Open Educational Resources
Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Summer 2026
Abstract
The microhistory course introduces students to the study of history by exploring a particular event, individual, or issue, and its legacy. Students will read both primary source documents and modern texts to examine how the topic under consideration was shaped by, and in turn shaped contemporary culture.
This syllabus is for a course focusing on the history of apartheid in South Africa. Students will analyze the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of the apartheid era. This includes understanding how segregationist policies developed in South Africa, what political transformations led to the implementation of the apartheid system, how different policies of resistance and change led to the collapse of the apartheid government, and how South Africa has navigated the ongoing legacies of this difficult period.
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CUNY OER Funding
CUNY OER Initiative
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African History Commons, African Languages and Societies Commons, Black History Commons, Diplomatic History Commons, Political History Commons, Public History Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons, Social History Commons
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Funded in part by the CUNY OER Initiative. Created as part of the Open Knowledge Fellowship, a program of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library.