The Caribbean Connection: Dutch (Post)colonial History and Culture in the Caribbean

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course deals with the colonial history and intercultural identity of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, the former Dutch West Indies. After studying the importance of the West India Company in the Americas and the history of the Dutch Caribbean, we analyze a number of works in Dutch, Surinamese and Antillean literature with a focus on post-colonialism, interculturality, and miscegenation. This course intends to give an opportunity to those who do not have a command of Dutch language, but wish to complete their knowledge of Caribbean history and culture. All materials will be in English, no knowledge of Dutch is required.