Brandeis University
Department of African and Afro-American Studies
The African and Afro-American Studies Department offers opportunities to explore cultural expressions, economic issues, religious practices, social arrangements, intellectual developments, and political trends among Africans and people of African descent.
The Department is multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary in its approach to the broad range of issues and experiences that comprise this field. We offer courses in the humanities and social sciences using the methods of several disciplines, including anthropology, cultural studies, economics, history, literature, politics, and sociology. Specific courses focus on people and developments in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.
AAAS Welcomes 3 New Faculty
Peniel E. Joseph, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies. Twentieth century American social history. African Diaspora. Professor Joseph is teaching two courses this semester: AAAS 5a Introduction to African-American History and AAAS 105a The Black Power Movement. Mingus U. Mapps, Assistant Professor of African and Afro-American Studies and Politics. Urban politics. Race and American politics. Race, inequality, and public policy. Civil rights law and politics. Campaigns and elections. This semester Professor Mapps is teaching AAAS 82a Urban Politics. Wayne Marshall, Florence Levy Kay Fellow. Ethnomusicology. Cultural study of music. Hip-Hop. Regaeton. Electronic popular music. Professor Marshall holds a joint appointment with AAAS and Music. This semester he is teaching MUS 160a Digial Pop from Hip-Hop to Mashup. This course is cross-listed with our department.
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