The study of colonialism as a historical and contemporary phenomenon as manifested around the world. A focus on theorizing about colonialism, resistance, and the relation between the colonized and the colonizer: Marxist theories; Indian and Latin American subaltern studies; postcolonial approaches and their origins in liberation movements; feminist and indigenous studies approaches, and approaches that focus on disciplinary power. Examination of settler-colonialism in Palestine and elsewhere. Theoretical and methodological issues in decolonizing knowledge.
