AP/SOSC 4366 6.00 Honours Seminar: Race, Law and the Politics of Representation

AP/SOSC 4366 6.00

Honours Seminar: Race, Law and the Politics of Representation

This course explores key theoretical concepts, intellectual concerns, and political debates in the study of racialization and the law. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course examines the long durée of racial violence in the law and resistance against it. Some topics covered include: Critical Race Feminism; legal histories of racism; the criminal (in)justice system; Resisting Colonialism; and Post-racialism.