SCAR 3RC3

RACE, RELIGION, AND COLONIALITY

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · Race, Religion & Coloniality · C01

Readings

Colonialiism Ed: 2
Osterhammel, J · 2 · Suggested
ISBN 9781558763401
Etext A Pocket Style Manual - Lifetime Access
Hacker · Suggested
ISBN 9781319563172; 9781319413019
Etext Jewish History - 6 Month Access
Myers, David · Required
ISBN 9780199912858; 9780199730988

Winter 2026 · T01

WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF READINGS & ASSIGNMENTS
January 5, 6, 12, 13 – The Modern Concept of “Religion”
Brent Nongbri, Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept (2013): chap. 1: “What Do We Mean by ‘Religion’?”
Robert A. Orsi, selection from Introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies (2012): 1-10
David Myers, Jewish History. A Very Short Introduction (2017) [purchase book, or read copy on Print Reserve]
Jürgen Osterhammel, Colonialism (2005): chaps 1–4, 7, 8 [book available for purchase, or read copy on Print Reserve]
January 19, 20, 26, 27 – Race, Racism, and Whiteness
George M. Fredrickson, Racism. A Short History (2002), chaps. 1 and 2
February 2, 3 – “Is ‘Race’ Modern?”
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February 23, 24, March 2, 3 – Christian Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism, and Nazism

Details on how to obtain the optional supplementary readings mentioned in the schedule below will be communicated by email.
Recommended / optional
David N. Myers, Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP). PRINT ONLY. ISBN 9780199730988 [required]
See source
Jürgen Osterhammel, Colonialism (Markus Wiener Publishers) PRINT ONLY. ISBN 9781558763401 [optional]
See source
Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, A Pocket Style Manual , 10th edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2025). Can be either Print: 9781319413019 or E-book: 9781319563172 [optional]
See source
at Mills Library ↗
Underground Media + Design ↗
Mills Library Print Reserve ↗

Sources