African History
Convenor: Lisa Lindsay
Program Description
The Department of History at UNC offers a range of classes on African history from the pre-modern period to the present, including undergraduate lecture courses and seminars as well as courses at the graduate-level. While all classes treat the political, economic, and cultural forces that have shaped sub-Saharan Africa from within, Africanist faculty members place an equal emphasis on the fundamental ways such internal processes have affected patterns of global history. Subjects such as the Atlantic slave trade, 20th century colonialism, and the rise and decline of apartheid in South Africa underscore the diversity of historical connections Africa has had with the rest of the world. By engaging with the continent's social, cultural, and intellectual history, students learn that Africa's past is a fascinating subject on its own terms, as well as an important feature in the study of world history.
African history is not offered as a primary field for the Ph.D., but can be selected as a "second" field.
African History Faculty
- Lisa Lindsay. Associate Professor.
Africa; gender; colonialism. - Christopher J. Lee. Assistant Professor.
Modern southern Africa; race and ethnicity; post-colonial history.