Constellation: How Do People Respond to and Resist Colonialism?

Analyze the cultural, economic and political dynamics of global relations in the context of colonialism and globalization. Courses in this Constellation highlight historical and contemporary systems of domination, as well as liberation movements, providing tools to understand and critique global power structures.

Students enroll in one fall course and one spring course for their matched Constellation. Students are assigned to either the fall or spring semester to enroll in one integrated W120 course.

Fall 2025

LIT 109CN Colonialism, Anticolonialism, Decolonization (Cross-list: ICS 109CN)
AMES 155CN The Cultural Cold War: Voices from Below (Cross-lists: ICS 158CNS, LIT 155CNS, ENGLISH 165CNS)

WRITING 120 Rhetoric of Comedy: Comedy as Resistance                            

Spring 2026                        

HISTORY 155CN Gateway Seminar: The Imperial Encounter in Africa 
GSF 176CN Feminist Activism 
ROMST 178CN Museums and Coloniality in a Global Context

Writing 120 Rhetoric of Comedy: Comedy as Resistance

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