French culture and fashion have been synonymous since the age of Louis XIV. This is not only because Paris traditionally…
Today we tend to see curiosity and imagination as two peas in a very positive pod. Yet, although they have…
This seminar is designed to investigate how the concept of race has been represented in cinema historically, with a particular…
Boundary making, migration, and population displacement have been significant dimensions of the contemporary African experience. How has boundary making, broadly…
With the United States as our geographic focus, this seminar explores a range of 20th- and early-21st-century American Indian topics…
The term “African diaspora” usually refers to the consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, but there have been many diasporas…
In this course, we examine disability from the perspective of cultural and medical anthropology. Specifically, we consider how people living…
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is central to one of the most profound revolutions in the history of…
Focusing on the Carolinas, this seminar explores the many ways African Americans have used art to define themselves and their…
Alice Walker wrote “Time moves slowly, but passes quickly”. Tennessee Williams wrote, “Time is the longest distance between two places”….