HIS 461/NES 461/AFS 461/AAS 462

Every morning around the world, millions of people wake up and, in some form or another, pour heated water over dark brown soil-like grounds to brew coffee. Yet how many people are aware of the historical processes that spread coffee from the forests of Southwest Ethiopia across the globe? Focusing primarily on Ethiopia and its national and regional networks, this course explores the rise of coffee as a commodity with significant global intersections. During Fall Break, students in this course will travel to Ethiopia and examine the cultural history of coffee in the context of the development of the coffee industry.

SAS 303/GSS 412
Location: Delhi, India
Instructor: Fauzia Farooqui, Lecturer in South Asian Studies

Famed for its openness to sexually explicit literature and art and ill-famed for its treatment of women, South Asia often presents contradictory views about gender, sexuality, and feminism. This course will survey ideas regarding gender and sexuality at various points in the cultural history of South Asia and how these ideas have shaped women’s and men’s lives and experiences in the society. We will also examine how different communities have pushed against gender norms and cultural expectations using different ideologies and strategies resulting in a diverse range of feminist projects in South Asia, each shaped by its own concerns and contexts. The course will explore ideas about gender, sexuality, and feminism in various domains of South Asian life, including social institutions and social change; politics and activism; aesthetics of body, love, and sex; cultural products and practices; religious rituals and customs; literature and performing arts; and fashion and media. Apart from reading scholarship on relevant topics, we will analyze primary textual sources, such as religious texts, literary genres, and folklore. We will also interrogate objects and aspects of material cultural, including sculptures, paintings, music, cinema, and commercials. Applications are closed.

URB 392/ARC 392/HIS 381/AFS 392

Location: Dakar, Senegal
Instructor: Gregory H. Valdespino, Princeton-Mellon Fellow

This course examines how Africans have made cities from the Medieval era to the present day. Students will learn about the forces that have structured the buildings found on African cityscapes, the jobs done by urban workers, and the relationship African urbanites had with their environments. Students will examine how people experienced and transformed urban landscapes across Africa and develop the skills needed to critically analyze urban built environments. By doing so, students will develop the tools to interpret how cities are made and remade as well as the ability to explain how cities have structured Africa's past, present and future. Applications are closed.

SPA 204

Instructor: Paloma Moscardó-Vallés, lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese.

This is an advanced Spanish course aiming to enhance language skills while exploring health-related topics in Latin America, with a focus on Colombia. The classes will be complemented by a virtual exchange with the medical school students at the University of Caldas, and different guest speakers. During Spring break, students will visit Manizales, immersing in the lives of their medical students' partners. Post-trip, they will choose a health-related topic, conducting research, presenting findings to the class, and producing a final paper. Applications are closed.