The St Catharine's College Outreach team are hosting a series of online Subject Masterclasses for UK state school students in Year 12 (or equivalent). These will be hosted by students studying at the College and will offer prospective students the opportunity to experience an interactive subject specific taster session, to learn more about their subject, and challenge their thinking. These will be hosted online over Zoom and will be free of charge.
British Malaya (1874-1957): A Critical Investigation of Race and Race-Making - A Critical Investigation of Race and Race-Making - This topic challenges the idea of race as a natural phenomenon and offers a critical review of it through the theoretical lens offered by racial formation and critical race theorists. Using the case study of British Malaya, I aim to unravel the hidden political process behind race-making, and how the 'constructed' categories, namely Malay, Chinese, and Indian, were mobilised in struggles for power between actors. Having such a perspective enables us to critically reflect on our conventional understanding of race, both as a concept and identity, and the meaning it signifies in the modern world.
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