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Dr. Chuku Receives Ali Mazrui Award for Research Excellence

2017 TOFAC International Conference, Ondo, Nigeria, July 3-5

Gloria Chuku received the distinguished Ali Mazrui Award for Scholarship and Research Excellence at the 2017 Toyin Falola Annual Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora. The award was...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 12:28 AM

Dr. Chuku Publishes Book Chapter on Nigeria-Biafra War

Gloria Chuku's chapter "Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War" has been published in Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970, edited by A. Dirk Moses and...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 12:04 AM

Dr. Chuku Interviewed on Maryland Humanities Podcast

June 7, 2017

On June 7, Gloria Chuku was interviewed on the Maryland Humanities Connection Podcast. Hear her speak about "African Women and Political Participation" at https://www.mdhumanities.org/podcasts/.

Posted: August 24, 2017, 11:58 PM

Dr. Chuku Speaks at "Remembering Biafra" Conference

George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 20-21

Gloria Chuku was an Invited Conference speaker at the "Remembering Biafra: History, Memory, and the Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War" International Conference at George Washington University in...

Posted: August 24, 2017, 11:50 PM

Faculty & Staff Parking Permit Fees for 2017-2018

Parking Permits 2017-2018

Faculty/Staff Parking Permit Fees for 2017/2018 To support the increasing cost associated with operating, maintaining, and improving the parking facilities on campus, UMBC faculty and staff...

Posted: August 7, 2017, 1:46 PM

Summer Course! AFST 213/MLL 210

Africa: Culture and Development (5/30-6/23)

Interested in learning about African cultural diversity; kinship and descent groups; marriage institution; gender and household dynamics; rites of passage and socialization; food and culinary...

Posted: May 16, 2017, 12:51 PM

AFRICANA STUDIES SUMMER/WINTER 2017

Summer 2017 registration is now open!

AFST 100 - Introduction to The Black Experience Section: 01-LEC (2486) Session: Twelve Wk Days/Times: We 6:00pm - 9:10pm Instructor: Karen Sutton Status: Open AFST 213 - Africa: Culture...

Posted: May 10, 2017, 1:34 PM

Daphne Harrison Lecture

Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

Daphne Harrison Lecture: Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress A Conversation About Digital Access Thursday, April 13, 2017 · 5:30 PM - 7 PM Performing Arts & Humanities Building : Linehan...

Posted: April 7, 2017, 3:00 PM

FINDING OUR ANCESTORS’ VOICES:

Dr. Iyelli Ichile, Ph.D

THIS LECTURE SERIES FOCUSES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AS WELL AS APPROACHES FOR CONDUCTING FAMILY GENEALOGY RESEARCH. INCLUDED WITH REGULAR MUSEUM ADMISSION. About Dr. Iyelli Ichile...

Posted: March 7, 2017, 1:27 PM

UMBC Delegation at the 15th Model African Union

Washington, DC, February 23-26, 2017

On February 23-26, 2017, Dr. Gloria Chuku led six UMBC students: Chidera Agwu, Maurice Cates, Ahmed Eludoyin, Mohamed Jalloh, Rungano Kaiyo, and Jessica Sackey as Delegates representing Mauritania...

Posted: March 2, 2017, 5:34 PM