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Sarah Balakrishnan
Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of History
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sarah.balakrishnan@duke.edu
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Recent Courses
AAAS 147: Global History of the Prison
Fall 2025, Spring 2024
AAAS 155CNS: Gateway Seminar: The Imperial Encounter in Africa
Spring 2026
AAAS 507S: Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Fall 2025
CULANTH 507S: Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Fall 2025
HISTORY 147: Global History of the Prison
Fall 2025, Spring 2024
HISTORY 155CNS: Gateway Seminar: The Imperial Encounter in Africa
Spring 2026
HISTORY 217: History Escape Room: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Past
Spring 2026
HISTORY 387S: History Through Fiction
Spring 2024, Fall 2024
HISTORY 391: Independent Study
Fall 2024
HISTORY 393: Research Independent Study
Fall 2024
HISTORY 394: Research Independent Study
Spring 2025
HISTORY 507S: Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Fall 2025
HISTORY 790S-10: Readings in Empires, Colonial Encounters
Fall 2024
HISTORY 792: Reading Topics-Independent Study
Spring 2025
ICS 147: Global History of the Prison
Fall 2025, Spring 2024
ICS 149CNS: Gateway Seminar: The Imperial Encounter in Africa
Spring 2026
ICS 507S: Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Fall 2025
LIT 508S: Atlantic Worlds Workshop
Fall 2025
