2020秋季课程

AM 261D 002 - Peace Studies: Performing Communications
危险时期的和平

雅克Micieli-Voutsinas
星期三和星期五,12:20-2:10

The 21st century has seen the proliferation of terrorism, asymmetrical war, communal violence, and increasing economic and ecological precarity throughout much of the 世界. In these uncertain times, human and non-human exposure to vulnerability and 暴力加剧. In a moment where coalescing fundamentalisms and right-wing populisms expand globally, what does it mean to be a ‘chisel of peace’? 什么 it mean, in other words, to resist mechanisms  of violence without reproducing their 条款，在国内或国外? What are the institutions, ethical codes, and moral principals 非暴力抵抗? 什么时候暴力是正当的?

AM 264 001 - Themes in American Culture: African American Experience

塔米•欧文斯
Tuesdays/Thursdays, 2:10 - 3:30 p.m.

An investigation of the role African Americans have played in the history of the 国家, including African-American contributions to, and exclusions from, various aspects of a “democratic” American society. Students will examine the critical issues and periods relevant to the African-American struggle toward freedom and equality. 主题 include slavery, emancipation, and Reconstruction; the woman’s era; the age of Jim Crow and the new Negro; the civil rights movement; and the post-reform period. 主要的 and secondary sources include narratives, documents, photographs, and films.

BST 101 – Introduction to 黑人研究

温斯顿Grady-Willis
Wednesdays/Fridays, 12:20-1:40 p.m. (Palamountain 201)

Introduction to this interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field, providing students with an intellectual framework for contemplating global Black experiences historically 和眼前.  In addition to illuminating the significance of institutional racism, the course also interrogates intraracial issues such as socioeconomic class, gender, sexuality and skin color.

GW 351D - Disease, Health, and Nation

格温D 'Arcangelis
星期二/星期四上午11:10.m.-12:30 p.m.

In this course students will examine the role that gender and race/ethnicity play in relation to societal understandings of and institutional responses to infectious 疾病. Race/ethnicity and gender are understood as intersecting markers of social position (in concert with class and sexuality, among other markers) that shape conceptions of 疾病, health/illness, and 国家al belonging. The course explores the racialization and gendering of healthcare and governance in both U.S. 还有全球背景 as social movements that seek to equitably distribute health care and medicine.

IG 251 – TAKING THE JOURNEY HOME

丽莎Grady-Willis
星期二/星期四上午11:10.m.-12:30 p.m. (208年Tisch)

家对你来说意味着什么?  This course examines the concept of home as it relates to the historical and contemporary realities of Black people in 美国nited States. Using the work of scholars and writers such as bell hooks and Toni Morrison, students will explore notions of home as a catalyst for dialogue both within and between families and communities. 学生会反思 on their own experiences of home as they grow as a community of writers and critical 思想家.

PL 251A – Contemporary African Politics

伊曼纽尔Balogun
星期一/星期三下午2:30-3:50.m. (Palamountain 300)

We will engage with the historical and present intricacies of the African continent. We’ll explore topics such as precolonial African governance, independence and democratization, and the growing presence of China on the continent, among others. 我们还会考虑 a variety of social identities and phenomena in Africa, including gender, race, ethnicity, 和宗教. We conclude with a set of case studies of critical issues facing the 今天的大陆.

TH 338 -黑色剧院

尤妮斯Fereira

星期二/星期四下午12:40-2点.m. (Palamountain 303)

Students will explore the dramatic literature and 表演 of Black Theatre in 美国.S. through readings, dramaturgical projects and various approaches to 表演. The course considers the field of  Black Theater (in practice and in theory) and intersections of race, gender, sexuality, 和美国的政治  剧院. Notions of community will also be examined and put into practice as the course 内容相交  与其他  campus events, courses of study, the life of the college, the local region and the 国家. 该课程提供了  historical survey with special topics on hip hop 剧院 and Black Lives Matter & 表演.