Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies MA

UCL (University College London)

Modern society demands deeper expertise in issues of race, inequality and injustice. The Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies MA is an opportunity to gain an education in this field, while acquiring critical, theoretical and methodological skills. Taught by renowned scholars, including those from the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, you’ll gain important knowledge applicable to a variety of careers. The course is offered by the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) within UCL’s School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS). Supervision and teaching is available from world-leading researchers, with 83 percent of SELCS-CMII research activity being graded 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ in the REF 2021. The Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies MA addresses some of the most urgent and painful questions of our time. Students learn through engagement with a range of critical, theoretical and methodological tools, always returning to the core questions of the study of racism: what is it to be human and what do humans owe each other? You will be encouraged and enabled to unpack and interpret these questions through a range of approaches, including work on economic crises, the remaking of states and nations, climate catastrophe, bodies and health, political philosophy and the terrible histories of racial violence and expropriation. Our course does not regard racism as a frozen formation and we support students to develop their analysis of contemporary questions of racism and empire. The course will introduce you to the knowledge, skills and methods that will enable you to develop your own specialised interests in this field both academically and professionally. This course is suitable for students with a first degree in the humanities, social, political and historical sciences or relevant disciplines, who wish to explore the politics, history and ethics of race, racism, social justice and post-coloniality.