Hispaniola: History of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

This course examines the history of Hispaniola, tracing the island's development from Indigenous societies before 1492 to the present. Throughout the semester, students will consider how Haiti and the Dominican Republic have been shaped by a shared colonial past, overlapping movements for liberation and emancipation, and competing national memories. Through cartography, archival documents, and historical articles, students will trace how Indigenous sovereignty, European conquest, African enslavement, maroonage, revolution, massacres, independence, and official national historiographies transformed the island across five centuries.