Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

ASRC 1202

This two-course sequence assumes no previous knowledge of Arabic and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with the alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15198 ASRC 1202   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15199 ASRC 1202   SEM 102

    • MTWR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1500

At the inception of this department at Cornell University in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center became the birthplace of the field Africana studies. Africana studies emphasizes comparative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1500, GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14626 ASRC 1500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14627 ASRC 1500   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1790

What is the Caribbean? How did its native inhabitants fared in the aftermath of the arrival of Europeans? How did the region shift from a Spanish Lake to a heavily contested geopolitical site where all ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1970, LATA 1970

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10321 ASRC 1790   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10322 ASRC 1790   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 1836

Relations between Africa and Asia are prominent in the news today, particularly through references to Chinese political and economic development partnerships with African states. While these relationships ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3106 ASRC 1836   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Jahadhmy, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1862

This seminar explores how we (re)present our deepest commitments, religious or otherwise, to one another and especially in various (digital) publics. The textual examples will be taken from Black religious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3092 ASRC 1862   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pickett, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1900

The digital revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to research scholars, but discovering resources and using them effectively can be challenging. This course introduces students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: LSP 1101

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  8078 ASRC 1900   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - Mar 16, 2027
    • Toombs, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1986

This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1986, HIST 1986, LATA 1986

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10471 ASRC 1986   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10472 ASRC 1986   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10473 ASRC 1986   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10474 ASRC 1986   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10475 ASRC 1986   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2006

This course is a seminar focused on a service-learning approach to understanding the history of neoliberal transformations of the global economy through the lens of an island (Jamaica) and a community ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: AMST 2016, HIST 2006

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10347 ASRC 2006   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10348 ASRC 2006   FLD 801

    • Mar 27 - Apr 4, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in Petersfield, Jamaica.

ASRC 2200

In this two-course sequence learners continue to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and grammar foundation through the extensive use of graded materials on a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15204 ASRC 2200   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2204

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2204, NES 2204, RELST 2204

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15318 ASRC 2204   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2322

This course uses art and popular culture to provide a dynamic view of Black religion in the United States and the Diaspora throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Discussion topics include: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2322, RELST 2322

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 14646 ASRC 2322   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2353

This course explores the changing meaning of American freedom and citizenship in the context of the long struggle for black liberation. Relying on social and political history, it confronts the promise, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2353, HIST 2353

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10353 ASRC 2353   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10354 ASRC 2353   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 2543

World War II was one of the most transformative periods in the history of the 20th century. As a result, scholars, writers and filmmakers continue to re-examine the war from multiple angles. Nonetheless, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2543

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10359 ASRC 2543   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10360 ASRC 2543   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 2674

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the Arab Spring, we will consider Middle East history with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2747, HIST 2674, NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15272 ASRC 2674   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 15273 ASRC 2674   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 15274 ASRC 2674   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 15275 ASRC 2674   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 15276 ASRC 2674   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2701

What counts as African literature? This course examines the long and varied history of literature from the world’s largest continent, including early Afro-Arab poetry, oral epics of the Malian Empire, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2700

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17562 ASRC 2701   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Bartels-Swindells, A

      Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2750

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8459 ASRC 2750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rebhi, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

ASRC 2955

Why no socialism in America? Scholars and activists have long pondered the relative dearth (compared to other industrialized societies) of sustained, popular, anticapitalist activity in the United States. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2955, HIST 2955

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10447 ASRC 2955   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3029

In his work "Black Reconstruction in America," Du Bois glosses over a key moment in American revolutionary thinking. Senator Wade of Ohio, among three Whig politicians impatient with Abraham Lincoln's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14653 ASRC 3029   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3101

In this two-semester sequence, learners will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from short stories, and poems, to newspaper articles dealing with social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 3202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15210 ASRC 3101   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3237

This course examines compelling and complementary philosophies, pieties, and consequences of the Black Power era to the present. With an eye to the history that precedes this era, we chart the liberatory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3237, RELST 3237

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14658 ASRC 3237   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pickett, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3330

Much has been said about the presence of China in Africa, some factual, some conjectural, and some fantastical. In this course, we will explore various approaches and positions with the aim of allowing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3333

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14637 ASRC 3330   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3345

This course explores the waves of rebellion, and reaction, that swept the globe in the 1960s. From Dakar to Havana, from Beijing to Paris, we will examine the events, social movements, actors, places and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3345

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10527 ASRC 3345   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Tolan-Szkilnik, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10528 ASRC 3345   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 3350

This popular course was introduced here at Cornell a decade ago. This year will mark the third time that we’ve been able to offer it, in light of all the moving parts and unique components that pulling ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3355, ENGL 3950, FGSS 3350

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14639 ASRC 3350   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3406

Hardly a day passes that we do not encounter some reference to the idea of Conservatism in ordinary discourse, especially in the political sphere. And there is no dearth of claimants to conservative identity. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3406

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14662 ASRC 3406   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3422

In her pathbreaking text Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval Saidiya Hartman writes that young Black women were radical thinkers who tirelessly imagined other ways ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3422, RELST 3422

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14649 ASRC 3422   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3515

Why is the black home and black place an unstable concept in the United States? Why does spatial disinvestment, gentrification, redlining, and eminent domain disproportionately target black people and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3515, ARTH 3515

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17544 ASRC 3515   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3565

Mainstream media would have us believe that driving a new Toyota Prius, recycling, and shopping clean at Whole Foods would make us all food environmentalists, right? Additionally, climate change ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3565, ENGL 3565, FGSS 3565

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7696 ASRC 3565   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3653

This lecture course examines the history of the idea and practice of development in twentieth century Africa. Since the 1990s, the US, with some input from other western nations, has had relative hegemony ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3653

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10516 ASRC 3653   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Sandwell, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3742

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3732, ENGL 3742, SHUM 3742

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7680 ASRC 3742   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3750

This course invites students to consider how Black women interacted with material objects and how these artifacts informed the contexts of their daily lives. the history of Black women as creators, consumers, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 3752, HIST 3750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17135 ASRC 3750   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Alexander, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17484 ASRC 3750   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4210

There have been speculations, both founded and unfounded, about African positions on the Middle East. As an integral part of the international community, Africa as a whole has maintained keen interest ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6210, NES 4215, NES 6215

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14660 ASRC 4210   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4303

This course examines the rise of nationalism as well as the process and aims of decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on films and a variety of primary and secondary materials in order to illuminate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6303, HIST 4303, HIST 6303

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10315 ASRC 4303   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10316 ASRC 4303   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4420

This course explores an unsettling phenomenon: white South African Afrikaners, the architects and for more than 40 years the political exponents of apartheid, now cast themselves as victims of discrimination. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6420, COML 4420, COML 6420

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14661 ASRC 4420   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4515

Abstract art poses generative problems and possibilities for thinking racial blackness. Some accounts posit a turn from figurative representation to visual abstraction of blackness/black experience as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5227 ASRC 4515   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4561

How has history shaped our notion of Black girlhood? What is our collective understanding of Black girlhood? How do we see and understand Black girls? Black Girlhood Studies is a multidisciplinary field ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14093 ASRC 4561   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ailsworth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    See https://forms.gle/n3ogcekWoHJkuh7F6 to apply.

ASRC 4602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6602, SHUM 4202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14587 ASRC 4602   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4670

DNA has become a pervasive feature of our lives, and a critical object through which race and justice are imagined and contested. DNA shapes how we think about ancestral pasts, medical futures, identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8655 ASRC 4670   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Tamarkin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4672

This seminar examines the emergence of national identities, nationalist movements, and nation-states in the modern Arab world. First, we will examine various approaches to the question of nationalism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 15308 ASRC 4672   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Fahmy, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4901

For senior Africana Studies majors working on an honors thesis, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14570 ASRC 4901   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14571 ASRC 4901   IND 602

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14572 ASRC 4901   IND 603

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14573 ASRC 4901   IND 604

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14574 ASRC 4901   IND 605

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14575 ASRC 4901   IND 606

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14576 ASRC 4901   IND 607

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14577 ASRC 4901   IND 608

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14578 ASRC 4901   IND 609

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14579 ASRC 4901   IND 610

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14580 ASRC 4901   IND 611

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14581 ASRC 4901   IND 612

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14582 ASRC 4901   IND 613

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14583 ASRC 4901   IND 614

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14584 ASRC 4901   IND 615

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Gaines, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14585 ASRC 4901   IND 616

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Snorton, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 14586 ASRC 4901   IND 617

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pickett, X

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4903

For students working on special topics, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14589 ASRC 4903   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    See https://as.cornell.edu/registrar/independent-study for more information on applying for Independent Study.

ASRC 6029

In his work "Black Reconstruction in AMerica," Du Bois glosses over a key moment in American revolutionary thinking. Senator Wade of Ohio, among three Whig politicians impatient with Abraham Lincoln's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14656 ASRC 6029   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6210

There have been speculations, both founded and unfounded, about African positions on the Middle East. As an integral part of the international community, Africa as a whole has maintained keen interest ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4210, NES 4215, NES 6215

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14652 ASRC 6210   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6303

This course examines the rise of nationalism as well as the process and aims of decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on films and a variety of primary and secondary materials in order to illuminate ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 4303, HIST 4303, HIST 6303

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10294 ASRC 6303   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10295 ASRC 6303   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6420

This course explores an unsettling phenomenon: white South African Afrikaners, the architects and for more than 40 years the political exponents of apartheid, now cast themselves as victims of discrimination. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4420, COML 4420, COML 6420

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14663 ASRC 6420   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6506

Abstract art poses generative problems and possibilities for thinking racial blackness. Some accounts posit a turn from figurative representation to visual abstraction of blackness/black experience as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5230 ASRC 6506   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602, SHUM 4202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14632 ASRC 6602   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6865

This seminar is an intensive study of the political thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. Approaching texts in contexts, we will seek to recover King the political thinker from his mythologization in American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6865, GOVT 4000, GOVT 6865, RELST 6865

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13737 ASRC 6865   SEM 102

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 13738 ASRC 6865   IND 602

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6901

Independent study course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14605 ASRC 6901   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6902

This class is the first in a two-part course sequence offered in the fall and spring semesters annually. In this hybrid theory and methods course, students will read historiographic, ethnographic, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14621 ASRC 6902   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person