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Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows

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Announcing the 2018-2019 Fellows The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Announces its Sixth Class of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E...

Harvard University Announces Creation of Langston Hughes Fellowship

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Cambridge, MA, January 17, 2025: Harvard University is proud to announce the establishment of the Langston Hughes Fellowship, to be housed at the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute within the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.

Harvard Gazette, 'Eight honorees announced as W.E.B. Du Bois Medalists'

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The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research announced its newest cohort of W.E.B. Du Bois Medal honorees on Sept. 26. The eight Hutchins Center Honors recipients will be honored for “contributions to African and African American culture...

Harvard Gazette: 'Hutchins Center announces 2021-22 W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows'

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University announced this week the 2021-22 class of fellows.

Harvard Gazette, 'University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies announced'

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The Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center is partnering with five institutions to establish the University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies after receiving a $1.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation. The consortium...

The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Announces its Eleventh Class of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, has announced the 2023-2024 class of fellows.

The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Announces its Seventh Class of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, has announced the 2019-2020 class of fellows.

NBC News: 'Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English'

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Popular words used in Black culture for centuries are making their way into Oxford’s newest dictionary. Henry Louis Gates Jr., historian and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, has announced he...

The 2017-2018 W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows

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The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Announces its Fifth Class of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows

The Hutchins Center Honors presents the 2026 W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony

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Cambridge University Press to launch new book series on Afro-Latin American Studies

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The Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University is pleased to announce the new book series Afro-Latin America, to be published by Cambridge University Press, edited by George...

Axios: 'Henry Louis Gates Jr. to oversee new Oxford Dictionary of African American English'

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Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced this week that he will oversee the new Oxford Dictionary of African American English as editor-in-chief.