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Dear Colleagues, Griot Family and Friends, [WELCOME NOTE] Cymone Fourshey, Professor of History and International Relations and Director of The Griot Institute The Griot Intern Blog For insights, reactions and detailed information on past Griot Institute events, please read our intern-authored blogs throughout the academic year. The blogs also include many updates and reports on what is happening around…

September 1, 2025 Dear Colleagues, Griot Family and Friends, Hoping, for those of you readers back on campus, your first week was smooth. For those not on campus, a warm welcome back to updates from campus and The Griot Institute. Though we slowed our pace a bit, we were deeply engaged over the summer, creating…

August 1, 2025 Dear Griot Friends and Family,Considering how hot the weather has been, I hope you all have had a reasonably lazy summer doing what you enjoy. The spring semester ended with goodbyes to a few important people. Many thanks to Dr. Jaye Austin Williams who provided steadfast support to the Griot Institute along…

April 8, 2025 Dear Griot Friends and Family,With just three weeks left in the semester and events winding down across campus, we hope that many have had opportunity to reflect on our theme Decolonial Education and Liberatory Learning. The interdisciplinary and intergenerational composition of each conference panel made for rich analysis and question sessions. Thank…

GREETINGS FROM THE DIRECTOR March 24, 2025 Dear Griot Friends and Family, We hope you are all enjoying the arrival of spring weather and light. This spring is particularly significant as it marks the 177th since Bucknell opened in 1846 and the 150th year since Edward Brawley graduated as the first African American to matriculate…

GREETINGS FROM THE DIRECTOR February 28, 2025 Dear Griot Friends and Family, In our efforts at The Griot Institute to develop cross campus programming collaborations around our theme Decolonial Education and Liberatory Learning, we had the opportunity to co-host Dr. Monica Cox – Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Engineering Education at The Ohio State University -…

GREETINGS FROM THE DIRECTOR February 11, 2025 Dear Griot Friends and Family, Happy second week of Black History month from the Griot Institute. The semester has begun with important conversations for us all to think through Decolonial Education and Liberatory Learning and begin to build actions toward the kinds of liberatory learning we want to be able…

GREETINGS FROM THE DIRECTOR January 20, 2025 Dear Griot Family and Friends, I hope you had a restful break. Welcome to 2025. For those on campus we wish you a thought provoking semester with us. For those outside campus reading this, we wish you a well guided end of Winter and anticipated, soon to arrive,…

Dear Colleagues, Griot Family and Friends, Happy Winter! Warm greetings for the season from The Griot Institute for the Study of Black Lives and Cultures. As the year comes to a close, we extend our heartfelt gratitude for your continued robust support of The Griot. This past year has been a remarkable one for us.…