Spring 2024 African-American Studies GU4033 section 001

HARLEM AND HAITI

Call Number 18728
Day & Time
Location
W 2:10pm-4:00pm
323 Riverside Church
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Edwidge Danticat
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This graduate seminar explores the rich cultural and historical connections between the Harlem Renaissance in the United States and Haiti, the world's first independent Black Republic. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will examine the linked literary, artistic, political, and social dimensions of the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti and how they have influenced and interacted with each other through their writers and artists. By analyzing key texts, novels, essays, travelogues, artworks, and historical documents, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the connections between the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti and how they continue to resonate today. At the end of the course, students will have gained a deeper historical context, including the socio-political backgrounds and global influences that shaped and connected the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti, and will have honed the analytical and critical skills necessary to explore broader diasporic and transnational l connections.

Web Site Vergil
Department African American and African Diaspora
Enrollment 6 students (12 max) as of 11:06AM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Subject African-American Studies
Number GU4033
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20241AFAS4033W001