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Spring 2023 Ethnicity and Race, Center for Study of UN3928 section 001 COLONIZATION/DECOLONIZATION COLONIZATION/DECOLONIZATI | |
Call Number | 10147 |
Day & Time Location |
W 10:10am-12:00pm 602 Northwest Corner Building |
Points | 4 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | Instructor |
Instructor | Czarina F Thelen |
Type | SEMINAR |
Method of Instruction | In-Person |
Course Description | Prerequisites: Open to CSER majors/concentrators only. Others may be allowed to register with the instructors permission. This course explores the centrality of colonialism in the making of the modern world, emphasizing cross-cultural and social contact, exchange, and relations of power; dynamics of conquest and resistance; and discourses of civilization, empire, freedom, nationalism, and human rights, from 1500 to 2000. Topics include pre-modern empires; European exploration, contact, and conquest in the new world; Atlantic-world slavery and emancipation; and European and Japanese colonialism in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The course ends with a section on decolonization and post-colonialism in the period after World War II. Intensive reading and discussion of primary documents. |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | Ethnicity and Race, Center for |
Enrollment | 22 students (22 max) as of 9:06PM Wednesday, May 31, 2023 |
Status | Full |
Subject | Ethnicity and Race, Center for Study of |
Number | UN3928 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Interfaculty |
Campus | Morningside |
Note | PRIORITY TO CSER STUDENTS |
Section key | 20231CSER3928W001 |
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