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RACE & NATIONALISM: COMPARATIVE & THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

HISTORY 943
Course Description

Historical intersections of race and nationalisms. Explores questions of the origin of race and nationalisms, the position and status of a variety of nationalisms and anti-colonial nationalisms; and the contemporary debates over postmodernism, postindustrialism, postcolonialism, and multiculturalism.

Prerequisties

Consent of instructor

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.38

-7% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

5.08% from Historical

A Rate
75%

1.09% from Historical

Class Size
8

16.13% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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