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Several years ago, Harvard had an ethnic studies program, but for reasons that are not clear to even some of the most involved faculty today, it altogether faded away. However, continued student and faculty interest in ethnic studies coalesced in new conversations and, ultimately, the formation of the secondary field and Committee on Ethnic Studies this year...
While each track will eventually have its own selection of courses, as of now, students do not need to declare a particular track within the field. However, all students interested in pursuing an Ethnic Studies Secondary must take one of five “portal courses” as an introduction. The Committee on Ethnic Studies hopes that portal courses will help to unify the diverse range of topics within the field by providing an overview of the history of ethnic conflict, human rights, and other issues of ethnicity...
...White America?”, the cover story for The Atlantic Monthly in early 2009. Although both visiting scholars are technically based in other departments—History and English, respectively—their courses are directed toward the curriculum of the secondary field...
...What we decided to do was to try to include within the Ethnic Studies rubric those courses which otherwise had been somewhat free floating,” Bhabha explains, adding that while there could have been a Human Rights Secondary Field as well, it seemed to enhance the rest of the curriculum...
...FUTURE OF THE FIELD...