HIST 7313
Graduate Colloquium: Race, Culture and Power · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections
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This course examines a wide variety of literature on race, culture, and identity. It will introduce students to major theories of race and provide an overview of the historiography of race through a selection of case studies from across the world. In particular, we will aim to make sense of how the category of race operates in relation to broader configurations of power within such social, political, and economic formations as empires, nations, and capitalism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In doing so, we will pay close attention to intersecting forms of identity, such as gender, class, and religion.
| Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge | RMP overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priya LalAssociate Professor · History Provisional | 982 records | 93rd | 90th | 7016 ratings · all classes |
There is no ranking to read here: Priya Lal is the only instructor with evaluation records for HIST 7313, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.
Also taught by Priya Lal
6 other classes| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1113The African Diaspora and the World I | 1239 records | 76 |
| HIST 4191African Landscapes and Localities | 24 records | 82 |
| HIST 2180Africa Since 1850 | 23 records | 81 |
| HIST 4513Neurodiversity Past and Present | 12 records | 93 |
| HIST 4190Decolonization and the Cold War in Africa | 11 record | 93 |
| HIST 5191Senior Colloquium: The University in the Modern World | 11 record | 92 |
Other HIST classes
All of them| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1001Europe in the World 1 | 2077 records | 72 |
| HIST 1002Europe in the World II | 1541 records | 75 |
| HIST 1113The African Diaspora and the World I | 1239 records | 76 |
| HIST 1012Atlantic Worlds II: Race, Religion, and the Struggle for Democracy | 1134 records | 75 |
| HIST 1093Modern History I | 930 records | 79 |
| HIST 1094Modern History II | 824 records | 81 |
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Game log
2 sections · newest firstHow to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.