Penn Welcomes Its Newest Department in SAS: Africana Studies
The
University of Pennsylvania has established the Department of Africana Studies
in the School of Arts and Sciences, making it the School’s 27th
department.
The new department will be devoted to the study of the historical and contemporary experiences of Africans and peoples of the African diaspora. Currently, the department includes 11 professors from the School who now hold joint primary appointments with their original home department. The department will administer the Africana Studies undergraduate major and minor, Ph.D., and graduate certificate that were previously offered through Penn’s Center for Africana Studies.
In its inaugural year, the Department of Africana Studies will be chaired by Camille Z. Charles, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences.
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