Africana Studies & Research Center (ASRC)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

ASRC 1202

This two-course sequence assumes no previous knowledge of Arabic and provides a thorough grounding in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It starts with the alphabet ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6442 ASRC 1202   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2351 ASRC 1202   SEM 102

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 1202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2352 ASRC 1202   SEM 104

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Azzam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1500

At the inception of this department at Cornell University in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center became the birthplace of the field Africana studies. Africana studies emphasizes comparative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3732 ASRC 1500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.

  •  6311 ASRC 1500   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1821

Blues and jazz music are central to American culture and will be a major focus of our writing in this course. We will explore the work of iconic artists such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Janelle ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18270 ASRC 1821   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Douglas, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1860

What are your dreams and how do you articulate and communicate them to others, especially in writing? This course primarily serves as your writing laboratory with the objective of helping students think ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18143 ASRC 1860   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aboi, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1862

This seminar explores how we (re)present our deepest commitments, religious or otherwise, to one another and especially in various (digital) publics. The textual examples will be taken from Black religious ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18145 ASRC 1862   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Pickett, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASRC 1900

The digital revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to research scholars, but discovering resources and using them effectively can be challenging. This course introduces students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: LSP 1101

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • 10399 ASRC 1900   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Mar 11 - May 5, 2026
    • Toombs, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1976

Waves of voluntary and forced migrants and their imposition on indigenous communities led to radically new societies in the Caribbean. Though popularized as tropical paradises, the Caribbean has one of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 1976

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8149 ASRC 1976   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 1986

This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1986HIST 1986LATA 1986

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9548 ASRC 1986   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9553 ASRC 1986   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9556 ASRC 1986   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2200

In this two-course sequence learners continue to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and grammar foundation through the extensive use of graded materials on a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6444 ASRC 2200   SEM 102

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Weatherspoon, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2204

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 2204NES 2204RELST 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3906 ASRC 2204   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2317

This seminar will introduce students to the expanding and dynamic historiography of the African diaspora. The most astute scholars of the African diaspora argue that diaspora is not to be conflated with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2307LATA 2307

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7509 ASRC 2317   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7520 ASRC 2317   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 2322

This course uses art and popular culture to provide a dynamic view of Black religion in the United States and the Diaspora throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Discussion topics include: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2322

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  8658 ASRC 2322   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2380

This course is a hybrid seminar/performance forum that combines scholarly exploration of hip hop musical aesthetics with applied performance. Students will engage in online and in-class discussions of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2380

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6615 ASRC 2380   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Appert, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2515

This course will examine southern African definitions of freedom and methods and tactics used in the fight for freedom. It will investigate how different thinkers defined political and personal freedom ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2515

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8160 ASRC 2515   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sandwell, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 2688

Following the conquests of Alexander, the ancient civilization of Egypt came under Greek rule. This period is best known for its famous queen Cleopatra, the last independent ruler of ancient Egypt. But ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2688CLASS 2688HIST 2688NES 2688

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8821 ASRC 2688   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8822 ASRC 2688   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8823 ASRC 2688   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3101

In this two-semester sequence, learners will be introduced to authentic, unedited Arabic language materials ranging from short stories, and poems, to newspaper articles dealing with social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARAB 3202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3045 ASRC 3101   SEM 101

    • MTWR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Younes, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3334

The body has been crucially important to Black liberation politics. Not only has it been a site of contestation and control, but it has also served as a productive site of protest, alliance, and collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8728 ASRC 3334   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3345

This course explores the waves of rebellion, and reaction, that swept the globe in the 1960s. From Dakar to Havana, from Beijing to Paris, we will examine the events, social movements, actors, places and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3345

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8418 ASRC 3345   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Tolan-Szkilnik, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8419 ASRC 3345   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 3422

In her pathbreaking text Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval Saidiya Hartman writes that young Black women were radical thinkers who tirelessly imagined other ways ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6422RELST 3422RELST 6422

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8735 ASRC 3422   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3440

This course will look at how literature based at sea helps both shape and challenge concepts of freedom and capital. By looking at the relationship between the sea-faring economy and its relationship to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3442ENGL 3440

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8460 ASRC 3440   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3565

Mainstream media would have us believe that driving a new Toyota Prius, recycling, and shopping clean at Whole Foods would make us all food environmentalists, right? Additionally, climate change ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3565ENGL 3565FGSS 3565

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8471 ASRC 3565   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3575

During her time in Germany, the U.S. poet Audre Lorde (who described herself as Black, lesbian, mother, warrior poet) sought out community and encouraged Black Germans to speak up and make themselves visible ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3575GERST 3575LGBT 3575

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9019 ASRC 3575   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Schoppelrei, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3590

This course provides a critical historical interrogation of what Black Marxism author Cedric Robinson called the Black Radical Tradition. It will introduce students to some of the major currents in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3590HIST 3590

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8184 ASRC 3590   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3894

In the buildup to and in the aftermath of the Civil War, there were US politicians -- especially the Whigs -- who were not only anti-slavery but committed to a policy of nonaccommodationism with the South. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6894

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8772 ASRC 3894   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 3977

This course examines how writers, filmmakers, and content creators from Africa engage with and revise public images of bodies-specifically pleasure, queerness, sex strikes, etc. Our inquiry also surveys ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7728 ASRC 3977   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4401

When people (academics usually) write about cult movies they are typically talking about films like Rocky Horror Picture Show or Casablanca or The Big Lebowski. Rarely, if ever, are Coming to America or ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4403

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18095 ASRC 4401   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Warner, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4509

In this course, we will engage in close and reflective critical readings of Toni Morrison's eleven novels. Morrison's writing style is characterized by highly distinctive strategies in the development ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8758 ASRC 4509   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4512

The driving dialectic in post-colonial studies has been the colonizer/colonized, or the Third World vs. the West. But slowly the field is letting go of this arrested dialectic and in its place various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: COML 4511ENGL 4511

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8551 ASRC 4512   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8552 ASRC 4512   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4561

How has history shaped our notion of Black girlhood? What is our collective understanding of Black girlhood? How do we see and understand Black girls? Black Girlhood Studies is a multidisciplinary field ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4561HD 4560PSYCH 4560

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9475 ASRC 4561   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Inniss-Thompson, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Application required. See https://forms.gle/uECvEmNeCTnN82Km8 to apply.

ASRC 4602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6602SHUM 4202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6567 ASRC 4602   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4682

Therapeutic knowledge and practice in Africa have changed dynamically over the past century. Yet, questions about healing continue to be questions about the intimate ways that power works on bodies. Accounts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6662 ASRC 4682   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Langwick, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4894

Taking Roberto Esposito's Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy as its point of intervention, this course will think of South African apartheid as a biopolitical event. Using the philosophy of figures such ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6448

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8732 ASRC 4894   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 4901

For senior Africana Studies majors working on an honors thesis, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2839 ASRC 4901   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2840 ASRC 4901   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2841 ASRC 4901   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2842 ASRC 4901   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2843 ASRC 4901   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2874 ASRC 4901   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2844 ASRC 4901   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2845 ASRC 4901   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2957 ASRC 4901   IND 614

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3112 ASRC 4901   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3113 ASRC 4901   IND 616

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3170 ASRC 4901   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3171 ASRC 4901   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3178 ASRC 4901   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3489 ASRC 4901   IND 620

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Gaines, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3490 ASRC 4901   IND 621

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Snorton, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 4903

For students working on special topics, with selected reading, research projects, etc., under the supervision of a member of the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11747 ASRC 4903   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13103 ASRC 4903   IND 603

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11748 ASRC 4903   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11749 ASRC 4903   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11750 ASRC 4903   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11751 ASRC 4903   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11752 ASRC 4903   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11753 ASRC 4903   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11936 ASRC 4903   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11963 ASRC 4903   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Gosa, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11964 ASRC 4903   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ademoyo, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12054 ASRC 4903   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12060 ASRC 4903   IND 622

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bulugu, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12081 ASRC 4903   IND 623

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12082 ASRC 4903   IND 624

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12194 ASRC 4903   IND 625

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ASRC 6209

This seminar grapples with the idea of Africa as symbol, metaphor, imaginary, and real; received, constructed, and self-enacting; a status, condition, and state of mind; performed, executed, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6203

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8649 ASRC 6209   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6321

This seminar explores the international and transnational dimensions of the Black Power Movement, broadly defined. Beginning with an examination of transnationalism in the early 20th century, it examines ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6321HIST 6321

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9686 ASRC 6321   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9689 ASRC 6321   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6334

The body has been crucially important to Black liberation politics. Not only has it been a site of contestation and control, but it has also served as a productive site of protest, alliance, and collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8727 ASRC 6334   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6422

In her pathbreaking text Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval Saidiya Hartman writes that young Black women were radical thinkers who tirelessly imagined other ways ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3422RELST 3422RELST 6422

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8777 ASRC 6422   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6448

Taking Roberto Esposito's Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy as its point of intervention, this course will think of South African apartheid as a biopolitical event. Using the philosophy of figures such ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4894

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8702 ASRC 6448   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6513

In this course, we will engage in close and reflective critical readings of Toni Morrison's eleven novels. Morrison's writing style is characterized by highly distinctive strategies in the development ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9495 ASRC 6513   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6602

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602SHUM 4202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7105 ASRC 6602   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6865

This seminar is an intensive study of the political thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. Approaching texts in contexts, we will seek to recover King the political thinker from his mythologization in American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6865GOVT 4000GOVT 6865RELST 6865

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8061 ASRC 6865   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8062 ASRC 6865   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6894

In the buildup to and in the aftermath of the Civil War, there were US politicians -- especially the Whigs -- who were not only anti-slavery but committed to a policy of nonaccommodationism with the South. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3894

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8773 ASRC 6894   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 6901

Independent study course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2832 ASRC 6901   IND 602

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2875 ASRC 6901   IND 604

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2833 ASRC 6901   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Boyce Davies, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2834 ASRC 6901   IND 608

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2835 ASRC 6901   IND 609

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hassan, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2836 ASRC 6901   IND 610

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2876 ASRC 6901   IND 611

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2837 ASRC 6901   IND 612

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2838 ASRC 6901   IND 613

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Byfield, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3114 ASRC 6901   IND 615

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3115 ASRC 6901   IND 616

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3172 ASRC 6901   IND 617

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • LaBennett, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3173 ASRC 6901   IND 618

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3700 ASRC 6901   IND 619

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3887 ASRC 6901   IND 620

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ademoyo, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7053 ASRC 6901   IND 621

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASRC 6903

This class is the second in a two-part course sequence offered in the fall and spring semesters annually. In this hybrid theory and methods course, students will read historiographic, ethnographic, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Cultural, Literary, Visual Analysis

  •  3275 ASRC 6903   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Pickett, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASRC 7682

Healing and medicine are simultaneously individual and political, biological and cultural. In this class, we will study the expansion of biomedicine in Africa, the continuities and changes embodied in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6687 ASRC 7682   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Langwick, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person