2025-2026 Fall/Winter
DTS401H5S - Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnational Studies: Roots and Routes: Ancestors and Diasporic Connections (Instructor: K. Song-Nichols)
As reflected through the popularity of DNA testing companies like Ancestry.com and television shows like “Finding Your Roots,” recent interest in genealogy has encouraged many to uncover often forgotten or ignored migratory histories through the process of seeking connection with a distant ancestor. Diasporic communities have also long forged identities and belonging across time and space through ancestral ties.