American and European scholars long viewed Africa not only as a primitive continent, but as a cultural space outside the Western principles of meaning and progress — a place where "history is out of the question," as the German philosopher Hegel claimed two centuries ago. But Africa and its descendants are no longer invisible. African-based cultures and peoples are a crucial part of our collective experience, from art and literature to women's studies, from geopolitics to jazz and hip-hop. In truth, they always have been.
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers both a major and a minor in the history, culture and politics of people of African descent. It focuses on four geographic areas: Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States. Students may focus on one or more of those areas as they pursue courses in Africana studies as well as anthropology, classics, comparative literature, English, French, government, history and many other disciplines. Students who choose to major in Africana studies design an individual plan of study with the help of a faculty member.
The Africana Studies Department's emphasis on research and the senior project gives top students the opportunity to publish their work in scholarly journals and present it at research conferences such as the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Curacao. The department offers a course devoted entirely to research skills and methods.
The emphasis in the department is on small classes, one-on-one student-teacher interaction and continual attention to writing and speaking skills. Participation and engagement are crucial in every Hamilton course, but they are especially valuable in the study of other cultures — culture is a conversation.
Africana studies provides a window on some of today's most fascinating topics and emerging issues: world music; film and representation; gender, sexuality and feminism; and the blending of popular and political culture in hip-hop.
The Africana Studies Department brings together distinguished faculty members from a range of disciplines and interests, from African philosophy and development to contemporary African-American political and social thought to classical history and literature. The interdisciplinary breadth of the department makes it not only a valuable and important major, but also an attractive minor for students seeking greater historical and cultural perspective in their own fields.
The Africana Studies Department's emphasis on research and the senior project gives top students the opportunity to publish their work in scholarly journals and present it at research conferences such as the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Curacao. The department offers a course devoted entirely to research skills and methods.
The emphasis in the department is on small classes, one-on-one student-teacher interaction and continual attention to writing and speaking skills. Participation and engagement are crucial in every Hamilton course, but they are especially valuable in the study of other cultures — culture is a conversation.
Africana studies provides a window on some of today's most fascinating topics and emerging issues: world music; film and representation; gender, sexuality and feminism; and the blending of popular and political culture in hip-hop.
The Africana Studies Department brings together distinguished faculty members from a range of disciplines and interests, from African philosophy and development to contemporary African-American political and social thought to classical history and literature. The interdisciplinary breadth of the department makes it not only a valuable and important major, but also an attractive minor for students seeking greater historical and cultural perspective in their own fields.
The Africana Studies Department's emphasis on research and the senior project gives top students the opportunity to publish their work in scholarly journals and present it at research conferences such as the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Curacao. The department offers a course devoted entirely to research skills and methods.
The emphasis in the department is on small classes, one-on-one student-teacher interaction and continual attention to writing and speaking skills. Participation and engagement are crucial in every Hamilton course, but they are especially valuable in the study of other cultures — culture is a conversation.
Africana studies provides a window on some of today's most fascinating topics and emerging issues: world music; film and representation; gender, sexuality and feminism; and the blending of popular and political culture in hip-hop.
The Africana Studies Department brings together distinguished faculty members from a range of disciplines and interests, from African philosophy and development to contemporary African-American political and social thought to classical history and literature. The interdisciplinary breadth of the department makes it not only a valuable and important major, but also an attractive minor for students seeking greater historical and cultural perspective in their own fields.
The Africana Studies Department's emphasis on research and the senior project gives top students the opportunity to publish their work in scholarly journals and present it at research conferences such as the Caribbean Studies Association conference in Curacao. The department offers a course devoted entirely to research skills and methods.
The emphasis in the department is on small classes, one-on-one student-teacher interaction and continual attention to writing and speaking skills. Participation and engagement are crucial in every Hamilton course, but they are especially valuable in the study of other cultures — culture is a conversation.
Africana studies provides a window on some of today's most fascinating topics and emerging issues: world music; film and representation; gender, sexuality and feminism; and the blending of popular and political culture in hip-hop.
The Africana Studies Department brings together distinguished faculty members from a range of disciplines and interests, from African philosophy and development to contemporary African-American political and social thought to classical history and literature. The interdisciplinary breadth of the department makes it not only a valuable and important major, but also an attractive minor for students seeking greater historical and cultural perspective in their own fields.
