Courses

Fall 2019

Borderlands History Seminar

, 4 pts, GR8495

BORDERLANDS SEMINAR

This course will argue for a broader spatial history of empire by looking at sites such as "frontiers" and "borderlands" in a theoretical and comparative perspective. From the works of nineteenth century historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner to formulations of spatial perspectives by Foucault, Bauchelard and Lefebvre we will look at specific sites from the American West to Northeast India. Our effort will be to situate borderlands and frontiers not at the margins but t the center of the relationship between power and narrative, between empire and colony. Formulations of race, gender, class will be central to our comparative units of historical analysis and allow us to create conversations across area-studies boundaries within the discipline.

Section Number
001
Call Number
36465
Day, Time & Location
W 10:10am-12:00pm To be announced
Instructor
Manan Ahmed