Race and Gender in the British Empire

Catalog description

In the aftermath of Brexit and with new attention directed to the legacies of colonization in and outside the classroom by movements such as Black Lives Matter, the history of the British Empire has become increasingly scrutinized. This course seeks to dispel the myths of imperial nostalgia and white exceptionalism by offering new approaches to doing imperial history, specifically through the lens of race and gender. Course will prioritize otherwise-silenced voices of women, as well as Black and indigenous persons of color. Course will seek to examine the formation of identities between colonizer and the colonized, and how these racialized and gendered identities were constantly challenged over time. May be taught concurrently with HST 667. Cannot receive credit for both HST 567 and HST 667.