Fall Enrollment for Race, Media and International Affairs 101+102 is now open!
Grab your spot in Karen Attiah's Resistance Studies Series course before it sells out!
For everyone who has been patiently waiting to sign up for my Race, Media and International Affairs independent course, your time has come!
Enrollment for Fall 2025 is officially open!
You can enroll for the Fall 2025 cohort of Race, Media and International Affairs 101 here:
And—- since it is obviously not summer anymore— I have decided to go with the name: “Resistance Studies Series”!
Resistance Summer school will be back in session in July 2026.
Race, Media and International Affairs 101 Course Description:
This course will examine the intersection between race, national identity, and the mass media in today's global world order. Students will learn about how people of color are beginning to challenge the journalism status quo, and how media narratives can fight or perpetuate inequalities. By the end of this course, students will gain a deeper media literacy around race and how it intersects with both national and global politics.
Race, Media, and International Affairs 101 Course Highlights:
7 weeks of hybrid live and online classes starting October 6th, 2025
Class will meet on Mondays, 6 pm to 7:45 pm Eastern Time.
Weekly lectures - led by me— will be on the basic history of mass media development in the West, and how constructed notions of race in print and visual mass media have shaped both domestic and international relations.
This course is hybrid— taught simultaneously on Zoom and in-person. Class sessions will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington D.C.— we welcome in-person as much as possible!
Total course enrollment is limited to 500, to keep the course as accessible as possible while making space for smaller groups and discussions.
Weekly discussion sections will be held Thursday evenings, 6-8 pm EST online and in-person.
Guest speakers + live Q&As with preeminent global thinkers
Access to recordings during the 7-week course window.
Depending on funding, a limited amount of scholarships will be available. Please email support@resistancesummerschool.com with the subject line “Scholarship Request”.
Race, Media and International Affairs 101 Course Pricing
$200 — Supporter Tier — [Enroll here]
Access to session recordings only
No live class or Q&A access
$300 — Community Tier — [Enroll here]
Full access to all live lectures (Zoom + in-person)
Access to recordings for the 7-week course window
Does not include small-group discussion sections
$500 — Discourse Tier — [Enroll here]
Full access to all live lectures and recordings, and chats
Weekly small-group discussion sections (online and in-person)
Priority access to guest speaker Q&As
$1,000 — Anchor Tier —[Enroll Here]
Everything in Discourse
Certificate of Completion (signed and mailed)
Written feedback from me on one piece of your work (essay, op-ed, or project draft)
Also funds a scholarship seat for another student
$2,500 — Mentorship & Patronage Tier — [Enroll here]
Everything in Anchor
Invitation to a private salon with me
Personalized written feedback on your project
Weekly 30-minute office hours with me (scheduled individually)
Optional acknowledgment as a founding supporter
Directly supports scholarships, guest lecturer honorariums, and future offerings
Race, Media and International Affairs 102 Fall Pilot
7 weeks of live classes beginning Wednesday, October 8th.
The class will be held on Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:45 EST.
Class is only available to those who have completed Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Weekly lectures — led by me- will dive deeper into the 101 topics, including media policy history, race, gender and media, and civil rights / independence movements and mass media in the U.S. and Europe. Of course, we will also talk about current events and media coverage.
This course is hybrid— taught on Zoom and in-person. Class sessions will be held at the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington D.C.
Tiered enrollment: General access is open to all 101, while Discourse, Anchor, and Mentorship tiers will be capped to preserve small group depth and personalized feedback.
Weekly discussion sections will be held Thursday evenings online and in-person.
Guest speakers + live Q&As with preeminent global thinkers
Access to recordings during the 7-week course window.
Scholarship requests should be sent to support@resistancesummerchool.com with the subject line “scholarship request”
Graduates of the Summer 2025 Pilot 101 course will receive a private note with enrollment details.
Contribute / Support Options:
If you can’t join a course this fall but still want to support the work and my team:
Help fund scholarships, guest lecturers, special programming and operational costs.
Contributions of any amount are welcome! (Please note, these are not tax-deductible.)
Click here: resistancesummerschool.com/donate
Any questions? You can email me at karen@resistancesummerschool.com and copy support@resistancesummerschoool.com.
I’m really excited to welcome new and returning students this fall!
They can cancel us all they want, but we will learn and build community anyway.
We move!!
Karen
I just learned about your course from your Paul Krugman conversation and would love to attend. I hope I’m not too late! I filled out the form… looking forward to learning more. Thank you for your work.