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    Revised Alma Mater

     

    Congratulations to Janet Pascal AB '84,
    author of the new final line of the alma mater:

    "Till the stars in the firmament die."

     

    Lyrics to "Fair Harvard"

    Fair Harvard! we join in thy Jubilee throng,
    And with blessings surrender thee o’er
    By these Festival-rites, from the Age that is past,
    To the Age that is waiting before.
    O Relic and Type of our...

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    Africa - Asia Initiative

    The Africa-Asia Initiative brings together Harvard faculty and graduate students from across the university with scholars from across the globe to identify key areas for research and theoretical interventions.

    Over the course of the past ten years, China’s influence on the African continent has eclipsed that of any other nation. The Chinese government declared 2006 the “Year of Africa,” acknowledging and accelerating China’s engagement...

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    African Languages in the Disciplines Conference

    Indigenous African languages are vital to comprehending how Africans understand, organize, and transmit essential knowledge to successive generations, both through oral and written traditions and through aesthetic practices. African languages play a critical role in research as they serve as road maps for identifying how African social, political, and economic institutions change over time. The African Languages in the Disciplines (ALD) conference provides a platform for diverse scholarly discussions about the contributions...

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    About

    Co-­design  refers  to  a  computer  system  design  process  where  scientific  problem requirements influence architecture design and technology and constraints inform formulation   and   design   of   algorithms   and   software,   while   co-­‐optimization   refers   to optimization of hardware, software, and algorithms for a given application. Consistent with DOE’s effort, we need to start  formulating  efforts  in ...

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    Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Distinguished Lecture on African Business and Entrepreneurship

    In 2015, the Center for African Studies launched the Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie Distinguished Lecture on African Business and Entrepreneurship. This annual lecture is hosted by the Harvard Center for African Studies and is generously supported by Hakeem and Myma Belo-Osagie.

    Both loyal alumni and strong supporters of the Center, the Belo-Osagies serve on the Global Advisory Council of the Office of President of Harvard University. Professor Hakeem Belo Osagie is a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for African Studies, and Dr. Myma Belo-Osagie serves as Chair of...

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    Workshop on African History and Economics Series

    The Center for African Studies and The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research partnered to launch the Workshop on African History and Economics (WAHE). Professor of History and of African and African American Studies and CAS Faculty Director, Emmanuel Akyeampong, and Nathan Nunn, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, serve as facilitators of the conference series. WAHE seeks to examine African economies from a historical standpoint, honing in on two trends: "the development of the 'New Economic History' with its tendency for comparative studies of regional...

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    Global Studies Outreach Summer Workshop

    Working in collaboration with the other regional study centers at Harvard University, the Harvard University Center for African Studies supports an annual four-day intensive summer workshop in the Greater-Boston area. The workshop is tailored for middle school, high school, and community college educators in the humanities and social sciences. The aim of the workshop is to encourage educators to work together to understand a topic that has relevance across world regions. Participants are expected to take what they...

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    Annual Reports

    The Harvard University Center for African Studies is committed to cultivating the next generation of Africanists, African leaders and scholars. Everything we do helps to broaden public and scholarly awareness about Africa, African experiences and perspectives. To achieve this goal, we act as a University-wide nexus for Africanist research and teaching, we connect Harvard’s Africanists with institutional partners on the Continent, we support and promote the enrollment of African students at Harvard, we facilitate inter-faculty research and teaching on Africa, we offer a robust schedule of...

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    Join Our Team

    With over two dozen staff and more than one hundred undergraduate and graduate student fellows, the Bok Center is building a community of people dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning at Harvard. Don't miss your opportunity to find out how you can contribute to our mission!

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