Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences

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ASRC 1202
Elementary Arabic II

This two-course sequence assumes no previous knowledge of Arabic and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with the alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3422 ASRC 1202   SEM 102

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    • MTWR White Hall B02
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Shahda, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3423 ASRC 1202   SEM 103

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    • MTWR White Hall 114
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Shahda, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3424 ASRC 1202   SEM 104

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    • MTWR White Hall 114
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1500
Introduction to Africana Studies

This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas.  This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 1500, GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5960 ASRC 1500   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.

ASRC 1650
Philosophy of Race

This course offers an introduction to the philosophy of race. It canvasses key debates in the field concerning the metaphysical status of race, the relationship between the concept of race and racism (and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 1650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6342 ASRC 1650   LEC 001

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    • MW Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1860
FWS: A Dream, not a Nightmare: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Quest for Justice

What are your "dreams" and how do you articulate and communicate them to others, especially in writing? This course primarily serves as your writing laboratory with the objective of helping students think ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18547 ASRC 1860   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1861
FWS: The Caribbean Beyond the Global Imaginary

What comes to mind when you think of the Caribbean and its people? Do you envision a place and collective beyond the often exoticized, "underdeveloped," resource-rich, island territories rendered in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18715 ASRC 1861   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 331
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Adams, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1899
FWS: The 1619 Project: Controversy and the Writing of Public History

When the "1619 Project," a special edition of the New York Times Magazine was released in August 2019, few could have anticipated the controversy that ensued. Leading U.S. historians circulated a petition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18714 ASRC 1899   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1900
Research Strategies in Africana and Latino Studies

The digital revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to research scholars, but discovering resources and using them effectively can be challenging. This course introduces students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: LSP 1101

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 11984 ASRC 1900   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2006
Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning

This course is a seminar focused on a service-learning approach to understanding the history of neoliberal transformations of the global economy through the lens of an island (Jamaica) and a community ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: AMST 2016, HIST 2006

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17165 ASRC 2006   SEM 101

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    • TR Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17166 ASRC 2006   FLD 801

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    • TBA
    • Apr 2 - Apr 8, 2023

    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Petersfield, Jamaica.

ASRC 2200
Intermediate Arabic II

In this two-course sequence learners continue to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and grammar foundation through the extensive use of graded materials on a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5439 ASRC 2200   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2204
Introduction to Quranic Arabic

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2204, NES 2204, RELST 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6442 ASRC 2204   SEM 101

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    • MTWR White Hall 114
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history of the Qur'an: the revelation, collection, variant readings, and establishment of an authoritative edition. The last week will be devoted to a general overview of "revisionist" literature on the Qur'an. In the remaining 12 weeks, we will cover all of Part 30 (Juz' 'Amma, suuras 78-114) and three suuras of varying length (36, 19, and 12).

ASRC 2354
African American Visions of Africa

This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2354, HIST 2354, SHUM 2354

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6914 ASRC 2354   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASRC 2415
Biography and the Black Atlantic, 1400-1800

Historical biographies are one of the most popular forms of historical writing. In this course we will examine the challenges and opportunities of writing biographies set in the pre-1800 world by focusing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6653, HIST 2415, HIST 6653

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7212 ASRC 2415   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2512
Black Women in the 20th Century

This course focuses on African American women in the 20th century. The experiences of black women will be examined from a social, practical, communal, and gendered perspective. Topics include the Club ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 2512, FGSS 2512, HIST 2512, SHUM 2512

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6963 ASRC 2512   LEC 001

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    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Nunley, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6964 ASRC 2512   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6965 ASRC 2512   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2560
Black Queer Writing and Media

This course will introduce students to Black Queer literatures and media. Since these materials decenter whiteness and patriarchal heterosexism, they often seem illegible to those approaching them from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17018 ASRC 2560   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2674
History of the Modern Middle East

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2747, HIST 2674, NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7363 ASRC 2674   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17145 ASRC 2674   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17146 ASRC 2674   DIS 202

  •  
    • F Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17147 ASRC 2674   DIS 203

  •  
    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17148 ASRC 2674   DIS 204

  •  
    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3010
Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

When sugar "was king," that is, when it was valued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as we might value petroleum today, European nations went to war in order to possess the sugar producing islands ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17387 ASRC 3010   LEC 001

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    • TR Ives Hall 109
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3101
Advanced Arabic II

In this two-semester sequence, learners will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from short stories, and poems, to newspaper articles dealing with social,  political,  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 3202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4700 ASRC 3101   SEM 101

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    • MTWR Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Shahda, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3206
Black Women and Political Leadership

This course studies the life experiences and political struggles of black women who have attained political leadership. It will study their rise to political power through an examination of the autobiographies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3606, FGSS 3206, SHUM 3206

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17329 ASRC 3206   SEM 101

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    • TR Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3330
China-Africa Relations

Put into questions, the aims of this course are as follow: Should anyone worry about China's presence in Africa? Is China's presence part of the recolonizing of the Continent? Alternatively, is China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3333

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18699 ASRC 3330   SEM 101

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    • MW Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3401
The Whites are Here to Stay: US-Africa Policy from Nixon to Date

At the conclusion of World War II, the United States ushered in a new international order based on the principles of the Atlantic Charter, which became the basis for the United Nations Charter: including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3401, GOVT 3211

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7160 ASRC 3401   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3402
Africana Philosophy: Existentialism in Black

The dominant strains in Euro-American philosophy tend either to erase or underplay the participation in and contributions to the constitution of "Western" philosophy of philosophers from the global African ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3525

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18934 ASRC 3402   LEC 001

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    • MW Uris Hall 331
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3508
African American Literature: 1930s - present

In 1940, with the publication of his novel Native Son, Richard Wright helped to launch the protest era in African American literature. This course focuses on the development of key fiction and nonfiction ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3508

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18924 ASRC 3508   LEC 001

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    • TR Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3565
Black Ecoliterature

Mainstream media would have us believe that driving a new Toyota Prius, recycling, and shopping "clean" at Whole Foods would make us all food environmentalists, right? Additionally, climate change and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3565, ENGL 3565, FGSS 3565

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18940 ASRC 3565   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3590
The Black Radical Tradition in the U.S.

This course provides a critical historical interrogation of what Black Marxism author Cedric Robinson called "the Black Radical Tradition." It will introduce students to some of the major currents in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3590, HIST 3590

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17245 ASRC 3590   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASRC 3652
African Economic Development Histories

What impact did Africa's involvement in the slave trade and its colonization by Europe have on its long-term economic health? What role have post-independence political decisions made within Africa and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6652, HIST 3652, HIST 6652

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6355 ASRC 3652   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3742
Africans and African Americans in Literature

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result.  In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3732, ENGL 3742, SHUM 3742

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6302 ASRC 3742   SEM 101

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    • MWF Uris Hall G28
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4023
Black and Indigenous Histories

What does it mean to be Black and Indigenous? For much of United States history, at least, to be Black and Indigenous was a legal if not social impossibility. Even as societies around the world have embraced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4023, FGSS 4023

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17291 ASRC 4023   SEM 101

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    • MW Uris Library 2B02
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4151
Negrismo, Negritude and Surrealism in the Caribbean

This course examines the works of major poets and artists from the Spanish and French- speaking Caribbean from roughly 1925-1945. During this period, two movements—Negrismo and Négritude—emerged, on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4364, ROMS 4151

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17395 ASRC 4151   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4368
Reading Édouard Glissant

This seminar will focus on the writings of the polymorphous Martinican poet and thinker, Édouard Glissant (1928-2011).  We will attend to the historical context of French colonialism, particularly in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17625 ASRC 4368   SEM 101

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    • T Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4508
From the Harlem Renaissance to New Harlem Novels

In this course, we will explore the literature and history of Harlem, beginning with an examination of James Weldon Johnson's Black Manhattan and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts's Harlem is Nowhere.  We will go on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4508

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17392 ASRC 4508   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4655
Black Speculative Fiction

This course takes up literatures and arts of Black speculation in the broadest terms, from science fiction and fantasy to Afrofuturism and Afropunk to Phillis Wheatley's and Outkast's poetics. We'll give ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4603, ENGL 4605, SHUM 4605

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6841 ASRC 4655   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASRC 4678
Abolition. Justice. Reparations.

As renewed calls against racial violence in this country are articulated through the language of abolitionism, this course investigates how activism and projects to promote greater social justice ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16731 ASRC 4678   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4681
Post-Conflict Justice and Resolution in Africa

This course combines literature, film, and other artistic projects in order to explore African forms of collective justice and repair, following the numerous conflicts that have shaken the continent in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16762 ASRC 4681   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4901
Honors Thesis

For senior Africana Studies majors working on honors theses, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4131 ASRC 4901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4132 ASRC 4901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4133 ASRC 4901   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4134 ASRC 4901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4135 ASRC 4901   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4321 ASRC 4901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4136 ASRC 4901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4137 ASRC 4901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4498 ASRC 4901   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4817 ASRC 4901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4818 ASRC 4901   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4988 ASRC 4901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4989 ASRC 4901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5001 ASRC 4901   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5490 ASRC 4901   IND 620

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Gaines, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5491 ASRC 4901   IND 621

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    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Snorton, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4903
Independent Study

For students working on special topics, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4117 ASRC 4903   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4118 ASRC 4903   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4119 ASRC 4903   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4120 ASRC 4903   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4121 ASRC 4903   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4122 ASRC 4903   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4123 ASRC 4903   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4504 ASRC 4903   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4559 ASRC 4903   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Gosa, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4560 ASRC 4903   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Ademoyo, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4819 ASRC 4903   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4820 ASRC 4903   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4914 ASRC 4903   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Bulugu, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4990 ASRC 4903   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4991 ASRC 4903   IND 624

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5885 ASRC 4903   IND 625

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6270 ASRC 4903   IND 626

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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ASRC 6208
Black Literary and Cultural Theory

This course will examine 20th century black critical thought. We will interrogate cultural theories and literary texts from African, Caribbean, African-American, Black British and Afro-Brazilian communities. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 6742

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17242 ASRC 6208   SEM 101

  •  
    • W Africana Ctr 111
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6368
Reading Édouard Glissant

This seminar will focus on the writings of the polymorphous Martinican poet and thinker, Édouard Glissant (1928-2011).  We will attend to the historical context of French colonialism, particularly in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17641 ASRC 6368   SEM 101

  •  
    • T Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6652
African Economic Development Histories

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 3652, HIST 3652, HIST 6652

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19568 ASRC 6652   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19569 ASRC 6652   DIS 201

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6653
Biography and the Black Atlantic, 1400-1800

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2415, HIST 2415, HIST 6653

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19572 ASRC 6653   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 19573 ASRC 6653   DIS 201

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6678
Abolition. Justice. Reparations.

As renewed calls against racial violence in this country are articulated through the language of abolitionism, this course investigates how activism and projects to promote greater social justice ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16734 ASRC 6678   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6681
Post-Conflict Justice and Resolution in Africa

This course combines literature, film, and other artistic projects in order to explore African forms of collective justice and repair, following the numerous conflicts that have shaken the continent in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16766 ASRC 6681   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6819
Urban Justice Lab

Urban Justice Labs are innovative seminars designed to bring students into direct contact with complex questions about race and social justice within the context of American urban culture, architecture, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Seeing to Be in the Aftermath

  • 18704 ASRC 6819   SEM 101

    • T A D White House 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Obadike, K

      Van Clief-Stefanon, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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ASRC 6865
Du Bois and King

This seminar is an intensive study of the political thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr. Approaching texts in contexts, we will read works including The Souls of Black Folk, Darkwater, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6865, GOVT 6865

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19234 ASRC 6865   SEM 101

  •  
    • T Morrill Hall 404
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6901
Independent Study

Independent study course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4124 ASRC 6901   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4322 ASRC 6901   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4125 ASRC 6901   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4126 ASRC 6901   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4127 ASRC 6901   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4128 ASRC 6901   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4323 ASRC 6901   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4129 ASRC 6901   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4130 ASRC 6901   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4505 ASRC 6901   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Goffe, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4821 ASRC 6901   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4822 ASRC 6901   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4992 ASRC 6901   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4993 ASRC 6901   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5895 ASRC 6901   IND 619

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6291 ASRC 6901   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Ademoyo, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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ASRC 6903
Africana Studies Graduate Seminar

This class is the second in a two-part course sequence offered in the fall and spring semesters annually. In this hybrid theory and methods course, students will read historiographic, ethnographic, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Cultural, Literary, Visual Analysis

  •  5162 ASRC 6903   SEM 101

  •  
    • M Africana Ctr 111
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person