This course aims to allow students to:
A) Develop knowledge of postcolonial theories that are relevant for understanding our contemporary global world
B) Analyze and discuss representations of gender, ethnicity, and diaspora in colonial history, postcolonial literatures and films, and media
C) Formulate research questions, locate and interpret sources, and assess the significance of one’s own research within the framework of current transnational debates
D) Gain confidence in reporting research findings in both oral and written forms.
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This course will survey postcolonial theories relevant to understandings of our contemporary global world. The seminar aims to broaden understandings of mediated cultures within a transnational framework by highlighting how questions of gender, ethnicity, and diaspora are represented and conveyed in the face of colonial history, conflicts, postcolonial issues, and political transitions. In engaging with novels, films, theoretical work, and current events from the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries, we will be concerned with issues related to postcolonial critique, transnational feminist theories, peace and conflict studies, visual culture, and cultural theory, amongst other fields. In engaging with a range of themes and topics, (e.g., transitional justice, ecocriticism, transnational migrations, terrorism, neo-orientalism, cultural exoticism, social networks, democratic changes), we will be especially attentive to how race, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability further structure and inform understandings of colonialism, postcolonialism, sex, and gender.
Career orientation:
This course directly engages with political, social, cultural, and theoretical issues relevant to a wide array of professional fields. Students learn to apply concrete case studies that effectively bridge academia, activism, and current events, thereby developing skills that can be applied to future professional endeavors, such as work in NGOs, governmental bodies, or academic/research institutions.
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