AYITI & THE NEW NEGRO/HARLEM RENAISSANCE: PICTURING TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS & INFLUENCES

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Overview

Subject area

BLST

Catalog Number

31186

Course Title

AYITI & THE NEW NEGRO/HARLEM RENAISSANCE: PICTURING TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS & INFLUENCES

Department(s)

Sustainability

Description

In conjunction with the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival, Ayiti & the New Negro/Harlem Renaissance – an internship class – invites students to consider the connections between Langston Hughes and 2025 Langston Hughes Medal awardee Roxanne Gay through the lens of the lesser-explored influences of Haiti, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), and the US Occupation (1915-1934) of the western hemisphere’s first black republic upon the Renaissance and the Haitian diaspora. Students will read primary sources and secondary literature by and about Hughes, Gay, and the New Negro/Harlem Renaissance and conduct research and learn about curation and preservation at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to produce an ArcGIS digital StoryMap. Please contact Prof. Laurie Woodard with any questions: lwoodard@ccny.cuny.edu

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Course Schedule