Fall 2024 Middle East GR6150 section 001

South Asians in East Africa, 1750-1970

South Asians in East Afri

Call Number 15431
Day & Time
Location
T 2:10pm-4:00pm
609 Martin Luther King Building
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Laura Fair
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This graduate seminar examines the intersection of two MESAAS areas, South Asia and Africa, examining the long-term economic, social, cultural and political links between South Asia and East Africa, largely through the experience of South Asian immigrants to East Africa. Although connections between the regions have occurred for millennia, we will focus primarily on period after 1750.  In addition to providing a general introduction to some of the themes and issues in the historiography, the course requires students to substantially engage with a range of primary source materials over the course of the term, from colonial archival documents, to newspapers, autobiographies and literature. 

Web Site Vergil
Department Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Enrollment 6 students (15 max) as of 9:06PM Friday, December 6, 2024
Subject Middle East
Number GR6150
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20243MDES6150G001