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MSc Racism & Imperialism
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Academic title
MSc Racism & Imperialism
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Course description
MSc: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
How, why and where did belief in the unequal ability of different races become possible? How are racist practices and the beliefs that support them reproduced contemporarily? To what extent was European imperialism a positive event, motivated by benevolent principles? Can the foreign policy agendas of the world's major military powers be described as imperialist?
This programme investigates the part played by racism and imperialism in shaping the cultures and structures of the modern world. It invites participants to examine the possibility that the emergence of racist beliefs and imperialist politics may be, in surprising and disconcerting ways, central to the development of modern society. Moreover, it offers the opportunity to grapple with a number of contentious and influential debates regarding these concepts within the social sciences. Through a close engagement with major theoretical frameworks and through the examination of detailed historical instances, participants are encouraged to develop a mature and critical analysis of these questions.
Core courses
* Racism and modernity
* Imperialism and the modern world.
Optional courses
Four optional courses from a range chosen from sociology and anthropology, politics, Central and East European studies, geography and law (subject to availability).
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