Boston Seminar on African American History

RSVP Required

To assist us in our planning, an RSVP is required. All are welcome to attend the sessions at no charge. You should, however, subscribe to the series if you wish to obtain advance copies of the papers that will be discussed (the Biography Seminar does not pre-circulate papers). The modest subscription fee for the series also underwrites the supper or reception that accompanies each program.

To RSVP: Email seminars@masshist.org or phone 617-646-0579. Please give your name, the name of the seminar you will attend, and the names of your guests. Questions? Phone Alexis Buckley, Research Coordinator, at 617-646-0577 or email seminars@masshist.org.

This series is co-sponsored by the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

New Series!

Interested in presenting at the seminar? Download the 2019-2020 Call for Proposals.

The Boston Seminar on African American History is an occasion for scholars as well as interested members of the public to discuss aspects of African American history from the colonial era to the present day. This new program meets a need that other local discussion series do not address, by focusing on historical scholarship and specifically the African American past.

Five sessions are planned in this inaugural series. Most seminar meetings revolve around the discussion of a pre-circulated paper. Sessions open with remarks from the essayist and an assigned commentator, after which the discussion is opened to the floor. After each session, the Society serves a light buffet supper.

Attendance is free and open to everyone. Subscribers who remit $25 for the year will receive early online access to any pre-circulated materials. Subscriptions also underwrite the cost of the series. Pre-circulated materials will be available to non-subscribers who have RSVP’d for a session on the Monday prior to the program. Subscribe to this seminar series and you will receive access to the seminar papers for FOUR series: the Boston Seminar on African American History, the Boston Area Seminar on Early American History, the Boston Seminar on Environmental History, and the Boston Seminar on Modern American Society and Culture. We recognize that topics frequently resonate across these four fields; now, mix and match the seminars that you attend!

Join the mailing list today by emailing seminars@masshist.org. Download the 2018-2019 schedule here!

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