Course highlights include:
- Urgent Human Rights Issues | violence against women, human trafficking, systemic racism, homophobia and transphobia, child soldiers, genocide, & terrorism
- Fulfills University Requirements | Global Core, English Major prose fiction/narrative & comparative/global literature
- African & Caribbean Literature | short stories, music videos, films, novels, & art
- Field Trips | Nuyorican Poetry Café, Harlem history walk, Human Rights Watch Film Festival & Human Rights Watch Archives
- World History | Holocaust, Vietnam War, the Rwandan Genocide, Black Lives Matter
- Interdisciplinary Approach | comparative literature, history, art, international affairs, sociology, Africana studies, gender & sexuality
- Innovative Course Design | creative & nontraditional assignments
View full course details here. The instructor, Nicole Gervasio, is a Mellon Mays Fellow and CULPA "gold nugget" professor (for syllabus, email [email protected]). Make sure to register by May 1; beyond this date, summer courses without minimum enrollment are due to be cancelled. This course would be an invaluable addition for students of African studies, and it also counts for the Global Core.