Fall 2008
HIS 382L • Epistemology to Afr/Black Studies
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 40540 |
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- |
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Falola |
Course Description
This course interrogates the rise and evolution of African studies/Black studies, focusing on three critical areas: 1) the historical development of scholarship and writing about Africa, race and the diaspora; 2) pedagogy, curriculum and educational institutions within and outside Africa; and 3) the methodologies, theories and perspectives relevant to this field since the mid-twentieth century. Students will read a variety of works centered on the intellectual origins of and debates surrounding African/Black studies, with special attention to colonialism, slavery, culture, power, and knowledge production. A sampling of topics includes the representations of African/Black studies in the public sphere; the debates on multiculturalism and affirmative action; the relationship between ethnic and area studies; gender and sexuality; resistance and social movements; the intersections of race, capitalism and the state; and comparative race relations.
