Race, Ethnicity and Identity (L6090)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

This module focuses on theories of race, ethnicity and identity. You will apply diverse approaches to race, ethnicitiy and identity to historical and contemporary ethnographic contexts.

As well as examining the ways in which racial and ethnic identities have been constructed across time and space, we interrogate these constructions with specific reference to:

the development of anthropology
slavery and colonialism
scientific racism
postcolonial political regimes
postcolonial feminism
conflict and genocide
identity-based mass violence
diaspora, transnationalism and the Black Atlantic
contemporary understandings of race and racism in its myriad forms
multicultural lives and hybridity.

You are assessed by a 7,000-word dissertation.

Teaching

100%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Written assessment (Dissertation)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 267 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: