SING A BLACK GIRL'S SONG: THE NON FICTI

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This undergraduate seminar offers an in-depth exploration of the nonfiction work of the renowned African-American poet and playwright Ntozake Shange, whose archives are at Barnard College, her alma mater. Through readings, discussion, and visits to her archives, students will probe this lesser-examined aspect of Shange's oeuvre, including her essays on her life, the arts, food, and other artists and creators. This course invites participants to engage critically with Shange's essays and personal writings while delving into her archive.

Students will identify key themes and literary techniques in Shange's nonfiction and the historical and cultural context in which she wrote these works. We will examine how Shange's nonfiction contributes to her broader work and her perspectives on history, gender, feminism, and race as they intersect in her life as a Black woman artist. Students will develop critical thinking skills through close reading, analysis, and discussion of Shange's nonfiction and will improve their writing skills by composing reflections and essays on Shange's works. They will develop research skills and gain insights into Shange's creative process through firsthand engagement with Shange's archive at Barnard.

• M 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Edwidge Danticat
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• 3 points

INDEPENDENT STDY-UNDERGRADUATE

INDEPENDENT STUDY-UNDERGRAD

• Instructor: Farah Griffin
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• Instructor: Samuel K Jr Roberts
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• Instructor: Kellie Jones
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• Instructor: Frank Guridy
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• Instructor: Jafari S Allen
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STDY-UNDERGRADUATE

• Instructor: Edwidge Danticat
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• 1-4 points

INDEPENDENT STDY-UNDERGRADUATE

INDEPENDENT STUDY-UNDERGRAD

• Instructor: Isabel Ferreira Dos Reis
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• 1-4 points

TOPICS IN THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

Please refer to Institute for Research in African American Studies for section course descriptions: http://iraas.columbia.edu/

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Farah Griffin
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• 4 points

SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR

The Senior Seminar will afford thesis writers the chance to workshop their idea, conduct research and/or interviews, work with the IRB protocols (if necessary), learn to work with archival materials, and perform other research activities prior to writing the thesis. Students who choose to write a capstone paper or conduct a capstone project can choose an elective course the following semester. The Thesis Seminar, conducted in the spring semester, is a workshop-oriented course for Senior Thesis writers organized around honing their writing skills while providing guidance to students in their field/disciplinary-specific projects. For example, a student may choose to write a historical biography of an artist while another may pursue a sociological study of the effects of mass incarceration on voting rights. The instructor of the Thesis Seminar, working with a faculty adviser (dependent on the specific field of inquiry in the thesis), will provide feedback and supervise the writing schedule of the students.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Megan French-Marcelin
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• 4 points

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• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Sudhir A Venkatesh
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• 4 points

HARLEM AND HAITI

This graduate seminar explores the rich cultural and historical connections between the Harlem Renaissance in the United States and Haiti, the world's first independent Black Republic. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students will examine the linked literary, artistic, political, and social dimensions of the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti and how they have influenced and interacted with each other through their writers and artists. By analyzing key texts, novels, essays, travelogues, artworks, and historical documents, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the connections between the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti and how they continue to resonate today. At the end of the course, students will have gained a deeper historical context, including the socio-political backgrounds and global influences that shaped and connected the Harlem Renaissance and Haiti, and will have honed the analytical and critical skills necessary to explore broader diasporic and transnational l connections.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Edwidge Danticat
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• 4 points

TOPICS IN THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

Please refer to Institute for African American and African Diaspora Studies Department for section-by-section course descriptions.

• W 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Vivaldi Jean-Marie
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• Instructor: Anthony Johnson
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• Instructor: Isabel Ferreira Dos Reis
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• Instructor: Kevin Fellezs
  CULPA: 4 Info
• Instructor: Samiya Bashir
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• 4 points

INDEPENDENT STUDY-GRADUATE

• Instructor: Samuel K Jr Roberts
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• Instructor: Farah Griffin
  CULPA: 10 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Jafari S Allen
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• Instructor: Frank Guridy
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info
• Instructor: Edwidge Danticat
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• Instructor: Isabel Ferreira Dos Reis
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• 1-4 points

THESIS RESEARCH-GRADUATE

• Instructor: Samuel K Jr Roberts
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• 4 points