2020-21 Academic Catalog

This seminar aims to expose students to intellectual history from the distinct standpoint of black women. The core question is how have the unique challenges that slavery, segregation, and racial discrimination posed to black women’s minds and bodies shaped their political, social and religious concerns? The course introduces some of the major primary and/or secondary readings in this paradigm-altering subfield in United States history. The major writing assignment is a long bibliographic essay or an intersectional biography on a black woman activist, artist, or scholar. Prerequisite: A history course is helpful, but not required