Global Modernisms

Using art to remake the world and break from the past, modernism happened around the world in many different geographical locations, languages, and minority and majority cultures, at different time periods and for different reasons. Our proposed certificate program puts European modernism alongside the global, colonial and postcolonial literatures of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East, bringing them together as responses to transnational forces of the market, imperialism, war, and migration. We already offer 100 level courses called “World Humanities,” so this certificate is a natural outgrowth, but another goal is to better understand contemporary movements of people and ideas and cultural products over national and international borders and through a range of media. The program is ready to welcome students, and we anticipate that it will be of interest to English majors and minors as well as to students with majors in history, international studies, economics, philosophy, political science, comparative literature, sociology, and art.