AFRO 498

Spring 2013 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 14-May 1

Spec Topics African Am Studies

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics with particular emphasis on current research trends.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Upper level AFRO course (300 or above) or consent of instructor.

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AFRO 498 class schedule data for spring 2013
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
59037	Lecture-Discussion	2	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	115 David Kinley Hall	Spires, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Section Info: Richard Wright: Texts and Contexts This course uses Richard Wright's (1908-1960) life and work as a guide for discussing literary technique, genre, media technologies, and forms of cultural criticism. We will pay particular attention to Wright's (and our) reading of power (raced, classed, gendered, etc.) in the U.S. and the world. Beginning with "Blueprint for Negro Writing" and Uncle Tom's Children we will discuss the role of the artist in society, Wright's use of a Marxist analysis, and his arguments about folk culture. By mid-semester, we will have encountered multiple forms (prose fiction and nonfiction, poetry, film, and photography), leading to a larger conversation about cultural transformations in the U.S. between the Great Depression and the conclusion of World War II. We will conclude the semester with The Outsider and a discussion of Wright's notion of a human right to "think and feel honestly" in the context of anti-colonialism. Aside from Richard Wright, we will read a sampling from contemporaries including Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ann Petry, William Faulkner, and Ralph Ellison. We will also work through theoretical frameworks from critical race and gender studies, postcolonial studies, and documentary studies.
52117	Conference	JL3	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Russell, T Loewen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Directed Research Section Info: Students allowed to enroll in this course will be expected to work independently. The supervising professor resides off-campus and interaction will be limited to once a week via conference call or through email exchanges. Once in the class, students must build a strong knowledge base on 'sundown towns' (communities that are, or were, all-white on purpose). Course requirements include reading "Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism", researching the professor's database, retrieving population data from census and "manuscript census", and updating the sundown town interactive map on the web. Additional research activities include visiting a 'probable' sundown town to research the claims made for/against the town's diversity (or lack of), updating Wkipedia or other web encyclopedias, and serve as an ambassador and a resource for knowledge on sundown towns long after completing the course.
52118	Conference	JL4	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Loewen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Directed Research Section Info: Students allowed to enroll in this course will be expected to work independently. The supervising professor resides off-campus and interaction will be limited to once a week via conference call or through email exchanges. Once in the class, students must build a strong knowledge base on 'sundown towns' (communities that are, or were, all-white on purpose). Course requirements include reading "Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism", researching the professor's database, retrieving population data from census and "manuscript census", and updating the sundown town interactive map on the web. Additional research activities include visiting a 'probable' sundown town to research the claims made for/against the town's diversity (or lack of), updating Wkipedia or other web encyclopedias, and serve as an ambassador and a resource for knowledge on sundown towns long after completing the course.
59099	Lecture-Discussion	WTS	6:00PM -8:00PM	M	211 Davenport Hall	Summerville, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Section Info: Title:Harmonizing Select Differences This course will allow participants to explore and experience a variety of the rich offerings of the African American Sacred Music Genre. The class is also structured to allow students to discover similar musical practices that already exist in all sacred music. Participants will develop communication skills needed to function in our diverse social environment, in addition to information on the mission and music offerings of select Historically Black Colleges and Universities.There will also be an informal concert opened to the public at the last class session to display the students? talents. University of Illinois degree students may enroll in the class listed below using the student self-service system: https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice/ Classes will meet in the main sanctuary at the Salem Baptist Church, 500 East Park Street, Champaign, IL on Monday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Class dates are: January 14, 28, 2013; February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013; March 4, 11, 25, 2013; April 1,8, 15, 22, 29, 2013. Note: AFRO 498 WTS, 59099 is reserved for University of Illinois degree seeking students enrollment ONLY.