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Africana Studies at Lehigh
The purpose of the Africana Studies Program is to engender in Lehigh students an intellectual appreciation of the life and culture of people of African descent worldwide, especially in the United States, thereby enriching the Lehigh curriculum and increasing the relevance of a Lehigh education to a culturally diverse society and world. In the best tradition of a liberal arts education, Africana Studies expands all Lehigh students’ critical understanding of their own heritage in interaction with other cultures.
The major and minor in Africana Studies constitute an interdepartmental and comparative program of study for undergraduates who wish to integrate the insights and methods of several disciplines to understand the history, culture, social, and political experience of people of African descent globally. The Africana Studies curriculum encompasses two intended lines of inquiry: (1) the diverse influences in Africa and the African diaspora that have shaped African American culture, and (2) the variety of ways that the African American experience has shaped and been shaped by American culture.
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A Conversation with Rev. Jesse Jackson
Monday, February 13, 2012 • 7 PM
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center
SOLD OUT
Doors Open at 6:30 PM.
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Lehigh University's Africana Studies
Program will host
a dialogue with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Moderated by James
Peterson
(Director of Africana Studies), and Rev. Grace Ji-Sun Kim (Moravian
College and
Seminary), the conversation will explore leadership in the 21st
Century and the
significance Lehigh University's celebration of 40 years of co-
education.
After the initial dialogue amongst Rev. Jackson and the
moderators, members of
the audience will be invited to participate by asking questions
relevant to the
programs topics. To read more about Rev. Jackson's visit, click here...
Applications Now Being Accepted for Assistant Professor Africana Studies History
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