Course hub for Spring 2026 offering of POLSCI B372-001 - The Long Abolition Movement
Tu 1:10PM - 4:00PM
Old Library 118
Professor: Kierstan Kaushal-Carter
Contact: kkc@brynmawr.edu
Office Hours: Dalton 104, Thursdays 11:30-1:30
No class today (3/24). Please complete the asynchornous assignment, “Why Prisons?” instead!
This seminar traces the genealogy of prison abolition from the philosophical origins of the modern prison through contemporary movements to dismantle carceral systems. We examine how the prison emerged as a reform solution to social problems, then turn to three major abolition thinkers—Angela Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Mariame Kaba—and the intellectual traditions that inform their work. Through close reading and discussion, students learn to apply abolition frameworks to analyze contemporary carceral systems and imagine alternatives to incarceration.
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