African Studies

Faculty of the Committee on African Studies

K. Anthony Appiah, Charles H. Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy (Chair)
Leila Ahmed, Professor of Women’s Studies in Religion (Divinity School)
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Professor of History
Ali S. Asani, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture (on leave 2000-01)
Robert H. Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government (on leave 2000-01)
Suzanne P. Blier, Professor of the History of Art and Architecture (on leave 2000-01)
Jennifer Cole, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (on leave 2000-01)
Samba Diop, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave 2000-01)
Deborah D. Foster, Senior Lecturer on Folklore and Mythology
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities
Suzanne Grant Lewis, Assistant Professor of Education (School of Education)
Harald K. Heggenhougen, Cross-listed: Other Faculty
Allan G. Hill, Andelot Professor of Demography (Public Health)
Harry S. Martin III, Professor of Law and Library (Law School)
J. Lorand Matory, Professor of Anthropology and of Afro-American Studies (on leave spring term)
Pauline E. Peters, Lecturer on Anthropology
Kay Kaufman Shelemay, G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music (on leave fall term)
Richard Wolf, Assistant Professor of Music

The Committee on African Studies is a multidisciplinary group of scholars appointed to coordinate teaching and research on Africa within Harvard’s departments and faculties. It is primarily concerned with the planned development of African studies in the University as a whole. Since it is also the Committee’s goal to advance knowledge and understanding of African peoples throughout the University, it sponsors lectures, seminars, conferences, films, and exhibitions on Africa. Its noncredit Africa Seminar is open to all students and faculty members. The Committee offers undergraduate summer grants for senior thesis study in Africa.

The courses listed below deal either directly or indirectly with the study of Africa. A more detailed description of these courses may be found in this catalog under the appropriate department or committee. Other relevant courses are listed in the catalogs of the schools of Public Health, Education, Law, Divinity, Business, and the Kennedy School of Government. Each September, the Committee publishes “African Studies at Harvard,” a University-wide guide to courses, faculty, and programs. The guide is posted at our website: www.fas.harvard.edu/~cafrica. A printed version is available at the Committee’s administrative office in Coolidge Hall 202, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, or by calling (617) 495-5265. The fax number is (617) 496-5183, and email is cafrica@fas.harvard.edu.

(Core) Foreign Cultures 70; Literature and Arts B-27, B-78; Social Analysis 52, 56;

Freshman Seminar 17;

Afro-American Studies 11, 136x, 136y, 136z, 140;

Anthropology 98z, 105, 123, 139, 147, 208, 243, 277, 323;

Economics 1366, 1399;

English 167p;

Folklore and Mythology 113, 114, 115;

French 38b, 70c, 191, 194, 289r;

Government 90km, 1100, 2117, 2162, 2197;

History 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1930, 2908;

History of Art and Architecture 19, 193x, 196;

Medical Sciences 322;

Music 207r;

(Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) Ethiopic A, 120ar, 120br, 300; Swahili A, 120br;

Social Studies 98aa, 98ca, 98cr;

Women’s Studies 110c.