English 282a. Ethnic Studies: Past, Present, and Future

Instructor: Ju Yon Kim
Bi-weekly Tuesdays, 9:45-11:45 am | Location: Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room
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An interdisciplinary graduate research seminar exploring cutting-edge approaches in ethnic studies.  From its institutional beginnings in the late-1960s, the field of ethnic studies built frameworks to critically examine questions of inequality and power through intersecting analytical paradigms of race, indigeneity, gender, sexuality, class, and citizenship.  With visiting scholars at Harvard’s Warren Center, students will explore how such frameworks remain useful and relevant, interrogate limitations and contradictions within the field, all the while exploring new possibilities and directions within ethnic studies.

Students must complete both terms of this course (parts A and B) within the same academic year in order to receive credit.