History Department Electives: Seminars : HIST G8763: Africa, Europe and New Colonial History. Gregory Mann.

This course aims to provoke a conversation across fields. How do Africanists write colonial history? How do Europeanists? Is it possible to write an ‘African’ history of European empire, or a ‘European’ history of colonialism? We will read the work of innovative scholars from both subfields of history, as well as from other disciplines, with the goal of appreciating the similarities and differences in their questions, their methods, and their conclusions. This course aims to provoke a conversation across fields. How do Africanists write colonial history? How do Europeanists? Is it possible to write an ‘African’ history of European empire, or a ‘European’ history of colonialism? We will read the work of innovative scholars from both subfields of history, as well as from other disciplines, with the goal of appreciating the similarities and differences in their questions, their methods, and their conclusions. 4 pts.