Culture and Identity

This course explores controversies surrounding cultural identity development, examining the relationship between culture and identity, examining new narratives, inclusion and exclusion, and cyberculture's influence.

Topics in African Cultural Traditions

This course investigates African cultural practices throughout history, the influence of the European empire, decolonization, regional case studies, literature, film, and music. It emphasises the significance of the performing and creative arts in the formation of African identities.

Thinking Culture Debates and Perspectives

This course covers cultural studies principles, evaluating conceptualisation, examining approaches from various disciplines, and examining high and low culture, mass culture, and subculture.

Students examine young culture, media, and identity narratives through cultural texts by emphasising reading culture as a text.

Festivals, Rituals and Caribbean Society

This course explores Caribbean festivals and rituals, emphasizing masquerade as a key aspect of understanding society and culture, using a Pan-Caribbean perspective.

Religion and Ritual in Contemporary Africa

This course explores African religious practices, initiation rites, ceremonies, and rituals, examining social transitions and mediating negotiations in traditional and contemporary African life. Case studies and videos provide foundational discussions.

Introduction to Caribbean Cultural Studies

This course explores the Caribbean's multidisciplinary study, focusing on historical, environmental, and sociocultural aspects of modern life. It explores politics, population, socioeconomic conditions, and the natural environment, emphasizing its significance in colonial world formation and anti-colonial resistance.

Cultural Studies and Caribbean Dance

This course explores Caribbean social dance forms, examining historical and aesthetic principles influencing their development and popularization. It introduces students to various dance genres and maps their stylization process from street to studio and stage.

Global Media and Caribbean Culture

This course explores the media's impact on Caribbean culture perceptions, focusing on representations, media flows, and the Caribbean on the world stage. It provides a critical approach to studying Caribbean-related mass media messages.

Popular Culture and Consciousness in 20th Century South Africa

Study of South African popular culture's origins in political opposition.

Introduction to Caribbean Cultural Studies

This course introduces students to Caribbean cultural practices, examining race, class, gender, political expression, and philosophical interpretations. It connects them to the study of culture and the Caribbean.

Aspects of Brazilian Culture I

This course analyzes Brazilian culture, focusing on its historical origins and features, analyzing African, European, and Asian elements in the Americas' sole Portuguese-speaking country.

Culture and Identity

This course explores Caribbean social dance forms, examining historical and aesthetic principles influencing their development and popularization. It introduces students to various dance genres and maps their stylization process from street to studio and stage.

Aspects of Brazilian Culture II​

This course explores modern Brazilian culture and history, focusing on popular forms, race, country, gender, and the continental culture influenced by Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Caribbean Intellectual Traditions

This course explores Caribbean intellectual traditions, tracing its history, and critically evaluating works by cultural theorists, philosophers, and political thinkers to understand their perspectives on the region and the world.