University of West Georgia
Department of History
Dr. Aran MacKinnon
(Ph.D., University of London, 1996; Professor)
South African History; African Rural Political Economy;
Disease, Health, and Empire; Zulu Ethnicity.
Dr. MacKinnon has studied and taught history in Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. He currently teaches courses on world history, pre-colonial Africa, and colonial capitalism in Africa. At present, he is studying elderly Africans and the myths of rural retirement in South Africa.
Phone: 678-839-6038
E-mail: amackinn@westga.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Course Offerings and Syllabi
History 4485W: Industrialization and Segregation in South Africa (Fall 2002)
History 5485: Industrialization and Segregation in South Africa (Fall 2002)
History 1111: World History I (to 1500) (Fall 2005)
History 3318: Pre-Colonial Africa (Fall 2005)
History 1111H: World History/Civilization I (to 1500) (Spring 2006)
XIDS 2301: Global Studies (Spring 2006)
Global Studies 4000: Capstone Course (Spring 2006)
History 1111: World History I (to 1500) (Fall 2006)
History 4424W: Conflict and Interdependence in South Africa (Fall 2007)
History 1111: World History I (to 1500) (Fall 2007)
History 1111H: World History I (to 1500) (Spring 2008)
History 1111: World History I (to 1500) (Fall 2008)
XIDS 2301: Global Studies Course Website (Fall 2008)
XIDS 2301: Global Studies Course Website (Summer/May 2009)
History 3318: Pre-Colonial Africa Course Website (Spring 2009)
XIDS 2301: Global Studies Course Website (Maymester 2009)
History 1111: World History I (to 1500) (Fall 2009)