Black writers and historical actors were at the vanguard of re-conceiving, implementing, and realizing much of the Enlightenment project of freedom. Africans and people of African descent significantly affected its meaning in the Atlantic world. The course sets out to explore this history as well as the contemporary practice of freedom.
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HIS391Y1 - Black Freedom in the Atlantic World
Hours: 72L
Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in African, European, Atlantic World history excluding HIS262H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the Department.
Exclusion: HIS296Y1/ HIS371H5/ HISC70H3
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Mode of Delivery: In Class
Exclusion: HIS296Y1/ HIS371H5/ HISC70H3
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Mode of Delivery: In Class
HIS392Y1 - Screening Freedom
Hours: 48L
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1), Society and its Institutions (3)
Mode of Delivery: In Class
This course examines how filmmakers in Africa, The Americas, and Europe have dealt with subjects such as slavery, colonialism, racism and postcolonial issues such as illegal immigration or structural adjustment. The course interpolates texts from HIS391Y1 into these films in order to bring new perspectives to questions of freedom in different media, times, and places.
N.B. This course supplements HIS391Y1.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1), Society and its Institutions (3)
Mode of Delivery: In Class