Instructor: Martha (Janey) Myers Date: June 20-July 31, 2022 Meeting: Online The Cold War was a significant period of global political, cultural, and economic history during the second half of the twentieth century. Its consequences …
Course Spotlights
Course Spotlight: INTL ST 401: Africa, Nonviolence, and Social Change
Instructor: Vincent R. Ogoti Date: May 31-July 10, 2022 Meeting: Online: Synchronous and Asynchronous (MoFr 11:00 am -11: 50 am) This course seeks to acquaint students with the theory and practice of active nonviolence as …
Course Spotlight: Africa – An Introductory Survey
African 277: Africa: An Introductory Survey May 31 – July 24 Instructor Kevin Wamalwa 4 credits Fulfills Humanities/Social Science, Intermediate This course is designed to be a multi-disciplinary introduction to the history and cultures of …
IS 603: Asia-Africa Encounters: Migration and Agency in a Globalizing World (Topics in Culture in an Age of Globalization)
Course Description The course will focus on historically layered structures and ethnographically nuanced cases that linked Asia and Africa in a broad global context. It aims to avoid a “dual area studies” approach by including …
Course Spotlight: Ancient Arts of Africa – The Nile and Niger Rivers
Art History 303 – Ancient Arts of Africa: The Nile and Niger Rivers MWF: 11:00-11:50 L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building Description: The evolution of [artistic] style is like a large river, receiving water from neighbouring …
COURSE SPOTLIGHT: CROSSING BORDERS IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CINEMA
CROSSING BORDERS IN FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND CINEMA Mondays 3:30-5:30p This course is taught by Professor Nevine El Nossery
Course Spotlight: Modern African History
Course Description This course surveys the history of sub-Saharan Africa from the 1940s through the present day. Students will examine how various African communities have defined well-being, pursued prosperity, and imagined collective futures in the …
Course Spotlight: Introduction to African Cultural Expression
Course Description Wakanda forever! Do you have the critical tools to engage with all the forms of cultural expression, related to Africa and the African diaspora, that form the backcloth of so much contemporary cultural …
Course Spotlight: Introduction to African Art & Architecture
Course Description This course examines the rich heritage of African arts and architecture as they shape and have been shaped by the histories and cultural values (social, political, religious, philosophical, and aesthetic) of African peoples, …
Course Spotlight: Migration in Francophone Literary and Cinematic Narratives
Course Description While Migration has always been a human predicament from Antiquity to the present days, it has intersected more than often with slavery, colonialization, imperialism, capitalism, and globalization. More broadly, migration has intensified the …