Slavery and Modernity . BL ST 117
An interdisciplinary examination of Black slavery as both a historical event and an enduring condition. The course highlights the foundational role of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade in the making of European modernity, the white subject of rights and the black dispossessed nonbeing, liberal democracy, and contemporary regimes of black captivities. Special focus is given to the political and economic history of the United States, the Caribbean and Brazil as slavocracies and to the incomplete project of emancipation that renders Black citizenship at best elusive. Critical transnational perspective highlights the spatio-temporal continuum between plantation regimes and contemporary global racial apartheid.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
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Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeUpper division only
Level LimitLetters and science
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Professor Alves is a great and flexible teacher for this class. There were a lot of weekly assigned readings, but never any homework. There was one group project, one written midterm, and our final was a podcast assignment. Participation counts because this is more of a discussion-based class, but it's a great class!
Professor Alves made lectures interesting! Along with TA Lexxus being super sweet and understanding, this class was really easy and as long as you pay attention in lecture and do the readings, it's an easy pass. Do know that this class is participation heavy, but it's really not that bad at all.
Sweetest professor ever —very lecture-heavy, but no assignments. Participation matters, but as long as you engage in conversation on the topics in class, you'll be fine. Would definitely take another class from him.
Professor Alves does not care about his students. This quarter, he has given us multiple assignments that are due within two days of his posting the prompt, often posting on Friday, due on Sunday. Many students work on the weekends. Additionally, he is usually late to his own class. Students wait 20+ minutes with no communication from the prof
Professor Alves does not take his classes seriously. He holds students to unattainable standards, while he does not meet those standards himself. Students are marked down for spelling and grammatical errors. The caveat is that his prompts and emails often have several typos and spelling errors. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES
Professor Alves is a bad professor and teacher. He rarely responds to emails, and his directions are not clear and very vague, and on top of that he grades harshly. He is not very understanding either. Does not except late work period. He once answered my email in spanish, even though it is a Geopolitics class, and I don't speak spanish.
Roberto Strongman
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