Word: afro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WHEN THE Afro-American Studies Executive Committee recently decided not to consider Eugene D. Genovese, one of the premier historians in Afro-American studies, for its next appointment, it missed the opportunity of bringing a great scholar to Harvard and further strengthening the department. After months of searching for three historians, the committee as of last week had decided its next appointment should be in Afro-American literature...
...Afro-American Studies Executive Committee revealed a major policy shift this past week, when it announced it would not consider Eugene D. Genovese, professor of history at Rochester University, for its next proposed appointment, and instead would search for a scholar in Afro-Am literature...
...committee, formed in September by Dean Rosovsky to recruit senior faculty for Afro-Am, or originally was looking solely for historians, and in April recommended positions for three, including Nathan I. Huggins, a professor of history at Columbia University. Only Huggins accepted, and he will become chairman of the department on July...
Huggins said Thursday he requested the committee change its policy and try to find scholars in literature and social sciences other than history. Two historians in Afro-Am would be "redundant", Huggins said...
History is the "most important area in Afro-Am," Aaron A. Estis '80, a concentrator, said, adding "It's strange that at one time they wanted three historians, and now they're satisfied with...