Program Overview
A Graduate Certificate in African Diaspora Studies in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will introduce students to the current scholarship on the African Diaspora as well as a basic grounding in the historical, political, literary, and cultural responses of African peoples to their diasporic conditions. A successful recipient of a Graduate Certificate in African Diaspora Studies from UMass Amherst would be expected to have acquired the following knowledge:
- Introduction to the complex political and historical development of Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora in the Americas;
- Introduction to conceptual strategies and critical apparati for engaging with a variety of discourses on the African Diaspora;
- Working knowledge of issues, themes, and concepts informing the current scholarship in African Diaspora Studies, especially a critical engagement topics such as refugee status, exile, migration, immigration, trans-nationalism, and expatriation;
- Critical knowledge of the scholarship in at least one aspect of African Diaspora Studies.
Applying
The Certificate welcomes applications from persons who meet the following criteria: Have earned a bachelor’s or graduate degree from an accredited university and have made application for and gained admission to UMass as a non-degree student through the Graduate Admissions Office.
To Apply: Send an email to Tricia Loveland tlovelan@afroam.umass.edu to set up an appointment with one of the co-directors. Visit the website for details and forms: https://www.umass.edu/afroam/graduate-certificate-african-diaspora-studies
Co-directors
John H. Bracey
Agustin Lao-Montes