History

HIST3016Inventing Race: A Global History Since 1804 (O)3 ch (3C) (W)

Explores the history of race and racism from a global perspective from the end of the Haitian Revolution to our contemporary moment. Some topics of discussion include the shift from anti-Judaism to anti-Semitism, the creation of race as a scientific category, the rise of nationalism, eugenics, the Holocaust, punk as a grassroots anti-racism movement, and race and the global pandemic.