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HAVC 35European Visual Culture in a Global Context 1500-1900

5 creditsGE ERUndergraduateStudent Option

Survey of the visual and material products of European contact with Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas between 1500 and 1900 focused both on object-specific case studies and thematic discussions of contact, colonialism, appropriation, and the visual construction of race.

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When it runs

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 10:40am–11:45am
Oakes Acad 105K. PolzakOpen 127/140

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Kailani Polzak5.0 / 53.4 / 5100%5

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