Black Europe: The History and Politics of Blackness in Modern Europe ((3))

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This course seeks to challenge misconceptions about European history by seriously engaging with the history of Afro-Europeans, especially looking at how race in Europe related to processes such as democratization, industrialization, imperialism, and decolonization and seminal events like the two World Wars and the Cold War. Though the geographic focus of this course may vary within Europe, it will predominantly focus on the history and politics of Blackness in one or more countries in the 19th and 20th century.