19th Century Black American Women in Italy

Social Sciences & Cultural Studies Program
Florence, Italy

Dates: early Jan 2026 - late Apr 2026

Social Sciences & Cultural Studies

19th Century Black American Women in Italy

19th Century Black American Women in Italy Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Florence Center
Location: Florence, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Instruction in: English
Course Code: CUL359FLR
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45

DESCRIPTION

This interdisciplinary course will explore the experiences of nineteenth-century Black American women in Italy. During the course students will examine the ways in which race, gender, class, age, nationality, and other social categorizations may intersect in Black women's experiences. Students will come to understand how for Black women, travel equaled freedom and crossing the ocean meant leaving restraining norms of the home society behind. Through in-class discussions, lectures, cultural experiences and field studies, students will learn and reflect on the experience of nineteenth-century Florence and its foreign visitors.

***Course is pending approval from CEA CAPA's School of Record.***


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