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American Studies by Requirement


Pre-1865 

  • Anthropology 1190. American Invasions: Archaeological Tales of Encounter, Exploration, and Colonization, 1492-1830. Liebmann. Sp
  • English 90fd The Rhetoric of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Stauffer. F
  • English 90ln Harvard and Native Lands. Niles. F
  • EMR 158. Land, Labor, and the Color Line: New Perspectives on Black and Indigenous Histories. Izadi. F
  • EMR 1030. Topics in Native American and Indigenous Studies: North America. Izadi. Sp
  • General Education 1133 Is the U.S. Civil War Still Being Fought? Stauffer. F
  • General Education 1115 Human Trafficking, Slavery and Abolition in the Modern World. Patterson. Sp
  • History 12m Abolitionist Women and Their Worlds. Miles. F
  • History 16g. Echoes of the Past: Indigenous Retellings of Conquest & Colonialism. Hopp. F
  • History 1014 Afro-Indigenous Intersections in Early America. Miles. Sp
  • History 1973 Re-Wilding Harvard. Chaplin. Sp
  • History and Literature 90gb American Education Reforms. Gowen. F
  • History of Art and Architecture 197p Introduction to Pre-Columbian Art Cummins. F

1865-1945 

  • AAAS 10 Introduction to African American Studies. Gates. Sp
  • Folklore and Mythology 172. Quilts and Quiltmaking. Lufkin. Sp
  • History and Literature 90br Work and Labor Across the Americas. Hogan. F
  • History and Literature 90er The Gilded Age. Day Frank. Sp
  • History and Literature 90fi Race and Empire in the Americas. Waits. F

Category A:  One course on transnational themes (e.g. diaspora, migration, empire) and/or comparative approaches that examines the United States in a wider, global context

  • AAAS 119. Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food. Martin. Sp
  • EMR 1020. Topics in AAPI Studies. Craig. Sp
  • General Education 1115 Human Trafficking, Slavery and Abolition in the Modern World. Patterson. Sp
  • History 89j. The United States and China: Opium War to the Present. Manela. Sp
  • History 1940. Migration, Belonging, and the Law in Europe and the Americas. Herzog. Hoffnung-Garskof. F 
  • History and Literature 90fi Race and Empire in the Americas. Waits. F
  • WGS 1216 Women's Voices in Asian and Asian American Literature. Choi. Sp

Category B: One course on race and ethnicity in American history and/or literature

  • AAAS 10 Introduction to African American Studies. Gates. Sp
  • AAAS 55 Ishmael Reed: Novels, Poetry, Essays. Sp 
  • AAAS 108. Black Religion and Sexuality. Greene-Hayes. F
  • AAAS 109. Religion, Theory, and the Archive. Greene-Hayes. F
  • AAAS 119. Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food. Martin. Sp
  • AAAS 146x A Black History of Electronic Dance Music. Aumoithe.  F  
  • AAAS 177x W.E.B. Du Bois and His Critics. Gates. Sp
  • AAAS 191x African American Lives in the Law. Higginbotham. Sp
  • AAAS 197. Poverty, Race, and Health. Williams. F
  • AFVS 187. Indigenous Cinema. Hopinka. F
  • Anthropology 1190. American Invasions: Archaeological Tales of Encounter, Exploration, and Colonization, 1492-1830. Liebmann. Sp
  • English 90fd The Rhetoric of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Stauffer. F
  • English 90ln Harvard and Native Lands. Niles. F
  • English 175pl American Dissent. Stauffer. Sp
  • English 185rj Race and Jurisprudence. Menand. Sp
  • English 187nd Indigenous Literatures of the Other-than-Human. Pexa.  F
  • English 197ls Introduction to Indigenous Literary Studies: Poetry, Prose, and Politics. Pexa. Sp
  • EMR 121. Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation. Henson. Sp
  • EMR 133. Power, Knowledge, Identity: Critical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity Craig. F
  • EMR 157. Techno-Orientalism: Asia, Technology, Futurity. Fernandez. F
  • EMR 159. Contemporary Asian American Popular Culture. Fernandez.  F
  • EMR 161. Urban Latinidad: Barrios, Public Space, and Social Movements. Mendoza-Mori.  Sp
  • EMR 162. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Aritificial Intelligence. Fernandez.  Sp
  • EMR 163. Asian American Graphic Narratives. Fernandez. Sp
  • EMR 164. Global Rebellion: Race, Solidarity, and Decolonizatin. Patel. Sp
  • EMR 1010. Topics in Latinx Studies: Imagining Latinidad. Mendoza-Mori.  F
  • EMR 1030. Topics in Native American and Indigenous Studies: North America. Izadi. Sp
  • EMR 1040. Topics in Asian American Studies. Fernandez. F
  • General Education 1133 Is the U.S. Civil War Still Being Fought? Stauffer. F
  • General Education 1115 Human Trafficking, Slavery and Abolition in the Modern World. Patterson. Sp
  • General Education 1130 Power to the People: Black Power, Radical Feminism, and Gay Liberation. Bronski. Sp
  • History 16g. Echoes of the Past: Indigenous Retellings of Conquest & Colonialism. Hopp.  F
  • History 16s. Asian American Women in the Archive: Schlesinger Library Immersive Course. Lee. Sp
  • History 1014 Afro-Indigenous Intersections in Early America. Miles. Sp
  • History 1908 Racial Capitalism and the Black Radical Tradition. Brown and Johnson. Sp
  • History 1965 Asian American History. Lee. F
  • History and Literature 90cm Asian American Cultural Studies. Remoquillo. F
  • History and Literature 90gj Contesting Citizenship in the United States. Teeters Knolle. Sp
  • History and Literature 90gk Performing Latinidad: Race, Sex, and Excess in Contemporary U.S. Culture. Sanchez Cruz. F
  • History and Literature 90gp Race and Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century American Thought. Bloom.  F
  • History and Literature 90gr Indigenous Genders and Sexualities in North America. Ridgway. F
  • History and Literature 90gx U.S. Women of Color Feminisms since the 1970s. Lam-Saili. F
  • History and Literature 90fz The South: Histories of a U.S. Region. Kirby. F
  • History and Literature 90fi Race and Empire in the Americas. Waits. F
  • History and Literature 93ae Prison Abolition. Dichter. F
  • History of Art and Architecture. 174. "I Can't Breathe!" - Tracing the Spatially Suffocated African Diaspora in the Americas. Instructor. Sp 
  • History of Art and Architecture 179v Vision and Justice. Lewis. Sp
  • History of Art and Architecture 197p Introduction to Pre-Columbian Art. Cummins.  F
  • History of Science 1684. Race, War, and Medicine. Robinson. Sp
  • Music 32 Music of the Mexican Diaspora. Madrid-Gonzalez. F
  • Music 142r Foundations of Modern Jazz. Terry. F
  • Music 142r Foundations of Modern Jazz. Monson and Terry. Sp
  • Religion 1093. Racial Liberalism and the Ethics of Law and Justice. Johnson. F
  • TDM 173bf Black Feminist Theory in Media and Performance.  Bell. F
  • TDM 182b Black Arts Movement to #blacklivesmatter. Bell. Sp
  • WGS 1210ft Black Feminist Theory. Perry. F
  • WGS 1216 Women's Voices in Asian and Asian American Literature. Choi.  Sp
  • WGS 1274 Gender, Race, and Poverty in the United States. Mitshali. Sp 
  • WGS 1283 Love's Labors Found: Uncovering Histories of Emotional Labor. Light. Sp

 

Category C:  One course on gender and sexuality in American history and/or literature

  • AAAS 108. Black Religion and Sexuality. Greene-Hayes. F
  • EMR 165. Feminist Security Studies. Tran. Sp
  • English 90b James/Baldwin. McCarthy. Sp  
  • Folklore and Mythology 172. Quilts and Quiltmaking. Lufkin. Sp
  • General Education 1130 Power to the People: Black Power, Radical Feminism, and Gay Liberation. Bronski. Sp
  • History 12m Abolitionist Women and Their Worlds. Miles. F
  • History 16s. Asian American Women in the Archive: Schlesinger Library Immersive Course. Lee. Sp 
  • History and Literature 90gr Indigenous Genders and Sexualities in North America. Ridgway. F
  • History and Literature 90gx U.S. Women of Color Feminisms since the 1970s. Lam-Saili. F
  • History and Literature 93aa Queer Archives. Kaminsky.  Sp
  • TDM 173bf Black Feminist Theory in Media and Performance.  Bell. F
  • WGS 1209 Dangerous Words: Feminist Debates on Speech, Harm, and Representation. Wells.  F
  • WGS 1210ft Black Feminist Theory. Perry.   F
  • WGS 1216 Women's Voices in Asian and Asian American Literature. Choi. F
  • WGS 1225 Leaning In, Hooking Up: Visions of Feminism and Femininity in the 21st Century. Thompson. Sp
  • WGS 1274 Gender, Race, and Poverty in the United States. Mitshali. Sp
  • WGS 1283 Love's Labors Found: Uncovering Histories of Emotional Labor. Light. Sp