du Siècle des Lumières: savoirs et representations [Africa during the Enlightenment: knowledge and representation] which was recently published by Oxford University Press. The collection, containing 18 essays by scholars from Europe, Africa and North America, discu...

Spending Summer the "Write" Way

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A group of dedicated students gave up part of their summer to instead hit the books at the Summer Institute, a five-week, intensive, on-campus academic program which incorporates courses in math, social sciences, writing, and study skills for incoming first-years. "The program allows students to benefit from college-level courses for credit, developing and enhancing their skill sets and identifyi...

Johnson and "Rebellion or Revolution?"

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Cedric Johnson, associate professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has written a new foreword to Harold Cruse's "Rebellion or Revolution?"--a book first published in 1968. Cruse (1916-2005) was a social critic, essayist and teacher of African American studies at the University of Michigan. He is described as "One of the leading writers of African American intellectual ...

Landing an Internship with Africa Action

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This summer, Laura Martin '10 is fulfilling her passion through an internship experience with Africa Action in Washington, D.C. Through the national organization that works for political, economic, and social justice in Africa, she has been given the opportunity to help people of a place for which she has great fervor. Working on a double major in International Relations and Africana Studies, Mart...

McCorkle '76 in International Museum

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Assistant Professor James McCorkle '76, who teaches in the First-Year Seminar program and in the Africana Studies program, has created a project for Projective/Artura and the International Artists' Museum (Tel Aviv). McCorkle's poem, "To Be Here, Again" will appear superimposed on a mosaic of Polish artist Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's 2008 painting "Venice" to form a limited-edition book. This is the sec...

Sharing South African Literature

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

South African Literature is making its way to Seneca Falls thanks to Thelma Pinto, assistant professor of Africana studies. On March 3 at 7 p.m., Pinto will offer her expertise to the surrounding community by giving a lecture in the "Everybody in Seneca Falls Reads 2009" at the Seneca Falls Library. Her talk will focus on women's narratives during and after the Apartheid in South Africa. "In the h...

African Literature Headquarters at HWS

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the coming months, the African Literature Association (ALA), an international organization of hundreds of African writers, scholars and artists whose primary goal is disseminating African literature and art all over the world, will have its new director and headquarters at HWS. ALA recently elected Professor of French and Francophone Studies George Joseph as its new director. During Joseph's f...