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AFST 120 Blackness and Whiteness Outside the United States 6 credits
This course examines blackness and whiteness as constructs outside the U.S. Racial categories and their meanings will be considered through a range of topics: skin color stratification, nationalism, migration and citizenship, education, popular culture and media, spatial segregation and others. Central to the course will be considering how racism and anti-blackness vary across societies, as well as the transnational and global flows of racial ideas and categories. Examples will be drawn from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Offered at both the 100 and 200 level; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
Not open to students who have previously taken AFST 100 Fall 2023 or AFST 210.
- Fall 2026
- IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2, Writing Rich 2
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Not open to students who have taken AFST 100 Blackness and Whiteness Outside of the United States OR AFST 210.
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AFST 120.01 Fall 2026
- Faculty: Daniel Williams š« š¤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 330 1:10pm-2:10pm
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AFST 210 Blackness and Whiteness Outside the United States 6 credits
This course examines blackness and whiteness as constructs outside the U.S. Racial categories and their meaningsĀ will be considered through aĀ range of topics:Ā skin color stratification,Ā nationalism, migration and citizenship, education, popular culture and media, spatial segregationĀ and others.Ā Central to the course will be considering how racism and anti-blackness vary across societies, as well as the transnational and global flows of racial ideas and categories. Examples will be drawn from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Offered at both the 100 and 200 level; coursework will be adjusted accordingly.
Not open to students who have previously taken AFST 100 Fall 2023 or AFST 120.
- Fall 2026
- IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2, Writing Rich 2
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Not open to students who have taken AFST 100 Blackness and Whiteness Outside of the United States or AFST 120.
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AFST 210.01 Fall 2026
- Faculty: Daniel Williams š« š¤
- Size:25
- M, WLeighton 330 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FLeighton 330 1:10pm-2:10pm
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HIST 220 From Blackface to Blaxploitation: Black History and/in Film 6 credits
This course focuses on the representation of African American history in popular US-American movies. It will introduce students to the field of visual history, using cinema as a primary source. Through films from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the seminar will analyze African American history, (pop-)cultural depictions, and memory culture. We will discuss subjects, narrative arcs, stylistic choices, production design, performative and film industry practices, and historical receptions of movies. The topics include slavery, racial segregation and white supremacy, the Black Freedom Movement, controversies and conflicts in Black communities, Black LGBTQIA+ history, ghettoization and police brutality, Black feminism, and Afrofuturism.
Extra Time Required
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HIST 220.01 Winter 2027
- Faculty: Rebecca Brueckmann š« š¤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 305 10:10am-11:55am
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