Word: afro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nathan I. Huggins, DuBois Professor of Afro-American Studies and History, has no air conditioning to relieve the hot weather as he moves into his new office at 77 Dunster St. But while his headquarters may be uncomfortable now, the heat of the summer will be mild compared with the heat Huggins will face in autumn as the new chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department...
...with the job of running a department born of what Dean Rosovsky once labeled "an academic Munich." Gazing out the window from behind his desk, Huggins seems steeled to the task and regards his new post with a sense of equanimity. "I have no misgivings about the future of Afro-Am at Harvard. I'm persuaded that the president and the dean are committed to a viable, attractive concentration," he says, adding, "Otherwise, I certainly would have no reason to come...
...have to go to the Mekong Delta to find signs of what Harvard isn't doing quite right because you can find them as close as the course catalogue or in Brookline. Walk down Dunster St. and take a look at the building at #77, the home of the Afro-American Studies Department. Born of what the dean later called an "academic Munich"--at a time when students sat in University Hall and demanded that ROTC be thrown off campus and didn't leave until the president called in the Cambridge police, who beat heads and spilled blood...
...those who major in Afro-Am are lucky compared to those who want to major in Women's Studies but will never get the chance. They won't get the chance because the Faculty doesn't think it's a proper academic field and, right or not, there aren't enough women Faculty members to support it if they wanted to. And the Afro-Am majors are lucky compared to those who want to go to Europe to study Florentine art. Everybody knows you can only really study Florentine art in Florence; not at Harvard, because the Faculty doesn...
...Faculty discussion: "Ethnic Marginality in American Literature," with newly-arrived chairman of the Afro-Am department, Nathan I. Huggins. If you only have the mettle for one of these sessions, this might be your best bet. Huggins steps right into the fire this year, and all eyes will be watching to see if he can quell wide-spread concern about Afro-Am. Science Center...