Spring 2026
3208. Making the Black Atlantic
Also offered as: AFRA 3208, HIST 3208
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: AFRA/HIST/HRTS 3563 or AFRA/HIST 3564 or 3620; or HIST/LLAS 3609.
Grading Basis: Graded
Recent scholarship on the central role played by African-descended communities in shaping the early history of the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, cultural movements and practices; slavery, political economy, and political movements.
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Faculty Contact Information – Spring 2026
Emma Amador: emma.amador@uconn.edu
Paulo Contreras: paulo.contreras@uconn.edu
Rodolfo Fernandez: rodolfo.fernandez@uconn.edu
Anne Gebelein: anne.gebelein@uconn.edu
Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann: kgonzalez.seligmann@uconn.edu
Ariel Lambe: ariel.lambe@uconn.edu
Beatriz Aldana Marquez: beatriz.aldana_marquez@uconn.edu
Catalina Vásquez-Marchant: catalina.vasquez@uconn.edu
Angel Oquendo: angel.oquendo@uconn.edu
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz: sav03001@uconn.edu
Diana Rios: diana.rios@uconn.edu
Camilo Ruiz: camilo.ruiz@uconn.edu
Charles R. Venator Santiago: charles.venator@uconn.edu
Noga Shemer: noga.shemer@uconn.edu
Lorena Solis: lorena.solis@uconn.edu