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HIST 344 Insiders/Outsiders: Jewish Identity in the New World Units: 3.00
An examination of the nationalist paths taken by the United States and Canada from the state-sanctioned racial profiling of immigrants in the early 20th century to current multicultural ideas and policies, with a focus on the precarious place of Jews and other racialized groups in the racial hierarchy.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Know the history of Jewish-Black relations in North America and how the Black Lives Matter movement fits into it.
- Understand how the field of 'whiteness studies' pertains to North American Jewish history.
- Grasp the complexity and diversity of Jewish identity, including the place of Black Jews in the largely Ashkenazic communities of North America.
- Examine the role of capitalism in the commercialization of ethnic identities.
- Apply what they've learned in a research paper on a topic of their own choosing.
- Organize and express their thoughts clearly and coherently in active and engaged oral participation in class.