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Black Egypt in the World Imagination - Anthony T. Browder

AFST 340 MONDAY 4:30PM - 7:00PM (NEW COURSE)

Anthony T. Browder  is  an author, publisher, cultural historian, artist, and an educational consultant. He is a graduate of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts and has lectured extensively...

Posted: January 15, 2014, 10:30 AM

AFST Majors & Minors: PAID Spring Internships Available

AFST MAJORS & MINORS

AFST Majors and Minors: PAID Spring Internships Available with MD Legislators Maryland state legislators and state legislative candidates continue to contact POLI and AFST staff...

Posted: January 9, 2014, 2:49 PM

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program

$90,000 over two years toward a two-year master's degree...

 The Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program welcomes applications from young people interested in careers in international service. For those who want to become Foreign Service Officers in the U.S....

Posted: October 25, 2013, 1:13 PM

National Council for Black Studies

2014 Student Essay Contest

National Council for Black Studies    2014 Student Essay Contest   Dear NCBS Students, Every year NCBS hosts a nationwide student essay contest. Graduate and undergraduate students from all...

Posted: October 17, 2013, 1:56 PM

Second Generation Scholarship Application

Scholarship Application

Statement of Purpose The purpose of the Second Generation Scholarship Award is to provide support to outstanding UMBC undergraduates who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of...

Posted: September 12, 2013, 1:20 PM

Do You Have Experience in Dream Weaver 8 & Word Press?

employment,web page, web page design,help wanted

The Dept. of Africana Studies is seeking a UMBC Student with experience in Macromedia Dream Weaver 8 and Word Press. If you have experience and are a UMBC student, this could be an opportunity for...

Posted: September 10, 2013, 11:50 AM

The Igbo Intellectual Tradition - Edited by Dr. Gloria Chuku

Africana Studies, African History,Cultural History,History

The Igbo Intellectual Tradition Creative Conflict in African and African Diasporic Thought Edited By Gloria Chuku Palgrave Macmillan, August 2013 ISBN: 978-1-137-31128-3, ISBN10:...

Posted: September 10, 2013, 10:21 AM

Dept. of Africana Studies Fall 2013 New Course! AFST 390

Register for AFST 390: Thursdays 7:10PM - 9:40PM

Register for AFST 390: Thursdays 7:10PM - 9:40PM Can we end racial disparities in health care? This new AFST course examines the relationship between the American health care system and Blacks....

Posted: September 4, 2013, 2:22 PM

AFST Welcomes New Dept. Chair

Department of Africana Studies,  Tyson King-Meadows, Ph.D. Beginning Fall 2013 Dr. Tyson D. King-Meadows is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of...

Posted: August 30, 2013, 12:26 PM