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Faculty of Arts and Sciences

General Education
AESTH & INTP-17.  Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World.  Kay Kaufman Shelemay
CULT & BLF-12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures. Ali Asani
CULT & BLF-16. Performance, Tradition and Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Folklore and Mythology. Stephen Mitchell
SOC-WORLD-25. Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health. Arthur Kleinman and Paul Farmer

Core Curriculum
FOR-CULT-88.  The African Experience: Between Tradition and Modernity.  F. Abiola Irele
HIS-STD-A-21.  Africa and Africans: The Making of a Continent in the Modern World. Caroline Elkins
(LIT-ART-B-27.  Majesty and Mythology in African Art.)**  Suzanne Blier
SOC-ANAL-52.  The Political Economy of Development. Robert Bates

Freshman Seminars (Open to freshmen only.)
FRSEMR-25t.  AIDS in Africa.  Myron Elmer Essex and Tun-Hou Lee
FRSEMR-31o.  Negotiating Identity in Postcolonial Francophone Africa and the Caribbean.  Mylene Priam
FRSEMR-32w.  African Musical Traditions.  Kay Shelemay

African and African American Studies
AFRAMER-11.  Introduction to African Studies. Charlotte Walker
AFRAMER-20.  Introduction to African Languages and Cultures.  John Mugane
AFRAMER-90r.  African Languages Tutorials. John Mugane: AFRAMER-90r.a- Amharic; AFRAMER-90r.b- Bamanakan; AFRAMER-90r.c- Cape Verdean Creole; AFRAMER-90r.d- Chichewa; AFRAMER-90r.e- Dinka; AFRAMER-90r.f- Egyptian Hieroglyph; AFRAMER-90r.g- Haitian Creole; AFRAMER-90r.h- Hausa; AFRAMER-90r.i- Igbo; AFRAMER-90r.j- Kinyarwanda; AFRAMER-90r.k- Luganda; AFRAMER-90r.l- Oromo; AFRAMER-90r.m- Somali; AFRAMER-90r.n- Tigrinya; AFRAMER-90r.o- Wolof; AFRAMER-90r.p- Xhosa; AFRAMER-90r.q- Zulu; GIKUYU-A- Elementary Gikuyu; GIKUYU-B- Intermediate Gikuyu; GIKUYU-101ar- Reading in Gikuyu; GIKUYU-101br- Reading in Gikuyu II; SWAHILI-A- Elementary Swahili; SWAHILI-B- Intermediate Swahili; SWAHILI-101ar- Reading in Swahili; SWAHILI-101br- Reading in Swahili II; TWI-A- Elementary Twi; TWI-B- Advanced Twi; TWI-101ar- Reading in Twi; TWI-101br- Reading in Twi II; YORUBA-A- Elementary Yoruba; YORUBA-B- Intermediate Yoruba; YORUBA-101ar- Reading in Yoruba; YORUBA-101br- Reading in Yoruba II. 
AFRAMER-97.  Sophomore Tutorial: African and African Diasporic Religions. Jacob Olupona
AFRAMER-98a.  Junior Tutorial – African Studies.  Glenda Carpio
AFRAMER-114.  Black Utopias. F. Abiola Irele
AFRAMER-119.  Chinua Achebe and the African World. F. Abiola Irele
AFRAMER-137.  Literature and its Cultural ‘Others’ – America, Africa and the Caribbean, 1950s-80s. Biodun Jeyifo
AFRAMER-156. Power and Aesthetics in Africa and the Diaspora. Mark Auslander
AFRAMER-157. Readings in the History of Law in Africa. Charlotte Walker
AFRAMER-158. Making Media Across Cultures. Diane Hendrix
AFRAMER-159. Health, Culture and Medicine in Africa. Adia Benton
AFRAMER-160. Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa. Jacob Olupona
AFRAMER-161. Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar. Jacob Olupona
(AFRAMER-174.  The African City.)**  Suzanne Blier
AFRAMER-185.  Perspectives on the African Novel.  F. Abiola Irele
AFRAMER-187.  African Religions.  Jacob Olupona
(AFRAMER-192x.  Religion and Society in Nigeria.)** Jacob Olupona
(AFRAMER-199.  Delimiting Health Disparities in the African Diaspora: A Laboratory for Social Engagement.)**  Duana Fullwiley

Anthropology
ANTRHO-1710.  Memory Politics: Truth, Justice, Redress. Kimberly Theidon
(ANTHRO-2736.  Medical Anthropology of Contemporary Africa.)**  Duana Fullwiley
ANTHRO-3100. Old World Archaeology: Europe, Asia, and Africa. Bar-Yosef, Lamberg-Karlovsky, Meadow

Biological Sciences in Public Health
BPH-322.  Study of Epidemiologic and Biological Characteristics of HIV Viruses in Africa.  Phyllis Jean Kanki

Economics
(ECON-1393.  Poverty and Development.)**  Nathan Nunn
ECON-2390c. Development Economics II. Macroeconomics Issues. Michael Kremer
ECON-2390d.  The Economic Growth and Development Workshop.  Michael Kremer

Folklore and Mythology
(FOLKMYTH-90d. African Women Storytellers.)**  Deborah Foster
FOlKMYTH-97.  Fieldwork and Ethnography in Folklore.  Deborah Foster
(FOLKMYTH-114.  Embodied Expression/Expressive Body.)**  Deborah Foster

Government
GOV-1100.  Political Economy of Development.  Robert Bates
(GOV-1111 .  Political Institutions in Democracies and Non-Democracies.) Nahomi Ichino
GOV-1197.  The Political Economy of Africa. Robert Bates, James Robinson
(GOV-2227.  The Politics and Economics of Africa.)  Nahomi Ichino
GOV-2782.  State Failure and Civil War.  Robert Bates

History
HIST-74p. Afro-Asian Encounters. Denise Khor
HIST-76c. Major Themes in World History: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Post-Colonialism. Hue-Tam Ho Tai
HIST-76d. Asian and African Encounters with Empire. Raja Adal
(HIST-77a. Alcohol in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1850 to the Present.)** Emmanuel Akyeampong
HIST-77c. Readings in African Environmental History. Charlotte Walker
HIST-79g. The Museum in Settler Society: Imperialism, Nationalism, Pluralism. Ruth Phillips
HIST-82d.  French Colonial Encounters: 1870’s to Present: Research Seminar. Mary Lewis
(HIST-87a.  Health, Disease and Ecology in African History: Research Seminar.)** Emmanuel Akyeampong
HIST-87b.  Human Rights in Africa: An Historical Perspective: Research Seminar. Caroline Elkins
(HIST-89a.  British Colonial Violence in the 20th Century: Research Seminar.)**  Caroline Elkins
(HIST-1700. The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860.)** Emmanuel Akyeampong and Caroline Elkins
(HIST-1701.  West Africa from 1800 to the Present.)**  Emmanuel Akyeampong
HIST-1710. Africans and Europeans in Francophone Africa, 1800-1970. Charlotte Walker
(HIST-1900.  Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, 630 C.E. to the Present: Reading Seminar.)  Emmanuel Akyeampong
(HIST-1906.  West Africa from the Earliest Times to 1800.) Emmanuel Akyeampong
HIST-2262. France as Empire: Proseminar. Mary Lewis
HIST-2709.  Themes in Modern Sub-Saharan African History: Proseminar.  Caroline Elkins

History of Literature
HIST-LIT-90w. Europe and Africa: Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters. Katrina Hagen

History of Art and Architecture
(HAA-195e.  Art and Colonialism.)** Suzanne Blier
(HAA-196.  Contemporary Art in Africa.)** Suzanne Blier

Human Evolutionary Biology
SCIENCE B 29.  Evolution of Human Nature.  Richard Wrangham and Marc Hauser

Literature and Comparative Literature
LIT-150. Colonial and Post-Colonial Spaces: France-North Africa. Verna Conley

Music
MUSIC-97c. Music History and Repertory: Music in Cross Cultural Perspective. Kay Kaufman Shelemay
(MUSIC-201b.  Current Methods in Ethnomusicology.)**  Kay Kaufman Shelemay
(MUSIC-206r.  Research Methods in Ethnomusicology: Musical Ethnography.)**  Kay Kaufman Shelemay
MUSIC-208r.  Ethnomusicology: Seminar. Kay Kaufman Shelemay

Religion
(RELIGION-1905. Introduction to Afro-Modernity and Trans-Atlantic Religions.)** Aisha Beliso-De Jesus
RELIGION-2900. Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power. Aisha Beliso-De Jesus

Romance Languages and Literatures
FRENCH-Cb.  Intermediate French II: Voyage linguistique à travers la Francophonie.  Carole Bergin
FRENCH-70c. Introduction to French Literature III: The Francophone World. Mylene Priam
FRENCH-185. National Identity and Narrative Representation in 20th-Century Francophone Literature.  Mylene Priam
FRENCH-274. Hybridization, Intertextuality and Métissage in Literatures from Mauritius, La Réunion and the Caribbean. Mylene Priam

Social Studies
SOC-STD-98kg. Politics of Health and Welfare in the Developing World. Nara Dillon
SOC-STD-98jn. International Human Rights: The Challenge of Protecting Vulnerable Populations. J. Bhabha

Divinity School

2102. Women, Folklore, and Afro-Atlantic Religion. Solimar Otero
2337. Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa. Jacob Olupona
(2722. Introduction to Afro-Modernity and Trans-Atlantic Religion.)** Aisha Beliso-De Jesus
2726. Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power. Aisha Beliso-De Jesus
3690.  African Religions.  Jacob Olupona
3702. Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar. Jacob Olupona

Graduate School of Design

1303. Global Redesign Project: Le Kinkeliba (Senegal). Tosiiko Mori
1304. TB Clinics and Research Laboratories in Ethiopia. Peter Rose

Graduate School of Education

A-801.  Education Policy Analysis and Research in Comparative Perspective.  Fernando Reimers
(A-809.  Health and International Education.)** Matthew Jukes
A-810F. Human Rights Education in Comparative Perspectives. Felisa Tibbitts
A-810Z.  Education, Decentralization, and Community Participation in Africa. Shirley Burchfield
(A-815.  Rethinking Education for All: Theory for Informed Action.)**  Matthew Jukes

Kennedy School of Government

(IGA-318.  Leadership and Governance: The Politics of Contemporary Africa.)**  Robert Rotberg
(IGA-319.  Leadership, Democracy and Conflict: The Politics of the Developing World.)**  Robert Rotberg
IGA-320.  Technology and Sustainability.  Calestous Juma
MLD-102. Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context. Matt Andrews
PED-101. Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Evidence. Rodrik, Pande
PED-153.  Technological Innovation and Policy Development.  Calestous Juma
PED-202. Foreign Aid and the Management of Development Assistance Projects.  Stephen Peterson
PED-309. Development Policy Strategy. R. Hausmann
PED-319. Development Economics II: Macroeconomic and Institutional Issues. M. Kremer, Rohini Pande
PED-401Y. Applications and Cases in International Development I. Lant Pritchett

Law School

32370A.  Community Action for Social and Economic Rights.  Lucie White
32460A.  Comparative Constitutional Law. Frank Michelman
38230A.  Human Rights, State Sovereignty, and Persecution: Issues in Forced Migration and Refugee Protection.  Jacqueline Bhabha
43610A.  Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project.  Lucie White
48855A. Workshop on Crime and Criminal Justice Reform in Global Context. Christopher Stone
94741A/C.  Human Rights Advocacy in South Africa: Clinical Seminar A. Tyler Giannini, Susan Farbstein

School of Public Health

IMI-201.  Ecology, Epidemiology, and Control of Important Parasitic Diseases in Developing Areas.  Matthias Marti, Dyann Wirth
IMI-228.  Combating Infectious Diseases in the Developing World.  Kenneth McIntosh, Richard Marlink
GHP-214.  Health, Human Rights, and the International System.  Stephen Marks
GHP-218.  Health and Human Rights: Concepts and Methods in Public Health.  Sofia Gruskin
GHP-265.  Ethical Issues in International Health Research.  Richard Cash and Daniel Wikler
GHP-267.  HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries: Epidemiology and National Responses.  Daniel Halperin
GHP-283.  Pharmaceutical Policy and Global Health.  Michael Reich
GHP-288.  Issues in Health and Human Rights.  Stephen Marks
GHP-502.  International Reproductive Health Issues: From Theories to Practice.  K.elly Blanchard and David Bloom
GHP-505.  Sex, Reproduction and Reproductive Health.  Allan Hill
GHP-510. Humanitarian Protection in Conflict: Legal and Policy Changes. Claude Bruderlein, Jennifer Leaning
GHP-513.  Public Health Operations in Complex Emergencies and War. Van Rooyen
GHP-520.  The Ecology of Health in Development.  Richard Levins
GHP-535.  Applied Demography Analysis.  Allan Hill
GHP-539.  Social. Political and Economic Dimensions of Infectious Disease in Developing Countries.  Richard Cash, Jason Weisfeld
GHP-545. Clinical Research in Resource-Limited Settings: Tanzania. Saidi Kapiga
ID-262. Introduction to the Practice of Global Health. Richard Cash

Extension School

GOVT-E-1027. Preventive Measures: Peace and Security Challenges for Africa.  Doug Bond and Joseph Bond
MUS-E-143. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. Kay Kaufman Shelemay