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The ways different forms of power and privilege construct racial and identity formations in the U.S. and/or globally; the cultural, political, and intellectual responses to this racialization.
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How categories of race and ethnicity are produced intersectionally in relation to other hierarchical structures of difference including gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, ability, citizenship status, and geography.
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The structures, institutions, practices, and attitudes that enable, maintain, or mitigate domestic and/or global disparities in health, income, education outcomes, media representations, etc.
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The ways in which disciplinary structures of knowledge have been embedded in such historical formations as racism and colonialism.
Department of History
Race, Power, and Privilege Courses
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Additional Course Information
The History Department offers a wide variety of courses that can fulfill the College's Writing Designated (WRIT) requirement.
History concentrators must take at least two courses in the "Premodern" era (P).
A brief guide to some of the history department’s course offerings for the academic year.