Course Offerings

Fall 2026

3618. Comparative Slavery in the Americas

Also offered as: AFRA 3618, HIST 3618

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The rise and fall of trans-Atlantic slavery. Topics include resistance, migration, antislavery mobilization, abolitionism, empire, revolution, cultural production, political economy, labor, gender, race and identity formation.


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Term Class Number Campus Instruction Mode Instructor Section Schedule Location Enrollment Credits Notes
Fall 2026 6019 Storrs In Person Gabriel, Dexter 001 TuTh 12:30pm‑1:45pm
SHH 105 3/10 3.00

 

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Faculty Contact Information - Fall 2026


Salvador Vidal-Ortiz — sav03001@uconn.edu
Celines Villalba Rosado — villalba@uconn.edu
Liliana Oliveira — liliana.oliveira@uconn.edu
Rodolfo Fernandez — rodolfo.fernandez@uconn.edu
Ariel Lambe — ariel.lambe@uconn.edu
Paulo Contreras — paulo.contreras@uconn.edu
Ricardo Salazar-Rey — ricardo.salazar-rey@uconn.edu
Anne Gebelein — anne.gebelein@uconn.edu
Katerina Seligmann — kgonzalez.seligmann@uconn.edu
Luz Burgos Lopez — luz.burgos_lopez@uconn.edu
Charles Venator-Santiago — charles.venator@uconn.edu
Diana Rios — diana.rios@uconn.edu
Dexter Gabriel — dexter.gabriel@uconn.edu
Alexandra Lamina — alexandra.lamina@uconn.edu
Guillermo Irizarry —guillermo.irizarry@uconn.edu
Jacqueline Loss — jacqueline.loss@uconn.edu