Welcome to Seminar 2:
The Peopling of New York!

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In this course, we will examine the role of immigration in the historical, cultural, political, and economic development of New York City. We will focus on the experiences and contributions of Caribbean migrants, specifically those from the Anglophone Caribbean (West Indians) and Haiti.

The Caribbean has been marked by centuries of regional and global migration, which has had lasting and complex effects on the region and its people. Caribbean migrants create and sustain transnational networks and identities, which have cultural, political and economic implications  in the Caribbean and the diaspora. We will be concerned with how issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class inform everyday experiences of Caribbean people in New York. Weekly course readings will give us a multidisciplinary perspective on ways to think about Caribbean migration experiences, drawing from research and writing in history, anthropology, sociology, geography and literature.