HISTORY 4961w

preparing for your major paper

Race, Ethnicity, Migration

Students in this seminar can research and write their papers on topics related to the following: migration of peoples, race relations, racism, anti-Semitism, indigenous peoples, policy, protest movements, demography/population studies, resistance, accommodation, colonization, national identity, citizenship

Sample Paper Topics:

"Celebrating or Censoring the Past?: The Role of Heritage and History in the Reconciliation Process in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 1990-Present"

"Dubious Benevolence: The American Christian Burden and the Congregational Sponsorships of the Hmong, Minneapolis-St. Paul, 1975-1990"

"Ethnic Pride, Self-Determination and Pan-Indian Identities in 1940s Minneapolis