Saturdays 12:30pm-2:30pm EST

Oct. 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th

This course gives a brief but robust history of racialized performance from antiquity (ancient Nubia, Greece, Kemet, & Rome) to the present day. In 4 sessions, we will explore this topic through historical scholarship, literature, documentaries, and films to analyze racial thinking, racial performance, and impersonations of race. As this course is a hybrid seminar and lecture course. I will encourage each of you to contribute substantially to discussion as a way to further develop your writing and thinking practices. I expect our classroom to be a safe space for each of you to share reading and writing skills you developed in high school and to engage bravely with new ideas and approaches. Each of you is a human being to me first and foremost. Please do not be afraid to bring your humanity and individuality to this course.

Each class will consist of a lecture/presentation from me that will be about an hour at most. My teaching style is interactive so it won't just be me talking for an hour. The remaining time will be spent having open discussions about the material.

I hope you feel welcome and that the material and time spent in the course is useful, empowering, and healing!