Modern conceptions of human rights, which emerged in the early modern period, have often been seen as outgrowths enlightenment philosophies and the age of revolution, particularly the French Revolution. This course examines how such explanations have been complicated by historical research on slave resistance and rebellion in the Caribbean and innovative reconceptualizations of enlightenment as a concept and process. Moving back and forth between historical and philosophical research, the course will focus on how traditional notions of enlightenment and human rights have been transformed as epochal events like the Haitian Revolution are recognized as formative of modernity, not only in the west but also globally. Required for History-Philosophy majors, but open to all interested students. At least one block of History or Philosophy suggested