HIST 3665 - History of Ideas about Race

4 Credit Hours
Description
An interdisciplinary, comparative history of ideas about race, ethnicity, and human variation from the 17th century to the present, with emphasis on the social interactions, historical contexts, and social conflicts that produced those ideas. Race is primarily a Western historical construction, but the course also compares race with other systems for defining â€œnaturalâ€ or â€œin-bornâ€ differences, such as ethnicity, religion, caste, or class. It also provides an insight into how the subjects of racial regimes viewed or challenged them from the inside. Global Scholars course.