Courses on Africa in Other Units: 2017/18

a) Undergraduate

Fall 2017

  • ENGL 2927 A, African Literatures II, Prof. Pius Adesanmi, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 2706 A, Ancient and Pre-Colonial Africa, Prof. Susanne Klausen, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • LANG 1010 A, Intro to Language I-Kiswahili, Prof. TBA, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • PSCI 3101 A, Politics of War in Africa, Prof. Chris Brown, Fall Term (0.5 credits) 

Winter 2018

  • ANTH 2620 A, Ethnography Sub-Saharan Africa, Prof. Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu, Winter Term (0.5 credits)
  • ANTH 4620 A, Advanced studies in Sub-Saharan Africa- Current issues in Anthropological Research “Contemporary Ethnopolitics in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Prof. Louise de la Gorgendiere, Winter term (0.5 credits). This course is a research-based seminar that explores issues and debates related to anthropological research in contemporary Sub-Saharan African with emphasis on theoretical, methodological, analytical, ethical, practical, and applied problems in anthropological research in that area. Also offered as ANTH 5209 with different requirements.
  • ECON 3510, African Economic Development, Instructors: Prof. Arch Ritter, Winter Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 2707 A, Modern Africa, Prof. Mohamed Ali, 0.5 credits
  • HIST 3906 A, Imperialism, Settler Nationalism, and Indigenous Resistance during the South African War, 1899-1902, Prof. Susanne Klausen, Winter Term, (0.5 credits)

b) Graduate

Fall 2017

  • FILM 5506 F (Seminar) & FILM 5506 FF (Film Screening) Topics in Culture, Identity and Representation, Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • Course Description: Current critical approaches to the study of identity in cinema. Topics will vary from year to year, and may include race, ethnicity and sexuality, and the geopolitical implications of colonialism and post-colonialism.
  • INAF 5603, Issues in Development of Africa, Prof. John Schram, Fall Term (0.5 credits)

Winter 2018

  • ANTH 5209 A, Advanced studies in Sub-Saharan Africa- Current issues in Anthropological Research “Contemporary Ethnopolitics in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Prof. Louise de la Gorgendiere, Winter Term, (0.5 credits) Also offered as ANTH 4620A with different requirements. This course is a research-based seminar that explores issues and debates related to anthropological research in contemporary Sub-Saharan African with emphasis on theoretical, methodological, analytical, ethical, practical, and applied problems in anthropological research in that area. Also offered as ANTH 4620 with different requirements.

Courses with African Content in Other Units

b) Undergraduate

Fall 2017

  • ANTH 3020 A, Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Prof. Amina Mire, Fall Term (0.5 credits). Also listed as SOCI 3020
  • ANTH 4215A/5809, Selected Topics in Anthropology. Title: Anthropology of Natural Resources in the Global South, Prof. Blair Rutherford, Fall Term (0.5 credits). This course examines the political economies, political ecologies, cultural politics, and/or governmentalities shaping access towards and uses of “natural resources.” Although the readings will be focused more on mining and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, topics will include forests, oil, wildlife, etc. in the Global South.
  • ANTH 4730 A, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism, Prof. TBA, Fall Term (0.5 credits). Also listed as SOCI 4730
  • ENGL 3940 A, Studies in Diaspora Literature, Prof. TBA, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 2710 O, Introduction to Caribbean History, Prof. Audra Diptee, Fall Term (0.5 credits). Introduction to the history of the Caribbean that examines the indigenous populations, the role of colonialism and slavery in the construction of plantation societies, the impact of emancipation, and the social, cultural, economic, and political dynamics of the Caribbean in the post-emancipation period.
  • HIST 3813A: Problems in Global and Transnational Histories Prof. Dominique Marshall, Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 4400A, Slavery and Abolition in the United States of America, Prof. James Miller, Fall Term (0.5 credits)

Our seminar will examine the role of slavery in the making of the United States of America. We will focus on topics such as the transatlantic slave trade, the rise of plantation system, the westward expansion of slavery. We will explore how slavery shaped economic, political, and social changes from the colonial era to the Civil War. We will also examine opposition to slavery—from the resistance and revolts of the enslaved to the rise of antislavery and abolition movements. As well as examining various subjects and events (the growth and expansion of the plantation system, for example), we will pay close attention to the various arguments put forward in defence of slavery and in opposition to it. While our focus will be on the United States, throughout we will keep in mind the wider contexts of slavery in the Americas as a whole, and the foundational role of slavery in the making, not only of the United States, but of the modern, globalized, world.

  • MGDS 2000, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Prof. Daniel McNeil, Fall Term (0.5 credits). Introduction to the social, cultural, economic and political implications of the movement of people with a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach to topics such as migration and immigration, diaspora identities, global culture, and transnationalism. Introduction to basic research and academic writing skills.

Winter 2018

  • SOCI 2020 A, Race and Ethnicity, Prof. TBA Fall Term (0.5 credits)
  • ANTH 2850 B, Development and Underdevelopment, Prof. Louise de la Gorgendiere, Winter Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 3907 A, Topic: Black Freedoms: African American Culture from Abolition to Black Lives Matter, Prof. Franny Nudelman, Winter Term (0.5 credits)
  • HIST 4703 A, Use and Abuse of History, Prof. Audra Diptee, Fall Term (0.5 credits)

 c) Graduate

Fall 2017

  • ANTH 5809, Selected Topics in Anthropology. Title: Anthropology of Natural Resources in the Global South Prof. Blair Rutherford, Fall Term (0.5 credits) This course examines the political economies, political ecologies, cultural politics, and/or governmentalities shaping access towards and uses of “natural resources.” Although the readings will be focused more on mining and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, topics will include forests, oil, wildlife, etc. in the Global South.

Winter 2018

  • HIST 5511 History of Sexualities, Prof. Susanne Klausen, Winter Term (0.5 credits) This year’s seminar will focus on “transgressive” sexualities. We will examine the ways that different societies and in different time periods, officials of both state and church constructed difference through sexuality.  Many categories of people were defined by their sexual practices or their sexual partners and thus were subject to legal and social strictures. Readings for this class will be thematic and will touch upon many regions and time periods. Included in our focus will be prostitutes, homosexuals and lesbians, multi-racial couples, transsexuals and others. We will examine both official doctrines and unofficial cultures of tolerance and intolerance.
  • HIST 5710 W, Race and Empire, Prof. Audra Diptee, Winter Term (0.5 credits)A seminar examining how discourses on race have been used to construct visions of empire. Students will be introduced to relevant historiographical, theoretical, discursive, and methodological approaches to race and empire.