| INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION | |
| Professor: | |
| Prof. Konstantin Dierks (pronouns: he/him/his) |
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| E-mail: | kdierks@indiana.edu [Please put H105 in the subject line of any email. And please email directly, rather than via Canvas.] |
| Office hours: | by Zoom appointment only during ongoing pandemic/caregiving/economic crisis |
| Course Assistants: | |
| Mr. Dhakir Abdullah (pronouns: he/him/his) |
Focuses on the intersections of the administrative role of Dr. Herman Hudson in conjunction with the Bloomington Black studies movement of the late 1960’s and their concatenated significance in helping to found the Afro-American Studies department at Indiana University. Additional areas of intrigue include : postcolonialism, Africana critical theory, Africana existential thought, critical race theory, Marxism, racial capitalism, the epistemology of Whiteness and how that intersects with slavery, colonialism, and modernity. |
| E-mail: | dabdulla@iu.edu |
| Office hours: | Fridays, 9:00-11:00 a.m., via Zoom appointment |
| Mr. Brock DeMark (pronouns: he/him/his) |
Ph.D. student focusing on late 19th and early 20th century British imperial/colonial history, with a special interest in the urban and industrial history of India. . |
| E-mail: | bjdemark@iu.edu |
| Office hours: | Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 a.m., Ballantine 870 (or by appointment) |