CTSJ 376 Settler Colonialism Studies

This course will engage major concepts, theories, and intellectual inquiries in the area of settler colonial studies. We will ask: what makes settler colonialism distinct from other forms of colonialism?  How does settler colonialism intersect with other systems of oppression, such as heteropatriarchy, chattel slavery, and racial capitalism?  We begin by defining settler colonialism as the systematic dispossession and elimination of Native peoples via genocide, land appropriation, settler immigration, and/or cultural assimilation.  We will then explore the relationships between settler colonial studies and queer theory, Afro-pessimism, and Asian diasporic studies.  Authors to be discussed include Patrick Wolfe, Lorenzo Veracini, Jodi Byrd, Mark Rifkin, Jared Sexton, Frank B. Wilderson III, Ikuko Asaka, Iyko Day, Dean Saranillio, and Manu Karuka.