Graduate Research Seminar in African History

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This is a two-quarter graduate seminar in histories of any part of the continent covering the 19th-20th centuries. The seminar will help students to focus their attention on closely reading and utilizing primary sources for a clearly-defined output, e.g., a dissertation chapter or a journal article. In addition to the primary materials, we will collectively assemble and read together a set of crucial books on areas of the students' research interest. We will also invite local and outside guests to talk about their own research and lead seminars. Students earn 2 units per quarter.