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Johns Hopkins University - Decolonization and Nationalism in Africa

The end of European colonization in Africa after World War II and its causes, with an examination of the emergence and various forms of African nationalism. Cross listed with Africana Studies.
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Johns Hopkins University - Introduction to Francophone Caribbean Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Prereq: AS.212.201 OR AS.212.202 or permission. This course is designed to introduce students to the history and cultural contexts of Francophone Caribbean writings. It offers a panorama of twentieth-century Francophone Caribbean Literature from the négritude movement to the contemporary period. It introduces to various texts by Aimé Césaire, Marie Chauvet, Maryse Condé, Patrick Chamoiseau, René Depestre, Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Dany Laferrière, Jean Métellus, and Jacques Roumain. We will explore these writings of various literary genres in relation with topics such as memories of slavery, re-writings of history, representations of sexuality, exile, exoticism, métissage and créolité. Great emphasis will be laid on the specific historical and cultural background of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Haiti. Another significant component of this module will be the constant oscillation between theories and fictions, contexts and contents. More generally, this course will provide students with an insight into the French-language contribution to postcolonialism, and an examination of Francophone postcolonial thought and culture. Challenges will also be made with American and British literature (with authors such as James Baldwin and Graham Greene) and with Anglophone Caribbean literature (with authors such as Edwidge Danticat). Key notions of postcolonial theory such as exoticism, hybridity and métissage will be examined and, hopefully, challenged.
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Johns Hopkins University - From Civil Rights to Multi-Culturalism: Student Movements for Social Change

This colloquium examines the historical and contemporary connections between student activism and the struggle for civil rights in America, combining classroom study with practical community collaboration. Scholarly readings and class discussions will provide historical context, familiarizing students with the history of student activism and the struggle for African American civil rights in the United States since World War II. A key focus of the class will be the black experience on campus, in communities, and in American society more generally. Students will also participate in collaborative fieldwork, partnering with local high school students and community activists to create a documentary film focusing on civil rights and community relations in Baltimore. A historical understanding of the student and civil rights movements will both inform, and be enriched by, students' participation in the documentary project.
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Johns Hopkins University - The Power of Place: Race and Community in East Baltimore

Despite this long, rich past, much of the history of black East Baltimore has been lost, preserved only in limited fragments, in scattered repositories, or not at all. Today, the history of this neighborhood and the experiences of people who have made it home are at risk of being lost forever. Students in this class will help to change this. Focused on the "Middle East" neighborhood, nearby the site of JHU's new biomedical park and the downtown campus, over the next fourteen weeks we will document and explore this neighborhood's rich history from the 1920s to the present day. Collecting and analyzing oral histories with current and former residents and supporting the work of several community organizations dedicated to improving quality of life for those who make the neighborhood home today will be critical to our work. Interviews, photographs, and related material collected as part of this class will become part of the JHU Center for Africana Studies "East Baltimore Oral History Project." As such, they will be archived and also become part of a growing resource that will assist scholars, teachers, and community members in recovering and uncovering this neighborhood's rich past.
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Johns Hopkins University - Crossing "El Massacre": Racial Identity, Nationalism and Anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic

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Johns Hopkins University - Before the Wire: Black Baltimore History in the 20th Century

This course focuses on the history of urban Black communities in the twentieth century, with emphasis on Baltimore City. We will pay particular attention to the idea of “the ghetto,” examining both the origins of this idea and its effect on the political, economic, social, and cultural development of urban communities. In this class each student will create an original research project focused on some aspect of African American life in twentieth century Baltimore.
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Johns Hopkins University - Beebop, Modernism, & Change

The seminar explores the social & political content, meanings & intent of bebop music from the 1940s to the 1960s and its impact on the social transformation of America. Taught at Peabody Cross-listed with History, Political Science, and Sociology
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