Settler Colonial Studies

Catalog description

Settler Colonial Studies (3) This course interrogates the sociohistorical phenomenon of settler colonialism in the United States from 1492 to the present-day. Students are introduced to theories of settler colonialism as well as the histories of boarding schools, Indian removal, the reservation system, the militarization of Indian country, indigenous resistance, and environmental injustice. Students produce a research paper or podcast that applies settler colonial theory to a specific time and place in U.S. history. Interdisciplinary and intersectional in nature, this course includes readings in history as well as critical Indigenous, ethnic, and feminist and queer studies. AU Core Habits of Mind: Socio-Historical Inquiry.