African and African American Studies Minor

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The minor in African and African American Studies at Loyola invites students to study the histories, 文化, and politics of Africa and the African diaspora in the United States, 加勒比, and Latin America. The program provides a stimulating combination of intellectual rigor, cultural experience, and community engagement through its course offerings and extra-curricular opportunities.

Students are encouraged to participate in various events throughout the semester that address aspects of African and African African experience and explore the urgent issues surrounding race, 种族歧视, and privilege in the U.S. and around the world. 密切, collaborative connection with the 新奥尔良 community and a commitment to student study abroad provides ample opportunity for realizing the real-world implications of this highly-engaged field of study.

关于 African and African-American Studies

任务: The African and African American Studies program is an umbrella under which all African and African American-related courses take shelter. As an interdisciplinary program constituted by diverse methodologies and intellectual thought, African and African American Studies provides a trans国家 approach to illuminate the histories, 文化, and experiences of Black people in the United States, 加勒比, continental Africa, and across the globe. Foregrounding people of African descent not simply as subjects but also as producers of knowledge, the program and course of study allow students to focus on areas that complement and augment their major fields of study; expand the horizons of their academic interests; and think critically. African and African American Studies sponsors and co-sponsors intellectual, 社会, and community-oriented events regularly to contribute to and enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the Loyola community at large.

Students in African and African-American Studies courses can expect to:

• Learn the methodologies and critical interventions of the field of African and African American studies
• Engage the scholarly work of people of African descent as producers of knowledge not simply subjects of study
• Better understand the role of local, 国家, and global movements for racial equality played in challenging racial injustice
• Cover issues that discuss the socio-historical experience of people of African descent
• Discuss how race is a 社会ly constructed, hierarchical phenomenon
• Discover how 社会 institutions encourage expectations of racially appropriate behavior that maintain racial hierarchies
• Take an intersectional approach to show how race interacts with other 社会 statuses (ethnicity, 性别, sexual orientation, 社会阶层, 宗教, 能力, 等)
• Recognize how this knowledge leads to 社会 justice in the present
• In addition to course offerings, students declaring a minor in African and African American Studies are encouraged to take part in the events offered throughout the semester that address aspects of the African American or African diaspora experience.

In the past, students and faculty associated with the program have participated in the following:

• Black 历史 Month film festival and the 新奥尔良 Afrikan Film Festival
• Distinguished Lectures (eg. The writers Maya Angelou, Maryse Condé, and Sefi Atta)
• Theater Performances addressing African American or African diaspora experiences
• These events provide opportunities for students and faculty to associate with and get to know each other and offer valuable and enjoyable ways to experience the richness and diversity of the African and African American diaspora experiences.

课程 Information

Students can use the course section search on the (LORA) system to find courses that are eligible for the African and African-American Studies Program. Before declaring an African and African-American Studies minor, please contact the program Director.

African and African-American Studies 联系 Information

Office: Bobet 316
校园包厢:50
Phone: (504) 865-2295

Participating faculty includes: 

• 基督教博尔登
• 帕特丽夏Boyett