Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After Harvard's refusal, the foundation offered the grant to Boston University, which used it to create its African Studies Center, the sources said...
...also understood that the History Department held a meeting two weeks ago to consider the future of African studies here. The Department decided then to take no steps in the immediate future to create courses on Africa or to recruit professors in the field...
Next year, Robert I. Rotberg, assistant professor of History, will be teaching African history at M.I.T. The Harvard History Department denied Rotberg tenure this year, forcing him to move elsewhere after this term...
Harvard reportedly refused the Ford Foundation offer to help begin an African program here for financial reasons. At that time Harvard was establishing its Russian Research Center and East Asian Studies program. The University decided it was unable to begin a third area studies project concurrently...
Once B.U. began its African Studies Center, Harvard reportedly made an informal decision to let B.U. carry the weight of African studies in the local area...