Professor: Bram Wispelwey

M, T, W, Th, F - 11:30am to 1:00pm

Health inequities within and between societies are garnering increased attention, but some historical and structural processes are insufficiently considered despite their significant contributions. This course introduces students to the concept of settler colonialism and its health equity implications for indigenous and settler populations. Utilizing case studies from the United States, South Africa, and Palestine/Israel, comparative analyses in this discussion- and lecture-based seminar will elucidate universal and particular elements of settler colonial societies while drawing causal chains to their perpetual outcomes: poorer health for indigenous and other non-settler (“arrivant”) communities. 
 
This course is open to graduate students across the University and is especially salient for those aspiring to engage in public or global health, public policy, legal scholarship, advocacy and activism, human rights, or for anyone eager to explore an alternative framework for understanding the enduring structures that generate racial health inequities in multiple global contexts. Interested undergraduate students will require approval from the Instructor.