Pier M. Larson
Courses
Fall 2017
Introduction to African History:
Diversity, Mobility, and Innovation
AS 100.123
Undergraduate Introductory Course
An introduction to African history from about the twelfth century to the present with a thematic focus on diversity, mobility, and innovation and attention to urbanization and cities in the twentieth century.
Luanda, Angola's capital city
European Empires in the Indian Ocean
AS 100.702
Graduate Seminar
A reading seminar on European empire in the Indian Ocean: Portuguese, Dutch, English, French and a bit of the United States.
The city of Batavia on the island of Java