African and African American Studies

The African and African American Studies program offers students a unique opportunity to better understand the experiences of people of African descent throughout the African Diaspora—from the African continent to the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Through coursework in disciplines like philosophy, history, religion, literature, art and more, the African and African American Studies program aims to vitalize the landscape of historical thinking. It encourages students to critically examine and better appreciate the global struggle for justice.

The program offers a minor and access to the resources of the African and African American Studies Research and Resource Center. These connect them to a research-minded group of faculty that is using technology to reflect on history, build community outreach programs, and channel its students to jobs, internships, and other study programs.

Still Honoring the Difficult: Introductory Remarks for Alice Walker at George Mason University’s “Fall for the Book” Festival - 27 September 2012

As a vital architect of a matrilineal literary tradition, Alice Walker stands on the shoulders of artists/activists––from Frances E.W. Harper and Ida B. Wells-Barnett to Lorraine Hansberry and Audre Lorde.

Abraham Lincoln Revisited

When Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and the quest for racial integration dominated the national narrative, the image of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator continued to prevail.

Nearly 2,700 Students Graduate at 2013 Convocations

The biggest cap-and-gown-clad graduating class in the history of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University walked across the Patriot Center stage last week, in three well-coordinated and enthusiastic convocation ceremonies.