{"id":20119,"date":"2021-06-15T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=20119"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:11:08","slug":"hi-237-reconstructing-the-african-past","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/hi-237-reconstructing-the-african-past\/","title":{"rendered":"HI 237: Reconstructing the African Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Spring 2024 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/john-thornton\/\">John K. Thornton<\/a><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Days<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Start<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>End<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Bldg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TR<\/td>\n<td>2:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>03:15 PM<\/td>\n<td>IND<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-636x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"48\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-636x153.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-768x185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700-1024x247.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2019\/03\/BU_Hub_wordmark_RGB-700.jpg 1459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Explores the richness and diversity of a continent where oral histories and environmental settings have shaped society as much as written records. Considers Africa\u2019s critical place in the world from ancient Egypt and Ghana to the Asante and Ethiopian empires. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. <\/span><strong>Hub Areas (Effective Fall 2020): Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Instructor:<\/h3>\n<p><span>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-basic post-5066 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/john-thornton\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-basic\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2011\/01\/thornton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-details profile-details-basic\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-basic\">John K. Thornton<\/h6>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-basic\">Professor of History and African American Studies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/spring-2024-courses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring.png 1250w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-636x159.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/files\/2022\/05\/Return-to_Spring-800x200.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"author":11661,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/20119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11661"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/20119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24815,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/20119\/revisions\/24815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}