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That doubt, Gates said, has now been laid to rest. He said yesterday he is “more than persuaded” that “Afro-American studies is central to President Summers’ conception of the liberal arts university and to Dean Kirby’s mission as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Harvard University is committed to remaining preeminent in Afro-American studies,” he said. “I am delighted that Professor Gates will continue his leadership of our Department of Afro-American Studies and of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research...
Professor of Anthropology and of Afro-American Studies J. Loran Matory said he is “concerned there has been pressure from the president’s office to make appointments favorable to his political opinions...
...There is no doubt that Princeton has emerged as a major center of Afro-American studies,” he said in a written statement. “We need multiple centers of excellence in our field, and Princeton is one of these...
Among other things, colleagues gave Gates an African sculpture that “symbolizes the many qualities that make him a great leader,” according to Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies and English and American Literature and Language Glenda R. Carpio...