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History256:MigrationHistoriesintheBritishImperialWorldTTh12:00–1:20PM,Vollum120

AgostinoBrunias,LinenMarket,Dominica,ca.1780,YaleCenterforBritishArt

ConferenceLeader:RadhikaNatarajan,radhika.natarajan@reed.eduOfficeHours:Vollum121,Thursday,3–4PM;Friday,3–4PM;andbyappointmentThe British Empirewas built onmigrations both forced and free, and in this coursewewillexamine particular migration stories in wider imperial and global contexts. Some of themigrantsthatwewillexamineincludesettlercolonists,enslavedpersons,transportedradicals,colonialofficers,missionaries,merchants,andindenturedandmigrantlaborers.ThecoursewillpresentabroadchronologicalsurveyoftheBritishimperialworldsince1700,payingattentiontopolitical,economic,social,andculturaldynamics.Thefinalprojectforthiscoursewillbeadigitalexhibition,collaborativelycreatedbystudents.DigitalHumanitiesIn this course, we will engage with the methods and principles of digital humanities. Themajority of the assignments are available digitally and the final project for the course is acollectively createddigital exhibition. These digital resources, tools, andprojectswill help us

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engage in the traditional task of the historian: the contextualization of particular objects inmore general economic, political, and social circumstances to explain historical events andformations.Digitalhumanitiesworkshopsareintegratedintothecoursesyllabus.Theywillbeledby:AngieBeiriger DigitalAssetsLibrarian beiriger@reed.edu(L191) OfficeHours:Monday3–4PM,Friday10–11AMTrinaMarmarelli DirectorofInstructionalTechnologyServices marmaret@reed.edu(ETC219) OfficeHours:Thursday10–11AM,Friday2–3PM,andbyappointmentTheHonorPrincipleandClassroomConductAtReed,thehonorprinciplegovernstheconductofourcommunity.Honorisnotnarrowlyornegatively defined, but guides how we treat each other with fairness, respect, and dignity.Theseidealsmustbeexpressednotsimplyinattitude,butinaction.Community demands participation, and to participate, you must show up. If you have areasonableexcuseformissingclass—religiousholidays,illness,orfamilyemergency—itisyourresponsibility to letme know ahead of time.Unexcused absenceswill negatively affect yourgrade,andmorethanoneunexcusedabsencecouldleadtofailingthecourse.

Asuccessfulconferencedependsuponpreparedandactiveparticipants.Fordiscussions,givethe conference your undivided attention by turning off your cell phone and putting it away.Foodisprohibitedintheclassroom,unlessyoubringenoughtosharewitheveryone.Bringtheassignedreadings,aswellasameansoftakingnotes.Considerhowyoucanfosterthoughtfuldialogue. When you speak, support your claims with examples from the texts. Attentivelisteningisasimportantasspeakingtofacilitatingconferencediscussion.Dismissiveorhostilecommentswillnotbetolerated.Thehonorprinciplenotonlyappliestoourdiscussionsinclass,butalsotoyourwrittenwork.Yourworkmust be your own. It is your responsibility (with the help of others) to learn thestandardsofpropercitationandattribution.Inthiscourse,wewillusetheChicagoManualofStyle’sNotesandBibliographysystem.ComputersinClassYouarerequiredtobringacomputertoclassforallDigitalHumanitiesworkshops,andyoumayalsoneedtobringyourcomputertoclassforordinaryconferencemeetingsasthemajorityofourclassreadingsaredigital.Ifyoudonothaveaccesstoalaptop,pleaseletmeknowandwewillborrowoneforyou.A conference is a collective experience and requires the active participation of allmembers.Togetherwewillcreateacomputingpolicythatbalancesuseofcomputerswithbeingpresentinoursharedconversation.

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AccommodationIfyourequireaccommodation tocompletecourseworkdue toadisability,pleaseseemeassoon as possible to discuss your DSS-specified accommodations. If you have not yet metDisabilitySupportServicestoprepareaplan,wecanalsodiscussthisprocessinofficehours.

CommunicationInadditiontotreatingeachotherhonorablyinconference,Iencourageyoutohelpandsupporteachotheroutsideof the classroom.When I am inmyoffice,mydoor is open, andyouarewelcome to come in. I alsohave confirmedofficehours duringwhichwe can talk about thereadings,yourpapers,howconferenceisgoing,etc.Ifyoucannotmakeittomyofficehours,pleasesendmeanemailproposingafewpossibletimestomeet(Monday–Friday,9AM–5PM).Email should only be used to informme of an absence or to schedule ameeting outside ofofficehours.Foreverythingelse,letustalkinperson.AssignmentsInadditiontotheassignedreadingsandconferencediscussion,themajorworkforthiscoursewillbethedevelopmentofadigitalexhibition.Youwillbeaskedtoadheretothebestpracticesof asset management as well as demonstrate knowledge regarding the British Empire. Thisprojectcontainsfivecomponents.BioPage: Createaprofileofyourselffeaturingadigitalimageandrelevantmetadata.ItemPage: Createanitempageforyourobjectwithrelevantmetadata.ExhibitPage: 2000word essay on an object. The final draft of the essaywill appear on the

exhibit page, and will describe and analyze the object, contextualize ithistorically, and offer an argument about the object’s significance. Buildingtowards this essay, you will be required to write three subsidiary essays: anobjectanalysis,abibliographicessay,andahistoriographicalessay.

GroupPage: Thecourseisdividedintofivecategoriesofmigrants(settlers,enslavedAfricans,

colonial officials, indentured laborers, andmetropolitanmigrants). Eachobjectbelongstooneofthesecategories.Thestudentswhoseobjectsareinthesamegroupwillcollectivelywritea2000wordessay introducingthemainthemesofthemigrantcategoryandrelatingtheobjectswithinthegrouptoeachother.

Exhibition Theclassasawholewillcollectivelywritea2000wordessaythatintroducesthemainpage: themesoftheclassandorientsaviewertothevariouscategoriesandobjectsin

thedigitalexhibition.RequiredTextsSamuelSelvon,LonelyLondoners(London:PenguinBooks,2006[1956])Allotherreadingsareone-reserves,accessibleviathecourseMoodle.

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Week1 HistoriesofMigration/HistoriesofBritishEmpire/DigitalHistoriesJanuary24 IntroductionJanuary26 AlisonGames,“Migration”

GaryB.MageeandAndrewThompson,“OverseasMigration”

BRITISHSETTLERSWeek2 SettlerColonialismasaStructureJanuary31 PatrickWolfe,“SettlerColonialismandtheEliminationoftheNative”

JamesBelich,“TheNon-IndustrialRevolution” February2 JamesBelich,“Colonizations”

DHWorkshop:IntroductiontoOmeka,IntroductiontoAssetManagement**Assignment:bringadigitalphotoofyourselftoclass**

Week3 TreatiesinthesettlementofNewZealandandNorthAmericaFebruary7 AnneSalmond,BetweenWorldsFebruary9 WilliamColenso,TheAuthenticandGenuineHistoryoftheSigningofthe

TreatyofWaitangiColinG.Calloway,ed.,pp.173–183**BioPageDue**

ENSLAVEDAFRICANSWeek4 EnslavementinAfricaandtheMiddlePassageFebruary14 JosephInikori,“SlaveryinAfricaandtheTransatlanticSlaveTrade

OladahEquiano,TheInterestingNarrative,Chapter2DHPresentation:TheItemSet

February16 SowandeMuskatem,SlaveryatSea

RandyM.BrowneandJohnWoodSweet,“FlorenceHall's‘Memoirs’:FindingAfricanWomenintheTransatlanticSlaveTrade”

Week5 PlantationLifeandthePossibilityofReturnFebruary21 RichardDunn,“SarahAffirandherMesopotamianFamily”

DHPresentation:AngieBeiriger,“WorkingwithData”**Assignment:Chooseanobject**

February23 PadraicScanlon,“TheColonialRe-BirthofBritishAnti-Slavery”COLONIALOFFICERSANDMISSIONARIESWeek6 MissionariesandtheColonialMissionFebruary28 LataMani,“MissionariesandSubalterns,”

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WilliamStoughton,“TheBaptistMissioninIndia,TheBurningofWomen”,pp.147–157

March2 DavidGilmour,TheRulingCaste EmilyManktelow,“MissionaryChildren” Week7 ScienceandWomenMarch7 RichardDrayton,“Theprofessionalsandtheempire:theHookersatKew,1841–

73” AnnieCoombes,Intro&Chapter1,ReinventingAfricaMarch9 AntoinetteBurton,“ContestingtheZenana”

BarbaraN.Ramusack,"CulturalMissionaries,MaternalImperialists,FeministAllies"**DraftItemPageDue**

SPRINGBREAKMIGRANTLABORWeek8 IndenturedJourneysMarch21 MarinaCarter,Chapters1&2,Servants,SirdarsandsettlersMarch23 CaptainandMrs.Swinton,JournalofaPassage

DHWorkshop:EvaluatingOmekaSites**SiteEvaluationExercise**

Week9 CirculationsMarch28 SunilAmrith,“TamilDiasporasacrosstheBayofBengal” SanaAiyar,“Empire,RaceandtheIndiansInColonialKenya'sContestedPublic

PoliticalSphere,1919–1923”March30 LomarshRoopnarine,“TheRepatriation,Readjustment,andSecond-Term

MigrationofEx-IndenturedIndianLabourersfromBritishGuianaandTrinidadtoIndia,1838–1955”V.S.Naipaul,“Prologue”and“EastIndian,”inLiteraryOccasions

Week10April4 DHWorkshop:GroupPagesApril6 MaeNgai,“ChineseGoldMinersandthe“ChineseQuestion”inNineteenth-

CenturyCaliforniaandVictoria”

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HughJ.M.Johnston,“TheKomagataMaruandtheGhadrParty:PastandPresentAspectsofaHistoricChallengetoCanada'sExclusionofImmigrantsFromIndia”

METROPOLITANMIGRATIONWeek11April11 RozinaVisram,Ayahs,Lascars,andPrinces

CarolineBressey,"TheBlackPresenceinEnglandandWalesaftertheAbolitionAct,1807–1930"

April13 PeterFryer,StayingPower

BillSchwarz,“ClaudiaJonesandtheWestIndianGazette:ReflectionsontheEmergenceofPost-ColonialBritain

**FirstDraftofGroupPagesDue**Week12 MulticulturalBritainApril18 SamuelSelvon,LonelyLondonersApril20 MyBeautifulLaundrette DHWorkshop:CollectiveOverviewdiscussionWeek13April25 StudentPresentationsApril27 StudentPresentationsMay5 **FinalAssignmentsDue—BioPage,ItemPage,ExhibitPage,GroupPage,

ExhibitionMainPage**