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Transnationalism and its ConsequencesMigration, colonial occupation, refugee flows, global travel—the movement of people and ideas across national borders both historically and in the present has political, economic, social and cultural impacts for the destination and also for the place of origin. Using multiple disciplinary perspectives, this concentration investigates the issues arising from the transnational movement of people and ideas such as those related to religious and cultural

205/405: French Cinema on the Edge – GE, IT This course charts the emergence of French cinema from its invention as a byproduct of the Industrial Revolution to its confident affirmation as the most modern of art forms with the mid-century New Wave. Throughout, we consider film in relation to social movements, world wars, and political and economic developments, including how film served colonial ideologies as well as anti-colonial revolt. You will develop vocabulary and skills for critically

social issues in contemporary France. Most recently taught as the Urban History of Paris, seen through the métro. French 211/311: Francophone Africa in Global Context – GE, VW An introduction to the study of Francophone Africa and African Diasporas with a focus on (post)colonial development. French 211/311 counts as an elective for the Global Studies major (Development and Social Justice concentration).

and political zone. They offer an artistic way to explore and grapple with the complex legacies of conflict, labor camps, colonialism, and nationalism as well as the opportunities and challenges of contemporary life in the region. In this talk, I propose reading Mediterranean waterscapes and geographic landscapes through comics of colonial conscripts (Senegalese tirailleurs and Moroccan goumiers) and WWII refugees. I coin Mediterranean bande dessinée of mobility and internment as a reference to a

. During the colonial period, new populations were brought into the Nordic umbrella as Dano-Norwegian and Swedish kingdoms expanded. Religion and and the Lutheran reformation also worked to shape identity. The exhibition focused on how Nordic nationalism created national narratives, and the ways in which war and conflict changes borders and creates new identities. All of this is being challenged by modern migrants to the Nordic region. The exhibit featured a variety of artifacts, photos, hands on inter

Students select 8 semester hours from the following courses that study Indigenous topics and perspectives. ENGL 213: Topics in Literature (4) (when the topic is ‘Literature of the PNW’) ENGL 288: Special Topics in English (4) (when the topic is ‘Indigenous Literature of North America’) HISP 322: Latin American Cultural Studies (4) HIST 333: Colonization and Genocide in Native North America (4) HIST 348: Lewis and Clark: History and Memory (4) HIST 351: History of Western and Pacific Northwestern U.S

violence of these relations of power continue.   “We are all aware that in the past few years there has been high-visibility news of white police shooting black men, and those police officers are defending themselves by saying they are ‘frightened for their lives,’” Ehrenhaus said. As a communication-centered project, he will focus on verbal and visual case studies, including reports of slave uprisings in colonial times, lithographs of slave revolts, lynching photography, coverage of the Freedom Summer