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The World as A Classroom: From Selma to The Sorbonne

I can find a classroom on any street corner. Between 2000 and 2003, I traveled abroad on eight occasions to consider the relationship of Black Americans to the world. I visted the University of Capetown in South Africa, Miyagi University in Sendai, Japan, Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently developed courses that frame an issue – like political exile – in terms that demand an understanding of the complex interactions between and among history, global relations, intellectual commitments, and identity.

I want my students to think of themselves as citizen learners and actors upon history, to discover for themselves the intersection of theoretical analysis and hands-on experience. For two of my courses, we journeyed to Selma and Paris, making the world our classroom. [Duchess Harris, Ph.D. and students in France]