Dear Friends and fellow Africanists,

Happy New Year! We hope your holiday was both enjoyable and relaxing and that you are ready for what is sure to be an exciting and invigorating semester.

With the new year comes a new Executive Director for the Committee on African Studies, Melissa Braunstein, and a new Web address. We hope you will now visit us at www.africa.harvard.edu, and we look forward to your continued support this semester and beyond!

Our events list for January 24th-February 13th includes Africa-related events happening both within the University and across the Boston area. It also includes notifications of approaching deadlines for Committee grants for Harvard student summer research, study, and travel and Harvard student organizations focused on Africa interested in hosting Africa related events. We hope you will take a look and make plans to attend!