PSCI 368Global Discourses on Colonialism

In this course students will the learn the history of colonialism. Through the study of various academic and/or peer-reviewed materials, and by engaging in original research, students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with diverse approaches to defining colonialism and its role in global politics. Students will further consider the historical evolution of colonialism as it has changed over time, including notions of postcolonialism, neocolonialism, and coloniality, as well as distinct manifestations of colonialism such as settler colonialism. Students will also engage with considerations of the social, economic, and political interplay of colonialism and other phenomena such as political economy, race, gender and sexuality, orientalism, and culture.