AFRO 298

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

Spec Topics African-Am Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

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

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: AFRO 100 or AFRO 101, or consent of instructor.

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AFRO 298 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61058	Lecture-Discussion	CJ	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	1060 Lincoln Hall	Jenkins, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: Black Speculative Futures Section Info: Topic: Speculative Futures - Black Speculative Futures Course Description: "THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.” Pittsburgh-based artist Alisha B. Wormsley first posted these words on a billboard in 2017 to highlight and push back against the erasure of Blackness from collective visions of futurity. Wormsley was inspired by Black creative work falling under the umbrella of “Afrofuturism”— a literary and cultural aesthetic that incorporates science fiction and fantasy, magical realism, and non-Western cosmology, challenges the racial homogeneity of conventional genre fiction, and explores questions of Black identity and subjectivity in futuristic contexts. In this course, we will dig into such work, taking seriously the provocation and the anxiety that Wormsley’s statement implies: What is a Black future? Where and how do Black people inhabit future visions for the world? What does “the future” look like when seen through a Black, speculative lens? We will explore fictional narrative, graphic novels, film, video, visual art, and music by creators including Octavia Butler, W.E.B. DuBois, Arthur Jafa, N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle, Flying Lotus, Janelle Monae, Wangechi Mutu, Sun Ra, Rivers Solomon, and Kevin Willmott, among others. Active participation, group podcast, in-class writing, final project. Meets with ENGL 221
	58957	Lecture-Discussion	JR	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	G24 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Riley, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: Black Sexualities Section Info: Topic: Black Life Across Landscapes: Gender, Sexuality, and Environment Course Description: Black life moves across fields, rivers, highways, and public squares. Landscapes—natural and built, rural and urban—carry histories of power and imagination, shaping how Blackness is lived and understood. We consider these dynamics in contemporary matters such as the Flint Water Crisis, Hurricane Katrina’s displacement, and the ecological strain of AI data centers, examining how Black communities navigate crisis while cultivating care, intimacy, and possibility. Bringing Black sexualities into conversation with Black feminist ecologies, this course explores intersections of gender, sexuality, and environment through select theory, social science, creative writing, film, and digital media that reimagine Black queer and trans life. Students will help create a collaborative space for close reading, discussion, and shared inquiry.