CENTER FOR AFRICANA STUDIES

362.101 (H,S)

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES (3) Gosa   Limit 20  Introduction to the content and contours of Africana Studies as a field of study – its genealogy, development, and future challenges.  Focuses on historic and contemporary experiences of African-descended peoples in the Americas.

Sec. 01

WF 1:30-2:45

362.201 (H,S)

RASTAFARI: DREAD, POLITICS, AGENCY (3) Roberts   Limit 60  From its heretical roots in Jamaica, Garveyism, Ethiopianism, and Pan-Africanism, Rastafari has evolved from a Caribbean theological movement to an international political actor. This course investigates the political theory of Rastafari in order to develop intellectual resourses for theorizing the concept of agency in contemporary Africana thought and political theory.
Cross-listed with Anthropology and Political Science

Sec. 01

TTh 1:30-2:45

362.205 102 (H,S) (W)

20TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (3) Hinderer  Limit 20  This survey class is designed to introduce students to the major issues in twentieth century African-American history and culture, including migration, segregation, integration, freedom movements, and artistic production.
Cross-listed with History

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

362.222 (H,S)

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN MIGRATION (3) Buford Limit 20 This survey class intends to introduce students to contemporary international migration of African and Caribbean people to North American and European countries. Focuses on migration, assimilation, and socio-economic attainment. Cross-listed with Sociology Course added 11/09/07

Sec. 01

T 3-5:50pm

362.302 (H)

AFRICAN VISIONS: UNDERSTANDING ART, CONTEXT, AND THE IMAGES OF A CONTINENT (3) Milbourne  Limit 15  Earns Practicum Credit in Museums & Society A hands-on class that addresses the relationship between art and its contexts by focusing upon the histories and inventions of African art objects. Film, print media and museums will all be considered. Cross-listed with Museums & Society, History of Art, and Sociology Course added 10/31/07

Sec. 01

M 1:30-3:50

362.308 (H,S)

FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO MULTI-CULTURALISM: STUDENT MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (3) Henderson  Limit 12 This colloquium examines the historical and contemporary connections between student activism and the struggle for civil rights in America, combining classroom study with practical community collaboration. Scholarly readings and class discussions will provide historical context, familiarizing students with the history of student activism and the struggle for African American civil rights in the United States since World War II. A key focus of the class will be the black experience on campus, in communities, and in American society more generally. Students will also participate in collaborative fieldwork, partnering with local high school students and community activists to create a documentary film focusing on civil rights and community relations in Baltimore. A historical understanding of the student and civil rights movements will both inform, and be enriched by, students' participation in the documentary project. Course added 12/11/07

Sec. 01

Th 6-9pm

362.310 (H,S)
(W)

DARK CITIES: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN URBAN EXPERIENCES (3) Young  Limit 25  This course investigates how African, and African American peoples used and experienced cities, how they coexisted with other racial and ethnic groups, and in what specific ways they designed or used urban space to preserve cultural continuities, and forge collective identities.  Emphasis will be placed on the diasporic experience, slavery, independence in the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean. Cross-listed with History Course added 11/09/07

Sec. 01

MW 3-4:15pm

362.385 (H,S)
(W)

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION (3) Furr-Holden    Limit 20 This course is an introduction to the salient features of Community Health and Community Health Promotion. Community health promotion is understanding a community, its health status and evolution, its needs and assets, its resources and activities and understanding how the community situation might be changed (and health improved) by action on the part of the community and outside experts. Cross-listed with Public Health Studies Course canceled 11/12/07

Sec. 01

M 1:30-5:50pm

362.457 (H,S) (W)

RICHARD WRIGHT AND MODERNISM (3) Hayes   Limit 25   This seminar provides an examination of the modern black writer Richard Wright. We will interrogate Wright’s critique of modern Western civilization, his interpretation of his black experience, and his involvement in radical politics. The broad purpose of this course is to develop an analysis that accounts for Wright’s philosophical, literary and political commitments. In order to understand his development as a writer and intellectual activist, we will examine his life experiences in South and later in the Communist Party, as well as the complex philosophical ideas that shaped his thinking and writing. Through a critical reading of works by and about Wright, seminar members will examine his contribution to Africana existential thought, which is premised upon concerns of freedom, anguish, resentment, responsibility, embodied agency, sociality, and liberation.
Cross-listed with Political Science and Sociology

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-4

100.122 (H,S)
(W)

HISTORY OF AFRICA (3) Berry
Limit 15 per section   
Cross-listed with History

Sec. 03 canceled 11/29/07

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

MW 10-10:50

F 9-9:50

F 10-10:50

F 11-11:50

379.152

BEGINNING KISWAHILI II (3) Mugambi   Limit 15  Continuation of 379.151
Cross-listed with Language Teaching Center

Sec. 01

MW 4:30-5:45pm

100.153 (H,S)
(W)

MAKING AMERICA: IMMIGRATION, RACE, AND CITIZENSHIP (3) Shell-Weiss  
Limit 15 per section    
Cross listed with History

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

04

MW 10-10:50

Th 10-10:50

Th 10-10:50

 Th 11-11:50

Th 11-11:50

379.252 (H)

INTERMEDIATE KISWAHILI II (3) Mugambi   Limit 18   Prereq: 379.151-152 Continuation of 379.251
Cross-listed with Language Teaching Center

Sec. 01

TTh 4:30-5:45pm

100.322 (H,S)
(W)

THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (3) Shell-Weiss   Limit 12 
Cross listed with History, Sociology, and Public Health

Sec. 01

W 1:30-4

230.332 (S)

RACE, RACISM, AND RACIAL PRIVILEGE McDonald Limit 30  Cross-listed with Sociology

Sec. 01

MWF 9-9:50

060.350 (H)
(W)

BLACK, WHITE AND READ ALL OVER: THE AMERICAN SLAVE NARRATIVE RECONSIDERED (1830s-1850s) (3) Bynum Limit 18 Cross-listed with English

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

010.374 (H)

PRIMITIVISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS Obler/Meier Limit 15  Cross-listed with History of Art

Sec. 01

Th 3-5:30pm

070.406 (H,S)

ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLITICS: GLOBAL, LOCAL, AND BEYOND Obarrio
Limit 20 Cross-listed with Anthropology

Sec. 01

W 4:30-7pm

100.485 (H,S)

CHILDREN AND DISASTER IN AFRICAN HISTORY Larson Limit 20  Cross-listed with History

Sec. 01

M 1:30-3:50

100.722

TOPICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY Berry
Limit 10   Cross-listed with History

Sec. 01

M 2-3:50