Ebony Tower: The Rise of Black Studies
AFAM 118
Fall 2018 not offered
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This course will examine the emergence and development of black studies as a field of academic study. We will consider the historical origins and political implications of black studies and the appearance of courses, programs, and departments on college campuses around the country starting in 1968, paying attention to the involvement of black student protest and the engagement of black community organizations off campus; the impact of social movements for black power, Third World solidarity, and education reform; and the role of white overseers in the form of philanthropic organizations and college administrations. In addition, we will explore the relationship between institutionalized black studies units (courses, programs, and departments) and traditional academic fields and disciplines with respect to theory, methodology, pedagogy, and purpose to understand how and why black studies scholarship advances interpretations of American (or Western) history and culture that challenge and disrupt conventional narratives about those topics. Finally, we will consider the relationship between black studies and black communities, as well as off-campus efforts to research, teach, and learn about the black experience that coincided with the formalization of black studies in the academy. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Ibram H. Rogers, THE BLACK CAMPUS MOVEMENT: BLACK STUDENTS AND THE RADICAL RECONSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 1965-1972
Martha Biondi, THE BLACK REVOLUTION ON CAMPUS
Fabio Rojas, FROM BLACK POWER TO BLACK STUDIES: HOW A RADICAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT BECAME AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
Noliwe Rooks, WHITE MONEY/BLACK POWER: THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND THE CRISIS OF RACE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading responses, midterm essay, future of black studies at Wesleyan final project |
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