Fall 2024
Explores the complex and diverse languages, geographies, regional and national histories, cultural practices, intellectual traditions and political and economic landscapes of the Caribbean region, its people and its diasporas. Students will be introduced to the main questions, themes, and debates in Caribbean Studies. Lectures and readings develop the skills to take an interdisciplinary approach to Caribbean Studies.
Instructor: Kevin Edmonds
Scheduled: Tuesday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Delivery mode: In-person
Introduction to the rich and multi-linguistic literary traditions of the Caribbean and its diaspora, focusing on canonical texts of Caribbean literature. Texts not originally written in English are read in translation.
Instructor: Catia Dingnard
Scheduled: Tuesday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Delivery mode: In-person
Offers an interdisciplinary introduction to Caribbean sociology, focusing on the writings of thinkers and scholars from the era of colonization to the more contemporary period. Themes may include: colonial encounters in the making of Caribbean societies; the role of religion; popular consciousness; histories of capitalism and exploitation; the relationship between political institutions and the wider society; “development”, dependency and “underdevelopment”.
Instructor: Pablo Herrera Veitia
Scheduled: Wednesday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Delivery mode: In-person
Explores the complex and dynamic practices, philosophies and political and cultural contexts of Caribbean religions. Topics may include the profound impact — in both the Caribbean and its diasporas — of Caribbean Christianities, Hinduism and Islam as well as Afro-Creole religions such as vodou, Rastafari and Santeria.
Instructor: Bernardo Garcia-Dominguez
Scheduled: Tuesday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Delivery mode: In-person
A critical feminist reading of selected works of fiction, poetry and essays by Caribbean women writers. The aim is to appraise the development of this literature, situate texts within the key social and political debates which have influenced the region’s literary output, as well as to consider the implications of the environments within which these writers function.
Instructor: Ramabai Espinet
Scheduled: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Delivery mode: Online