HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course. Explores encounters between Germany and Africa across six German states (Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, East and West Germany, and reunified Germany). Topics include the establishment and loss of a German colonial empire in Africa, the presence of Africans and Afro-Germans (and later African-Americans) in Germany, and German debates about the relationship between race, gender, citizenship, and national identity. GT/IAF