Robert Bellinger, Associate Professor
Robert A. Bellinger
Associate Professor of History
Director, Collection of African American Literature
Director, Black Studies Program
Contact Information
Office Location:
History Department
73 Tremont Street, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 573-8121
Fax: (617) 723-7255
Email: rbelling@suffolk.edu
Mailing Address:
Suffolk University History Department
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Education
Ph.D. – Boston College
Ed.M. - Harvard Graduate School of Education
B.A. – Amherst College
Personal Statement
All history depends ultiimately upon its social purpose. This is why in the past it has been handed down by oral tradition and written chronicle...(Paul Thompson, The Voices of the Past, p. 1)
Prof. Bellinger teaches classes in African American and American history, African Diasporan studies, and the history and culture of Senegal. His research interests include late 19th century African American history, West African history and Culture, and West African drum traditions. In addition to his teaching and research, Prof. Bellinger is also involved in training student teachers to teach history in the middle and secondary schools, working on the inclusion of African and African diasporan history and culture into school and university curriculums, and working with study abroad programs that provide students an international, cross-cultural enhancement of their academic work.
Programs and Research
Director, The Géwël Tradition Project, Dakar, Senegal
Director, Senegalese-American Student Teaching Program, Dakar, Senegal
Related Activities
Afriterra, Board of Directors http://www.afriterra.org/Interfuture, Inc., Board of Directors http://www.interfuture.org/
JANBÉ, Board of Directors
Mirrors of Race, Board of Directors
Primary Source Teaching Africa Program, Advisory Board
History Department Education Advisor for Student Teachers
Memberships
African American Historical and Genealogical SocietyAssociation for the Study of African American Life and History
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
African Studies Association
MANDE Studies Association
West Africa Research Association
Massachusetts Colonial Society
American Historical Association
Massachusetts Historical Society, Fellow
Performance Groups
Soli Soma Jembe Orchestra (2001-present) solisoma.blogspot.comTrytone Creative Music Ensemble (1999-present)
Roots Uprising Dance Company (2002-present)
Tam Tam Gisé (2006-present)
International Manager, Sing Sing, Juniors Sabar Drum and Dance Ensemble