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AFRICANA STUDIES |
362.111 (S) |
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (3) Gosa Limit 15 This course is an introduction to the origins and emergence of Black Studies as an academic discipline in the American academy. The course is centered on the Social realities of people of African descent living in the United States
Cross-listed with Sociology
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Sec. 01 |
ThF 12-1:30 |
362.175 (H) |
FRESHMAN SEMINAR: REMEMBERING THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT (3) Hayes Limit 25
How should we remember the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s? What lessons can we learn from this complex social movement that redefined black identity and confronted white supremacy and economic exploitation in America? This course examines the historical and social conditions that led to the rise and decline of the Black Power Movement, introducing students to the leadership, organizations, and ideologies representative of the movement.
Cross-listed with Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10:30-12 |
362.200 (H) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY AND POETICS (3) Robbins Limit 25 This course will explore the category, history, and development of African American poetry from Phillis Wheatley to the present. We will focus on poetry and poetics specifically but will consider the general movement of literature produced by African American writers over the course of three centuries. We will read works by the key contributors to this particular American literary tradition with the goal of understanding the aesthetic, cultural, and critical legacy of African-American poetry to the American literary and musical sensibility of the 21st century. From 18th century odes to 19th century shouts and spirituals to the jazz poets of the Harlem Renaissance to Black Arts poetry to the blues, hip hop, and rap tradition, we will examine the role that race, cultural identity, legal status, and the impersonal structures (or shackles) of poetic forms have played in shaping and reshaping African American verse. Cross-listed with English |
Sec. 01 |
MW 10-12 |
362.220 (H,S)
(W) |
DISCOURSES IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (3) Vinson Limit 25 The African Diaspora has emerged as one of the "hot" topics of discussion in contemporary global race relations. The purpose of this course is to engage in a semester-long study into the meaning of the "African Diaspora." Beginning with a brief reflection on some of the theoretical overlays on the topic, the course moves quickly into the heart of the subject matter. The course posts that beyond theoretical discussions, there is much to be learned from a close examination of the narrative accounts of individuals who have lived transnationally - who have themselves been actors and agents of the Diaspora. |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4 |
362.311 (S) |
BLACKNESS OVER EUROPE: MEDITATIONS ON LOCATION AND RACE IN EUROPE (3) Staff Limit 20 This course looks at the presence of the African Diaspora in Europe and the shifting meanings of African and African-American presence in European societies past and present. Course added 4/10/07 Course canceled 9/10/07 |
Sec. 01
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M 2-4
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| 362.360 (S) |
POLITICAL FREEDOM IN AFRICANA THOUGHT (3) Roberts Limit 15 This course explores the debates in political theory surrounding the meaning of political freedom both normatively and in social practice from the perspective of Africana thought. Africana thought encompasses ideas from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and other regions containing African Diasporic populations. Taking as a premise the claim that conceptions of freedom arise out of notions of slavery, we will focus our attention on African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-American writers and movements in order to gain a greater understanding of competing freedom ideals. We shall begin with a discussion of freedom in the making of Western political theory, raising the question along the way of whether taking the dialectic of slavery and freedom is a correct methodological lens to use. The course proceeds to investigate the problem of slavery as one of unfreedom. The majority of our time will be devoted to investigating the conceptions of freedom developed in the thought of thinkers and movements such as Zara Yacob, the Haitian Revolution, Frederick Douglass, Frantz Fanon, Ella Baker, and the Black Freedom Movement. The goal of this course is to highlight the contested nature of the dialectic of slavery and freedom in political theory, and to provide a detailed overview of some key lenses in Africana thought for explaining the meaning of freedom as a political concept. Cross-listed with Political Science Course added 4/10/07 |
Sec. 01 |
W 2-4 |
362.375 (H,S)
(W) |
BEBOP, MODERNISM AND CHANGE (3) Hayes Limit 25 The seminar explores the social & political content, meanings & intent of bebop music from the 1940s to the 1960s and its impact on the social transformation of America. Taught at Peabody
Cross-listed with History, Political Science, and Sociology |
Sec. 01 |
MW 12:30-2 |
| 010.376 (H) |
ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN AFRICAN ART: ISLAM AND THE VISUAL ARTS OF AFRICA (3) Meier Limit 25 The interconnections between Islam and other modes of religious practice and their attendant expressions in the realm of African arts. Important questions regarding the practice of Islam in Africa will also be addressed, with case studies from Mali, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Cross-listed with History of Art |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 1 |
060.391 (H)
(W) |
INTRODUCTION TO 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE (3) Conn Limit 18 Cross-listed with English |
Sec. 01 |
MW 3:30-5 |
070.222 (H,S)
(W) |
AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY (3)Guyer Limit 50
Cross-listed with Anthropology |
Sec. 01 |
M 1-4 |
070.393 (H,S) |
LAW AND DEVELOPMENT: POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES (3) Obarrio Limit 30 Registration Requirements: Upper level undergrads only and open to graduate students
Cross-listed with Anthropology and Program for Latin American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
T 1-4 |
100.223 (H,S)
(W) |
CIVIL WAR TO KATRINA: RECONSTRUCTING NEW ORLEANS (3) Young Limit 20 Dean's Teaching Fellowship Course
Cross-listed with History |
Sec. 01 |
MW 2-3:30 |
100.411 (H,S)
(W) |
COMPARATIVE FREEDOM STRUGGLES: THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENTS (3) Shell-Weiss Limit 10 This course explores and compares the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa and the Movement for African-Amerian Civil Rights in the U.S. using a wide variety of literature, primary and secondary works. Cross-listed with History and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Course added 4/10/07 |
Sec. 01 |
M 12-2 |
180.252 (S) |
ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION (3) Morgan Limit 50 Prereq: 180.102
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies and Economics |
Sec. 01 |
TW 10 |
190.214 (S) |
INTRODUCTION TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC POLITICS (3) Hanchard Limit 20 Cross-listed with Political Science |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10 |
190.302 (S) (W) |
POLITICS OF BLACK CULTURAL PRODUCTION (3) Spence Limit 15
Cross-listed with Political Science |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-4 |
190.384 (S) |
URBAN POLITICS (AP) (3) Spence
Limit 20
Cross-listed with Political Science |
Sec. 01 |
Th 10:30-12:30 |
230.112 (S) |
FRESHMAN SEMINAR ON RACE AND EDUCATION IN THE U.S. (3) Bennett
Limit 15
Cross-listed with Sociology |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-4 |
230.313 (S)
(W) |
SPACE, PLACE, POVERTY, AND RACE: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND PUBLIC HOUSING (3) DeLuca Limit 30 25
Cross-listed with Sociology |
Lec.
Sec. 01
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M 2-4
W 10 |
280.399 (S) |
PRACTICUM IN COMMUNITY HEALTH (3) Bone/Goodyear Limit 35 Seniors & Juniors only Perm. Req’d.
Cross-listed with Public Health Studies |
Sec. 01 |
M 4:30-6pm 4-5:30 |
