Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Program of African Studies

Northwestern University's Program of African Studies, founded in 1948, was the first program on Africa in the nation and the first multidisciplinary program at Northwestern. Developed by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits to train a corps of scholars maintaining African interests across disciplinary lines, the Program has grown to include core and associated faculty from such diverse disciplines as African-American studies, art history, history and literature of religions, law, management, medicine, music, and technology, as well as anthropology, history, political science, and sociology. Following Herskovits' death in 1963, Gwendolen M. Carter, formerly of Smith College, became director of the Program in 1964. At Carter's retirement in 1974, linguist Abraham Demoz became director, a position he held until 1980.

From the description of Program of African Studies Records, [ca. 1955-1983]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122518171

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