SHUM 4474

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SHUM 4474
Race and Identity in the Atlantic World

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

This course explores the intricacies of identity-making and processes of racialization in the Atlantic World from ca. 1500 onward. The range of topics covered include the encounters between Europeans and Indigenous people in the Americas and the invention of the "Indians," the spread of blood purity discourses across the Ibero-Atlantic, the intertwining of African Slavery and racializing ideologies in the British Atlantic, the development of medical frameworks for defining social differences, and the myriad ways in which subaltern groups and individuals resisted, adopted, and subverted the identities that were ascribed to them.


Distribution Category (HA-AS, HST-AS, SCD-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4474, HIST 6474, JWST 4474, JWST 6474

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20811 SHUM 4474   SEM 101

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    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20812 SHUM 4474   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies