The Liberal Arts Advantage

Please join us for a discussion of Boston College's innovative approach to a liberal arts education. This program will provide a brief introduction to BC's Core Curriculum and will highlight the following team-taught Enduring Questions course: 

Geographies of Imperialism: History of Colonization
Geographies of Imperialism: Theology of Colonization

Course description: The age of empires is past—or is it? In this course, we examine the enduring ideas of empires and their challengers through the present day using the lenses of history and theology (Christianity and Islam). Beginning with the traditional geographies of maps, we explore how empires colonized not only territories with physical borders but also bodies and minds, using race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, education, laws; and institutions. Using the British and French empires in the Middle East and North Africa as case studies, we will identify and question how to overcome the boundaries still imposed on people today.

*required fields