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About AAAS African and African American Studies (AAAS) courses are for students interested in an interdisciplinary understanding of history and society from the perspectives of Africans and African Americans (in North America and the Caribbean). The program critically examines African and Diaspora experiences, institutions and perspectives with particular focus on the ways in which gender, class and racial capitalism have shaped the lives of black people. It draws on faculty and courses primarily from the departments of History, Literature, Languages, Religion, and Sociology/Anthropology. The scholarly interest of the faculty include 19th and 20th century African American history, comparative slavery, Caribbean culture and society, Civil Rights history, African American women’s history, Religions of the Diaspora, African, Afro-Caribbean and African American literatures and aesthetics, the sociology of race issues and south and West African history. Emphasizing the Social Sciences and Humanities, the program includes a range of courses as well as opportunities for independent and off-campus study. While the program’s main strengths are in history, literature, religion and languages, students are encouraged to combine AAAS with such disciplines as Psychology, Politics, Economics and Art, and with programs such as Women’s Studies and Peace and Global Studies. From Earlham, graduates from the AAAS program have gone on to law school, medical school and graduate school at such institutions as Columbia University, Tufts University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Northeastern University, Rochester, and Boston University. |
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Lincoln Blake (English, emeritus) Stephen
Butler (Sociology/Anthropology) Charles Holmond (Theatre Arts) Carol Hunter (History) James Logan (Religion) Kevin Miles (Philosophy) Joann Quinones (English) Karim
Sagna (French) Charles Watson (AAAS, Philosophy) |
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